Infusing Your Own Cigars

[avantgrade]

Hey guys (and gals),

Have any of you tried to age cigars and infuse them with certain flavors on your own? Drew Estate does it with Acids, and there are a couple others that do it, too (I'm not talking "flavored" like CAO Flavours, where the leaf is soaked, not infused).

Maybe throwing a couple of Connecticut shade wrapped sticks along with a few anise pods, sticks of cinnamon and vanilla? I think it would taste pretty good if aged for 6 months?

I actually have a little bit of a plan to make a small humidifying box that can excange oxygen, and it will allow you to add water without ever having to open it up and let out all the essential/flavored goodness. Just thought I'd ask if anyone has done or tried the same?

Best,

TADAS

 

[Psojka RP,601]

havent done it, but sounds like an interesting project :yes:

 

[IndyPaintballSmoker]

my dad opened cognac and let it sit in their with some tick turds
He said it improved them. I don't know by how much though

 

[Psojka RP,601]

i didnt know that elliott. haha thats cool!

 

[openendstraight]

I just have one question.

Why in the hell would you want to?

 

[ctaylor]

I just can't smoke any flavored or infused sticks. It does seem like a cool thing to try if you enjoy them though. Let us know how they turn out.

 

[gibbleguts]

It's a waste to do it with good sticks and why waste your time with bad sticks?

 

[r3db4r0n]

Hmm it would be an interesting experiment, not a real fan of flavored sticks my self but it will be neat to hear the final result.

 

[IndyPaintballSmoker]

I haven't smoked flavored sticks myself so can't I say.
I probably won't ever try them if I don't have to.

There is a Gurkha Grand Reserve which is infused with Louis XIII Cognac

That one might be worth a try

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/proddisp.asp?item=CS-G9A

 

[avantgrade]

I enjoy a flavored cigar once in a while. I think there's a place for all of them in my heart!

To me this seems like a fun little experiment to at least try. And maybe anise, cinnamon, vanilla, etc. might be good flavors to infuse. You can pick up on them on regular sticks, so maybe this would just enhance them a little more, without making them overwhelmingly sweet. Everything's worth trying, and it would be cool to bring your own homebrewed stick to a herf

 

[CWS]

Dave tried n once with coffee I believe. Put the sticks in with the beans for a while. Don't think it worked well.

 

[PLUSH]

Dave tried n once with coffee I believe. Put the sticks in with the beans for a while. Don't think it worked well.

ha, that is funny.... did the coffee taste better?

 

[Chas]

Old Friend of mine - Trevor - forgot some Tats in the Sheep-Shed where we store the Lawn Tractor, the boat and motor, the Ridge Runners, the Backhoe and me Diesel Truck - Trevor's reminding me that the mob of Weed-Wackers is in there as well - really gazzy and there's rodent control substances in every crevice of the place from years of battling mice - some springs the mice run like rivers out of the dunnies and other out-buildings (depends on the rains). Thanks Trev - he's hanging over me shoulder while I'm relating his infusion experience - frankly he's been at the Fourecks for hours and we're humoring him 'til he straightens up a bit - But point is those sticks were forgotten there in the shed during three shearing seasons and in proximity to all that gaz & diesel equipment. Reckon barnyard scent goes without saying - really lush - but the infusion of lanolin and gaz and rodentcides gave those sticks the most remarkable dark purple sheen. They were lovely to say the least so we decided to take 'em down to Sally's the local out our way and try 'em out where there were more people and possible medical attention just in case trouble reared its ugly head.

Well, long story short, they lighted up and burned readily and started out with a slightly grassy taste that I attributed to the mounds of animal feed stored in there with the forgotten cigars. I wouldn't call the the second third mostly sweet and leathery, but something more akin to oily and a bit sweaty - almost like leaning on a mate at the end of the shearing competitions. To be expected, we all started feeling on the woozy side after a time - not unlike that light-headedness one gets from a pre-US-ban Cuban, but without the cacao overtones. Reckon it was more of a rubber tyre sort of flavour with almost fruity undertones of eucalyptus and animal scent. To tell truth - it was a pretty pleasant experience for awhile until Daryl the bar-keep got worried about us and brought in the local First Responders - they said some charcoal tabs and paregoric would set us straight for the night and if we were still alive come morning that we would want a good chunder for good measure.

Now you'd think that experience would have sent us running from infused smokes, but we've got four or five boxes of assorted stogies been in the Sheep Shed for two years now and reckon another year should do the trick. Nice plume on 'em as it is, but it's best to let the aging continue uninterrupted for another season. We'll keep you posted on the outcome ~:0)

 

[daniyal]

Old Friend of mine - Trevor - forgot some Tats in the Sheep-Shed where we store the Lawn Tractor, the boat and motor, the Ridge Runners, the Backhoe and me Diesel Truck - Trevor's reminding me that the mob of Weed-Wackers is in there as well - really gazzy and there's rodent control substances in every crevice of the place from years of battling mice - some springs the mice run like rivers out of the dunnies and other out-buildings (depends on the rains). Thanks Trev - he's hanging over me shoulder while I'm relating his infusion experience - frankly he's been at the Fourecks for hours and we're humoring him 'til he straightens up a bit - But point is those sticks were forgotten there in the shed during three shearing seasons and in proximity to all that gaz & diesel equipment. Reckon barnyard scent goes without saying - really lush - but the infusion of lanolin and gaz and rodentcides gave those sticks the most remarkable dark purple sheen. They were lovely to say the least so we decided to take 'em down to Sally's the local out our way and try 'em out where there were more people and possible medical attention just in case trouble reared its ugly head.

Well, long story short, they lighted up and burned readily and started out with a slightly grassy taste that I attributed to the mounds of animal feed stored in there with the forgotten cigars. I wouldn't call the the second third mostly sweet and leathery, but something more akin to oily and a bit sweaty - almost like leaning on a mate at the end of the shearing competitions. To be expected, we all started feeling on the woozy side after a time - not unlike that light-headedness one gets from a pre-US-ban Cuban, but without the cacao overtones. Reckon it was more of a rubber tyre sort of flavour with almost fruity undertones of eucalyptus and animal scent. To tell truth - it was a pretty pleasant experience for awhile until Daryl the bar-keep got worried about us and brought in the local First Responders - they said some charcoal tabs and paregoric would set us straight for the night and if we were still alive come morning that we would want a good chunder for good measure.

Now you'd think that experience would have sent us running from infused smokes, but we've got four or five boxes of assorted stogies been in the Sheep Shed for two years now and reckon another year should do the trick. Nice plume on 'em as it is, but it's best to let the aging continue uninterrupted for another season. We'll keep you posted on the outcome ~:0)

DAMN!!! that sounds deadly and intriguing... love your accent though.

 

[Alwayslit]

It's a waste to do it with good sticks and why waste your time with bad sticks?

.....spot on.

 

[avantgrade]

Kickass!