cholmes8310
LFD/JDN whore
I buy a lot of 5 packs, and generally smoke on OTT. The rest I generally let rest at least three months before smoking another.
On average, how long do you allow your cigars to rest before you smoke one?
- Thread starter Cigar Cowboy
- Start date
i will smoke as soon as i get them but i have so many on hand that by the time i get back to them they have well over 6 months on them. i try and let cigars rest for a few weeks so they are at the RH that i like, but in the long run it doesnt matter. i just tend to smoke stuff thats been sitting around for a bit. not actively, but passively because thats whats around.
Fourtotheflush
BoM Apr 12'
4-6 weeks definately. Every now and then I cannot resist and pluck one right out of the box!!!!:cbig:
Catch that Chicken?:roundtheh
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Fourtotheflush
BoM Apr 12'
I have heard a definitevely different answer from you on this subject many times... mainly about the mandatory x week resting time....
ciggy
"TommyBoy"
Realistically I prefer to let cigars rest a year if it's a box because I can take one out after the first few weeks, try it, then let it rest a month and try it again, and then kinda go from there on what I want to do. I have done this with Padron, San Cristobal's, and a couple others with a year being perfect for me. If i get a fiver or one cigar I don't worrie about time as it won't make it a year. Off the truck or mail for someting like this I like to let it rest and settle for atleast two weeks.
yes... yes you have.
i still try to let them sit 6 weeks to even out before i smoke one, but as of late i have been very lax on that. i think my previous experience with the matter can be chalked up to poor construction. i tend now to buy a higher caliber cigar rather than many of the value brand cigars. burn issues are fewer and farther between. saying i NEVER smoke before 6 weeks anymore is a bit of a lie.
... not to mention how difficult it is to stare down a box of cigars that you have been excited about for 6 weeks.
the mind is strong, but the body is weak.
Fourtotheflush
BoM Apr 12'
Thats pretty funny right there! How did that box turn out? have you cracked it open yet??:thumbsup:
xddco
The Skipper
I'm with ciggy on this one... usually a year or more.... although I will smoke some after a month and then go back to the box from time to time, but I find that cigars develop a smoother finish and are more consistent throughout the entire smoke when they have at least six months age. JMHO.
PLUSH
Some random brother
really hard to say for sure. Some one day, others, 6 months. I tried buying things to age, but it seems that never works. I find I break into boxes after about a week and I don't have enough space or collection to wait to smoke things after 2 years.
I try to wait at least a month but occassionally I give in after a few weeks if it's something I really want to try. But everything seems to smoke better if you sit on it for at least a month.
