Cigary43
Just Another Ashhole
This is always an interesting debate because it brings in peoples own experiences of freezing/non freezing and what works for them. Smoking cigars for almost 50 years and talking with those who work with cigars for a living still brings the unexpected comments. What works for some doesn't work for others and it's the experience/taste of others which usually provokes action. I've dealt with beetles in my stash...a trip to Cozumel and buying cigars there about 15 years ago really educated me as far as preparation and how to store cigars. I put the cigars I bought into my humidor with which I had about 150 cigars and wouldn't you know....they got me. I read as much as I could get my hands on about this and segregated them from the others but it was too late...the infestation was advanced and I wasn't that learned as far as how to combat it. Once I got more into the aspect of this I did freeze all of them and a month or so later when I would smoke one of the cigars I noticed a little different flavor...it wasn't overwhelming that it was bad or anything...it just tasted "different" to me.
I don't freeze at all but rather keep all "new" purchases in their own segregated humidor for 45 days. When that time has passed I then put them into another "holding" humidor ( tupperador ) for another month and then release them into a general population of where I keep cigars by brand. I have resting dates of each cigar taped around them like a cigar band so I have a history of them. Some people have tastes where they are very sensitive while others don't...just like the sense of smell. Everyone has their own way of doing things...this is just what I do.
I don't freeze at all but rather keep all "new" purchases in their own segregated humidor for 45 days. When that time has passed I then put them into another "holding" humidor ( tupperador ) for another month and then release them into a general population of where I keep cigars by brand. I have resting dates of each cigar taped around them like a cigar band so I have a history of them. Some people have tastes where they are very sensitive while others don't...just like the sense of smell. Everyone has their own way of doing things...this is just what I do.