I have been smoking a lot of different cigars the last few weeks trying to find what does it for me. My initial favorite, the HDM Excalibur no. 1, is still the favorite. Right behind it are the AF Don Carlos and Cuban Beli. Anyway, I have been avoiding the excalibur as I still feel that I need to keep experiencing different sticks. I have been blessed to have the chance to try a large variety of sticks due to the graciousness of several forumites.
Anyway, I haven't bought any more of the HDM's so that I could try other things and develop my tastes more. I have been tempted every trip to the B&M, but I've held strong. Until this weekend when my bro came down for a visit. They had put out a new box of the excaliburs and he picked up a couple. When we left, we notice that he had put out some that have been aging for a while we presume. They have the old style band (The brown one), and the celo is very yellow (I made a rhyme ). So how old are these likely to be? I don't know how long it takes to turn the celo yellow, or how long ago HDM changed the band style.
If these are aged notably, I think I will have to pick up a few tomorrow. The temp in the humi is on the cool side, and I generally see the hygro reading 70%, although I have seen it at 72% once.
Thanks,
D
Anyway, I haven't bought any more of the HDM's so that I could try other things and develop my tastes more. I have been tempted every trip to the B&M, but I've held strong. Until this weekend when my bro came down for a visit. They had put out a new box of the excaliburs and he picked up a couple. When we left, we notice that he had put out some that have been aging for a while we presume. They have the old style band (The brown one), and the celo is very yellow (I made a rhyme ). So how old are these likely to be? I don't know how long it takes to turn the celo yellow, or how long ago HDM changed the band style.
If these are aged notably, I think I will have to pick up a few tomorrow. The temp in the humi is on the cool side, and I generally see the hygro reading 70%, although I have seen it at 72% once.
Thanks,
D