Aged Cigars

[Turk10mm]

So, umm well.. I'm new to this hobby and I see some posts about aged this, aged that..

Is there any way for a newb to get his hands on some aged sticks without waiting the prerequisite number of years..

Yes i'm impatient.

Basically, where would one look if they wanted to buy some older smokes.

 

[tone-ny]

Go look at the newbie trade area. You may receive some nicely aged cigars from some real fine BOTLs.

 

[Turk10mm]

Go look at the newbie trade area. You may receive some nicely aged cigars from some real fine BOTLs.

I actually am awaiting my cigars from Jhawk for my first NST deal. I'm unsure of any aging the cigars he's sending me have on them, and that wasn't my initial intention.

I know that I'm truly digging the Padron 64's, and I'm fighting the urge from smoking a 26. I also really like the AF Hemingways. But then, I've only smoke about 10 different cigars so my horizons are very low currently.

Truth is, I don't know jack squat about cigars.. yet. But I'd like to see what the fuss is about with aging, etc.. Without waiting 5 years

Thanks for the advice, though!

 

[insight]

Whats the rush?

 

[tone-ny]

Then my question to you would be how would you know what the difference would be?

If you bought a box of 25 cigars and smoked two a year at six month intervals the box would last 12.5 years and then you could ascertain the differences over a period of time. If I just got into cigars I would start by trying out different cigars and not concern myself whether they were aged or not. If you don't know what the fresh version of the cigar tastes like how would you appreciate the aged version?

This post is not meant to offend just educate. There are many threads here on the subject and search is your friend. YMMV

 

[rbbrock]

There are also a lot of people that honestly prefer, or at a minimum appreciate, fresher cigars over aged sticks. Some people like the "brashness" of strong, young cigars. Also, there are cigars that are simply meant to be smoked immediately and do not improve enough with age to make aging them worthwhile (so I've read - I haven't been at this long enough to know if that's true and what the smokes might be).

Edit: spelling.

 

[Turk10mm]

I'm in no terrible rush, actually. But I've been thinking about buying a box of something nice to do exactly what Tone-ny said. Smoke one or two a year until they're all gone..

But I guess I'm wondering if the wait is really worthwhile. I have already begun to distinguish what I do and don't like about a cigar.

So I'd be interested in purchasing a new cigar of brand X and an aged cigar of brand X just to see what differences a little time makes, and figure out if its worth me even trying to age cigars at this stage of my smoking life.