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Anejos are like mold magnets...

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So WEIRDEST thing. I just got back from a couple of months overseas. Left my father in charge of the humidors. Got home today to see my humidity at like 77%?!?!?!!? I crossed my fingers and opened the box I KNEW would mold first... my anejos. 3 perfectly normal sharks in the box... one shark covered HEAD TO TOE in white fuzz. Other boxes all seem to be unaffected. But what makes it REALLY weird is that when I wiped it off... it left no marks, nor does the cigar TASTE moldy. But my god this white fuzz was fuzzy, and even on the shark's read foot ribbon... I'm lost on whether it's really mold or not cause I have evidence pointing in all directions?!
And no, I can't take a pic cause I smoked it lol
Chris
 
There is no question that Anejo wrappers are more prone to mold than some others. I got a box of sharks a few years back in December, and by April of the next year, they were fouled deep with blue fur on the wrapper and feet that wouldn't wipe off, no way, no how. The vendor that I got those from was wonderful and refunded my money. Turns out that year, there was a rash of moldy Anejo's so I guess I was one of the unfortunate ones.

My cabinet runs a rock solid 68F / 65%. I recently went through two boxes of 48's and a box of 49's and about one in three had a small bit of surface mold on the wrappers. Not on the feet, just on the wrapper. I wiped them gently with a cotton cloth moistened with some distilled water, and it all came off. Dry boxed them all for a couple of days before returning them to my cabinet. Since then, my SOP is to pull the cello and cedar off incoming Anejo's so I can keep an eye on them.

I've since decided to quit hording and smoke them more often. Seems to solve the problem, nicely.....
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Cheers - B.B.S.
 
Kinda poop. The cigars cost a fortune. Not many people smoke. It's cold a miserable. And even though I AM Dutch... I've found my people to be remarkably similar to the weather. On the plus side thought I often train it down to visit my old stomping grounds in Brussels.... Now THERE is a cigar paradise! Gas stations here and there carry decent cigars (think Dunhill, CAO) and I can still light up ANYWHERE I want and no one says a WORD. Heck! I lit up a Dunhill in a NIGHT CLUB and not a single person gave me a look!
Chris
 
So... the culprit has been found and full damages have been accessed. A piece broke on my Cigar Oasis that runs my tower. The piece is a little plastic flap that controls the opening to the water/sponge tank. So essentially the thing was running full open so the humidity obviously soared. While I'm overseas I do have someone watching my humidor, but they were simply told that when the humidity falls the thing needs more water... so when the humidity spiked, they didn't catch it. Luckily it happened only a little while before I returned home... and therefore casualties have (so far) been kept to a minimum. However, the few casualties are heavy hitters... the mold losses, after individually checking each and every box in the humidor, now total 7 anejos (1 shark, 1 48, and 5 55s), 3 early release padron anniversary maduro pyramids, and a romeo y julieta churchill. Luckily, except for the one shark mentioned at the start of this thread, the mold is only minor. The bits on the wrapper were enough to brush off, and the 3 that had mold on the foot, I snipped off 1/4" and it appears the mold had not made it's way up into the cigar. So I'm gunna go ahead and clean these off and smoke them over the next few days... I guess I'll be smoking some EXPENSIVE cigars back to back over the next week!!! I feel like a big-spenda baller!
Chris
 
Sorry to hear about those that had some died but thanks for the warning. I recently purchased a few Anejo Sharks and put them in the dungeon (Bottom of the humi) to age for a while. I'll have to keep an eye on them.
 
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