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Liga Privada / VSG Matrimony

klipsch

klipsch

No more Room ≠ No more Cigars
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I've got my entire stash (minus boxes) split up between 3 100 count humis and a couple of large ziplock baggies while I'm waiting for my cedar trays to arrive. So there are some sticks in contact with others obviously...but they haven't been for any period longer than a few months. I pulled out a Liga Privada Belicoso last night that had been sitting on top of my VSG's and it just didn't taste like I remembered. No spiciness to it at all. Not that it's an in your face spicy stick to begin with, but it just seemed to have mellowed out to the point of the VSG Torpedo it was sitting on. This was the first time I've experienced anything like this. I pulled the Liga's out of the humi and moved them to a ziplock until I'm able to separate things better. But I wanted to know others thoughts.

Thanks,
Walt
 
I have mixed brands of cigars in nearly every box in my cooler, some for many months, and I've never noticed anything "cross breeding". I think the Liga mellowed out because of the down time, or you just got a bad one, or your palate has changed.
 
The spiciness of the VSG is one of the things I like about them. They are no less spicy than the Liga Privadas to my palate.

Like Brent, I've never had any cigars "marry" over any period of time. I think there's another explanation for your experience as suggested.
 
I agree with the VSG's being spicy, but I "remember" the larger ring gauge (Torpedo and Spellbound) being mellower than the Illusion and Corona Gorda which is what I've been smoking more of lately. Maybe it's time to take one of Torpedo's out and remind myself why I like them so much. It has been a while...
 
Yea it's time to revisit both however I have found (as a Liga #9 whore) that you will get a few here and there that are a bit milder than the rest, even out of the same box. I never had any marry with another stick they may be sitting next to or on in the Humi.
 
I have had a bunch of Ligas laying next to all sorts of other cigars (because they're whores) and some were, for lack of a better word, less potent than other ones. It's nothing to concern me with, some keep their flavor and some mellow out a bit.
 
To marry cigars, I am under the understanding that it takes usually high single digit YEARS to complete. A good way to really tell if a cigar is 'marriable' is to see if there is any plume collecting on the surface. This would mean that the cigar oils were ready to share with adjacent cigars. :)
 
The first Liga Privada I had was extremely mild and disappointing. I had another one a few months later that was much more flavorful and impressive. I'd chock up your experience to a dud of a cigar.
 
w00ts!te said:
To marry cigars, I am under the understanding that it takes usually high single digit YEARS to complete. A good way to really tell if a cigar is 'marriable' is to see if there is any plume collecting on the surface. This would mean that the cigar oils were ready to share with adjacent cigars. :)
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I just smoked a Liga this weekend in Chicago were every store had them (at least every store I went to, I was shocked and happy to buy :thumbs: ). It was awesome, but not what I remembered from the last time I smoked one. One thing to keep in mind of course is that at differing times the palate is in different shape and things can taste a little different.

Viva La Liga
 
w00ts!te said:
To marry cigars, I am under the understanding that it takes usually high single digit YEARS to complete. A good way to really tell if a cigar is 'marriable' is to see if there is any plume collecting on the surface. This would mean that the cigar oils were ready to share with adjacent cigars. :)
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x3... I've got a bunch of trays of singles in my humi. No marrying problems whatsoever. Unless they'll be sitting together for a VERY long time, you won't have any discernable marriage of flavors.
 
I appreciate all of the input. Well I pulled out a VSG Torpedo last night to reacquaint myself, and it was just as I remembered it...real tasty, not all that spicy (compared to Corona Gorda). My concern with the Liga's actually came after smoking two of them at different times. A Parejo a couple weeks back and the Beli the other night. I think it's probably more attributed to changes in my palate than anything. I'm still experiencing different after effects from my surgery two weeks ago (can't feel anything around the incision area). I may just modify what I'm reaching for in the humi for a little while longer.

Thanks,
Walt
 
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