Limited Edicion Cubans

[Smokemorestressless]

Hello, met with the owner of Graycliff today and he was kind enough to sell me some cigars from his personal collection of Cubans. Very excited to try these. My thought is to store them at 69% for a few months, then dry box for a few days before I have each one. Is a few months at 69% long enough to stabilize them?

•Cohiba Edicion Limitada 2014
•Cohiba Robusto Reserva 2014
•Cohiba Edicion Limitada 2011
•170 Partagas Aniversario 1845 2015
•La Casa Del Habano, Partagas 20 Aniversario 1845 2015
•San Cristobal de La Habana, La Casa Del Habano
•H. Upmann Magnum 56 Edicion Limitada 2015
•Romeo y Julieta Edicion Limitada 2013
•Romeo y Julieta, Hidalgos, Linea De Oro

 

[IngloriousBasterd]

Some beauties there. I’m jelly

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Yes. I'd think that 65 rH would be better and then dry. Ox them for 1 to 2 weeks before smoking them. Be sure the cut and test draw before committing lighter to foot.

 

[IngloriousBasterd]

Yes. I'd think that 65 rH would be better and then dry. Ox them for 1 to 2 weeks before smoking them. Be sure the cut and test draw before committing lighter to foot.

Correct me if I’m wrong but @CigSid told me to store at 69% and smoke at 65

 

[cabaiguan juan]

Correct me if I’m wrong but @CigSid told me to store at 69% and smoke at 65

If that's what Bill said then give that a try. I like my cigars a bit more on the dry side.

 

[Smokemorestressless]

Yes. I'd think that 65 rH would be better and then dry. Ox them for 1 to 2 weeks before smoking them. Be sure the cut and test draw before committing lighter to foot.

If I don't like the draw just throw the stick away?
EDIT: THIS WAS SARCASM. NO CIGARS WILL BE DISPOSED OF WITHOUT BEING BURNED FIRST.

What do you do to modify draw if it is off?

 

[CigarStone]

The time it will take to acclimate will depend on what they were stored at previously.

If I cut a cigar and the draw is tight I just put it back in the dry box and keep checking it periodically after a few weeks if it's still tight then I attack it with the perfect draw

 

[Smokemorestressless]

The time it will take to acclimate will depend on what they were stored at previously.

If I cut a cigar and the draw is tight I just put it back in the dry box and keep checking it periodically after a few weeks if it's still tight then I attack it with the perfect draw

Thanks!

 

[CigarStone]

Thanks!

Actually, I have a pretty foolproof method for you. Send me three or four of those cigars and then after a week or so I will tell you exactly what to do with the rest.

 

[cabaiguan juan]

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Thanks!

Do what jeff said. Do you have or do you know what a PerfecDraw is?

 

[Smokemorestressless]

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Do what Nate said. Do you have or do you know what a PerfecDraw is?

My local b&m sells them, now I have a reason to get one. I've been using a paperclip, and a tiny machine screw.

 

[smellysell]

Perfectdraw are amazing. Dry box at 60, store at 68 is what I've found to work best.

 

[CigSid]

I like to store between 68 to 70% and dry box around 60 to 62%

Depending on the shipping time, I like to acclimate 1 to 3. For example if it takes 7 days to ship, the acclimation time is 3 weeks.

 

[Eqwhipped]

Perhaps I'm the odd one out, but some of those stix are of a hard to come by variety. It may benefit you to store them for awhile. Have some other cigars and get a feel for your palate.

I only say this because I had some really nice cigars given to me by a family friend who used to travel. And it wasn't until much later in my cigar career that I would have appreciated them.

Just a thought.

 

[Smokemorestressless]

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Perhaps I'm the odd one out, but some of those stix are of a hard to come by variety. It may benefit you to store them for awhile. Have some other cigars and get a feel for your palate.

I only say this because I had some really nice cigars given to me by a family friend who used to travel. And it wasn't until much later in my cigar career that I would have appreciated them.

Just a thought.

Sage advice there. As long as they are stored properly and at 68% is there a limit on storage time, or prime time to smoke each one? I couldn't pay what those cigars retail for, and I do agree it would be a terrible waste to burn them and not truly have the experience to appreciate them.

 

[Eqwhipped]

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Sage advice there. As long as they are stored properly and at 68% is there a limit on storage time, or prime time to smoke each one? I couldn't pay what those cigars retail for, and I do agree it would be a terrible waste to burn them and not truly have the experience to appreciate them.

Cigars when kept at proper RH/Temp will keep indefinitely. As many have said time makes some of the sharp edges go away and smooths the cigars flavor profile. Others with more CC aging experience can chime in.

 

[xyz123]

Thanks!

Considering you're in a really wet part of the world Adam, it wouldn't hurt to try and hover around 65. Especially with the amount of dipping you're doing in your humi. You said you got 8 months or so in the Bahamas coming up right?

 

[Smokemorestressless]

Hi! Thanks for the guidance. I come back to the USA (FL) this week for 3 months.

Then back to bahamas for 8 months ish, nov/ dec to july.

 

[groucho898]

I've had that RyJ EL 2013, smoked it in 2015 and it was awesome.

 

[groucho898]

Just as an aside, when I first starting smoking CCs RyJ were very popular on the forums and real life. Nowadays they hardley get a mention. They age well, smoke great and usually have a decent depth of flavor - probably becauase they are not power houses like Part/Boli/coh - but not wimps like a lot of H Upmann (Sir Winston not included)

I find these age really well and love the Short Churchills and Exhib #3 and #4 in 50 cabs.

Ditto Punch