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Ranger_B · 08-15-2010, 08:35 PM

Well with the NCs you get aged tobacco already so most of them are ready to smoke right away. I like to smoke one or two from a box and then revisit every six months or so. Once they taste too good to pass up I smoke them up. Now that being said I guess I never know what might have been however, what was had was great so really I loose nothing. Some mild smokes I have found still taste great after a few years while some of the NCs with more body and taste start to loose things after as little as 1 or 2 years. I had a box of VSG Tres Mystique that after a year or so I started to see the sweetness go away. I have one or two of those still around now that I think about it I guess I should give it a try and see how they are doing now. Bottom line is I would at least cut those seals and see what you are working with unless you just like having a full box. Your going to smoke them sooner or later any way so why not start now.

08-15-2010, 08:35 PM	#13
Ranger_B Have My Own Room Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Frank Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,321 Trading: (31)	Re: How old is too old Well with the NCs you get aged tobacco already so most of them are ready to smoke right away. I like to smoke one or two from a box and then revisit every six months or so. Once they taste too good to pass up I smoke them up. Now that being said I guess I never know what might have been however, what was had was great so really I loose nothing. Some mild smokes I have found still taste great after a few years while some of the NCs with more body and taste start to loose things after as little as 1 or 2 years. I had a box of VSG Tres Mystique that after a year or so I started to see the sweetness go away. I have one or two of those still around now that I think about it I guess I should give it a try and see how they are doing now. Bottom line is I would at least cut those seals and see what you are working with unless you just like having a full box. Your going to smoke them sooner or later any way so why not start now.