Aging

[Puro Smoker]

I have been lurking around these forums for a couple of days and I noticed that when you are trading cigars, bombing/gifting (which is extremely cool btw!), and shipping cigars a lot of you ship the gars with the celophane on.

Now it has been my experience that celophane considerable prohibits aging. So much so that I take my gars out of the celophane and then put them in my humi.

Also, when viewing some pictures of cigars in your humis, I noticed that quite a few of you have different makes of cigars stacked on top of one another or lying next to one another. Aren't you afraid that the oils of different type of cigars will marry and your sticks will start to all taste the same?


Am I just an old curmudgeon and stuck in my ways or are my old school ways still accurate?

[NCRadioMan]

If aging, it's best to age slowly with less air exchange. That's the only reason I leave them on when sitting them down for a long, long rest. Otherwise, if I plan on smoking them soon, I take them out of the cello. It's good to ship with the cello because it protects the wrapper from damage, which is the only reason they use it to begin with.

The cigars sitting next to one another tasting the same is not exactly correct. It is perpetuated by the one and only Marvin Shankin. That can't happen for years and years and years. Like 20. Most of us smoke them too fast.

Oh, and being a curmudgeon is underrated!

[Puro Smoker]

Well I know that I have only one cigar that has lasted just over two years. I plan on having that on my son's 18th! All the others are doomed to be enjoyed and their life expectancy is extremely short in my household!

[bobarian]

This is an old debate. But why would you think cellophane inhibits aging? Cellophane is a breathable product made from plants, it does not inhibit air or water molecules. Whether to leave the cello on or off is purely a matter of personal choice, but it has nothing to do with aging. Very little aging occurs in the short time frame you reference. Two years is resting, 10yrs or more is aging.

[Smokin Gator]

I am just too plain lazy... I keep 'em however they come. Most NCs get thrown in the humi however they are. CC go in for some down time in the boxes they came in.

Originally Posted by bobarian

This is an old debate. But why would you think cellophane inhibits aging? Cellophane is a breathable product made from plants, it does not inhibit air or water molecules. Whether to leave the cello on or off is purely a matter of personal choice, but it has nothing to do with aging. Very little aging occurs in the short time frame you reference. Two years is resting, 10yrs or more is aging.

Exactly as stated. Some will cut the ends off the cello but at the end of the day leaving them on isn't going to hurt. If they come with cello I leave em on.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by bobarian

This is an old debate. But why would you think cellophane inhibits aging? Cellophane is a breathable product made from plants, it does not inhibit air or water molecules. Whether to leave the cello on or off is purely a matter of personal choice, but it has nothing to do with aging. Very little aging occurs in the short time frame you reference. Two years is resting, 10yrs or more is aging.

Originally Posted by Cigary

Exactly as stated. Some will cut the ends off the cello but at the end of the day leaving them on isn't going to hurt. If they come with cello I leave em on.

There you have it.