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[T.G]

Here, good info from SilverFox in this thread with links to scientific whitepapers:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7919

[Bill86]

Originally Posted by T.G

Here, good info from SilverFox in this thread with links to scientific whitepapers:
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7919

Didn't you say something about Habanos using a blast freezer as of like 4-5 years ago? I'm guessing that would negate the chances of beetles by 95%+?

Either way it's the summer so I moved my coolidor into the corner of the basement.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Bill86

Didn't you say something about Habanos using a blast freezer as of like 4-5 years ago? I'm guessing that would negate the chances of beetles by 95%+?

Either way it's the summer so I moved my coolidor into the corner of the basement.

Habanos went from fumigation to blast freezing sometime around 2005, and, yes, it could have been me, or any number of other individuals, who mentioned it in one of our discussions, as it's fairly well known info.

The effectiveness of blast freezing has proven to be very high, so long as all of the cigars being frozen are allowed to drop to the needed temps for the required times.

One of the things to keep in mind though, is that it is possible for the cigars to be re-exposed post treatment. Blast freezing, just as fumigation used to (when it worked), only kills what is there at the time. Exposure and infection at a later date is still possible.