Quote Originally Posted by allusred View Post
" Smoke what you like and store them so that they smoke good for you."
Clear & Concise.
Perfect.
I like that, too!

Lots of great answers here. Of course, it all comes down to personal preference. Some guys prefer cigars right off the B&M shelves. I’ll never understand it, as I personally see the patrons opening and closing that damn door 20 times an hour and I know there’s no telling what RH they’re at. 60 in the winter? 80 in the summer? But I truly don’t judge. It’s silly to tell someone who’s clearly enjoying a cigar, “excuse me, you could ACTUALLY be enjoying that cigar a lot more with 3 months rest.” To them, it’s perfect. So whatever floats your boat.

I’m also fully onboard with the fact that there’s such thing as too much rest, and every cigar is different. If I buy a box of something, I smoke them in intervals and hit it pretty hard when I they start to come out of their shell. That could be six months or two years. I bought some Espinosa Habanos off a FB marketplace with four years rest and they tasted like stale popcorn.

Thanks for entertaining me, bums!