Resting Cigars

[AlanS]

How would you go about checking the RH of a cigar?

I'm not sure my palate is acclimated enough to know well enough. I've only just become more serious. Prior to now I've only had a couple of cigars with a friend who had the real deal, and several that SWMBO bought me over the years. Only now have I smoked more than maybe 2 or 3 in a year. Maybe I ought to give it a try though. The one cigar, other than the Cohiba, is the Avo Classic, and I have 10 on the way with 15 other cigars to smoke.

I actually have no idea what RH mine sit at. I've been using a Drymistat with Xikar propylene glycol 70% RH fluid, but have no idea if it's consistent or how it behaves in a tupperdore.

If you don't have a hygrometer its all guess work. You can pick one up anywhere for less than $10. Then you can track the humidity accurately.

[Dijit]

If you don't have a hygrometer its all guess work. You can pick one up anywhere for less than $10. Then you can track the humidity accurately.

I have an extra hygrometer you can have. It is an analog but keeps almost perfect track with my digital reading about 1% lower than the digital.

Lots of great advice here I too have had the sour cigar after aging a few weeks to a few months and have everytime with a little more age found them to be equally enjoyable as ROTT or even better. To do this though you need to start buying 5 packs or larger to get a better idea of how things age. One the blew me away is the Famous Nicaragua. ROTT its meh at best to me after 6 months it was smoother and actually a little stronger. After a year they have become one of my favorite sticks of all time. Best of all they cost less than the Alec Bradley's I like so much or many of the others. Just remember its all according to taste. All of us will tell you our taste is fine or great or some other version of right, but your taste is the one that matters here.

[rodwha]

I've been buying 5 packs and samplers so far. Hoping to find things I like enough to buy a box of. I know I like Avos and those are the 5 packs. A box is a bit over my $100/mo hobby funding for Avos. Once I get a small stock pile I'll hang on to those funds and get a box of Avo or Southern Draw Kudzu (spl?).