Quote Originally Posted by theHammer56 View Post
Maybe I'm slow on the uptake here - but why would it take months to get to a lower rh? To me, letting a cigar rest to mature the taste (months) is much different than resting to lower the rh (days). Just curious as to your philosophy.
3 months of rest at the same Rh will do nothing for the flavor, unless you happened to pick it up during the second fermentation cycle, in which case the ammonia might fade away in that time. It takes more than a few days to acclimate a 52 or 54 rg cigar that comes from a vendor at ~72 Rh down 14 points. This is why the idea of dryboxing is something I find suspect and do no practice. Sure, the wrapper will dry in a day or two, but the filler is still overly moist and waiting to expanded and crack said wrapper when you smoke the cigar. If your humidor is holding steady at 60, you may only see a 2-3 point change in the center of that cigar in a weeks time.