Manufacturer and Buyer Aging

[Patrick B]

I'm in the minority, but I think Nicaraguan cigars taste best fresh. To me they only diminish in flavor and strength as time goes on...

[cobra03]

Its all a question of personal taste. When you buy a box smoke them if you like them keep smoking them. Aging cigars is mostly a crap shoot. You never really know what your going to end up with. Some cigars turn out great others just lose their strength and flavor. The idea is that the tabacos in the cigar blend together and become smoother and more refined with age. As with alot of things in life its up to personal preference. Smoke what you like.

[OLS]

Originally Posted by cobra03

Its all a question of personal taste. When you buy a box, smoke them. If you like them keep smoking them. Aging cigars is mostly a crap shoot. You never really know what you're going to end up with. Some cigars turn out great, others just lose their strength and flavor.

Winner Winner, A-Chicken ah-DINNER.

YOU are correct sir. Well, after I corrected 5 punctuation mistakes, lol.

And by the way, on that particular subject, be VERY careful about falling into the trap that many
do, wherein you start stocking up to create this massive collection of non-C cigars. You end up
not being able to smoke them all in time and end up with a giant collection of dried up $hi+ that
you can't smoke.Most NC cigars have a window of opportunity. As was stated, light one up a
week after you buy the box. If you love it, smoke em up. If you hate it, bury it. You lose nothing
when you bury BAD cigars. If I had the NC habit, I would try to keep my stash below one marine
ice chest.

[CigarNut]

Originally Posted by Patrick B

I'm in the minority, but I think Nicaraguan cigars taste best fresh. To me they only diminish in flavor and strength as time goes on...

I'm guessing that fewer people age NC's than CC's. I too smoke my NC's as I get them. Some may sit a little longer, but only as I go through the boxes, not with any intent to age them.

I think Padron's in particular smoke best fresh. Just my