Aging by default

[Garbandz]

Do it like I do my wine,try one every year to determine how they are doing.If you notice any decline after a few years,smoke them up.
I have my last La Gloria churchill from 1995 to smoke this year in August.I got them from Ernesto as a gift and I have the control sticker that came in the box showing they were made in August of 1995,so I have smoked one each August since then,this year I will finish the box. I tried one on 6 month intervals for a while,then decided to make it an anniversary thing.They are still excellent,I think they are past peak,but still I enjoy the occasion.I also have a Flor de Allones from 1994 I was gifted,I will smoke it soon and do a review.

Boss Hogg, I have no experience with aged smokes, NC or CC. I have a lot of experience with vacuum sealing foods and the process that entails. I don't know what the vacuum environment would do to the aging process, but I would be very worried about putting expensive cigars under that kind of pressure. Assuming you have a food sealer, you know the kind of pressure/stress that the vacuum-sealing process can do. I'd be worried about it crushing the cigars. Just my .

[Boss Hogg]

Originally Posted by Garbandz

Do it like I do my wine,try one every year to determine how they are doing.If you notice any decline after a few years,smoke them up.

Thanks for your input. This is exactly why I'm sealing them... to slow that "decline" process down. For the most part I do what you do. On some of my cigars, I like to smoke them every three months. There are others that I smoke only once or twice a year due to short stock.

Originally Posted by Kwilkinson

Boss Hogg, I have no experience with aged smokes, NC or CC. I have a lot of experience with vacuum sealing foods and the process that entails. I don't know what the vacuum environment would do to the aging process, but I would be very worried about putting expensive cigars under that kind of pressure. Assuming you have a food sealer, you know the kind of pressure/stress that the vacuum-sealing process can do. I'd be worried about it crushing the cigars. Just my .

Well, I have been reading a lot about this on other forums and they have explained it pretty extensively. It seems to make since. I have a good sealer and from what I have experienced.. it doesn't crush the cigar box while sealing it. I would never seal loose cigar as this would completely crush them. Idk.. I'm hoping for the best . I appreciate your concern though... I can't even begin to think of the torture it would be if I ruin them after all.