aging with cellophane

[ashauler]

Cigars do change with age, this is a fact.

The change that occurs, imho, is not significantly faster or slower with the cellophane on. This is my opinion based on my experience. Since taste/strength, etc....is a personal thing and therefore subjective, all you will get is opinions.

[EGQ]

And you know what they say about opinions...

One of the toughest things to do is to identify when a cigar is at its peak for your tastes. You like the taste, do you wait to see if it gets better, or do you accelerate your smoking of the cigar now and never know what could have been... I've always been a firm believer of smoking what you like -- and I find the things that have been around for an extended period of time don't always get to a point where I like them.

He who hesitates is lost.

[CAJUNBLAZE]

I always try to get two of everything I buy. I will smoke one and let the other sit a while, smoke and compare.
I haven't really aged enough cigars to say anything about the cello on or off. I don't think it would make a big difference. I don't think its as important as the condition in which the cigar is stored.
In my short year of smoking, I have noticed that some cigars are better fresh, and some with age. The hard thing to figure out is it the aging that made the cigar better or is it my taste changing.

Good luck

[ashauler]

I always try to get two of everything I buy. I will smoke one and let the other sit a while, smoke and compare.
I haven't really aged enough cigars to say anything about the cello on or off. I don't think it would make a big difference. I don't think its as important as the condition in which the cigar is stored. In my short year of smoking, I have noticed that some cigars are better fresh, and some with age. The hard thing to figure out is it the aging that made the cigar better or is it my taste changing.

Good luck

Exactary....two very good points.

[denver24]

I always try to get two of everything I buy.

This is a great strategy. I used to buy only one smoke and smoke it and form an opinion of the smoke. I then realized that sampling a single stick made no sense at all based on all of the factors that Mark listed. There is so much that goes into the smoking experience that I now try to buy two or more sticks of something I want to try, hopefully enabling me to form a more rounded opinion.

This cigar smoking thing is confusing!

[daredog4]

Dang it, you guys! I thought someone was going to say Do this, then do this, then leave them for this long, then you are good to go. Sounds like trial and error mixed with a lot of experience are going to be the keys. I have not tried dry boxing many of mine yet so i will defenitely give that a try. Well i guess the good news is there are plenty of cigars out there to experiment on, and pleny of time to learn. Thanks

[Shelby07]

Dang it, you guys! I thought someone was going to say Do this, then do this, then leave them for this long, then you are good to go. Sounds like trial and error mixed with a lot of experience are going to be the keys. I have not tried dry boxing many of mine yet so i will defenitely give that a try. Well i guess the good news is there are plenty of cigars out there to experiment on, and pleny of time to learn. Thanks

If it were that easy there wouldn't be so many cigars and opinions out there. There's no single recipe. It's a hobby that you learn to apply your own personal taste to. Learning is more than just asking questions on a bulletin board. There are some things that are pretty straight forward, but how and what you store, age, smoke, etc., isn't one of them. It's a personal journey... enjoy it.