Dating Cigars

[ashauler]

Too strong, or acrid, or imbalanced......let it sit for a bit. Taste sweet, reminds you of freshly cut hay, with an almost cloying "room note".......let it sit for a bit. Does one aspect of the flavor profile overwhelm another...i.e. spice is over the top.....let it sit for a bit.

[ggiese]

...and if it smells like ammonia, put that baby away for at least a year.

[Mizicke5273]

I got a label maker that I use to print out the date and slap on the ass of the box. And I usually only date boxes. I'll do singles if they are special or if I lnow they do better with some down time.

[tonygraz]

I've never dated cigars---don't expect them to last long enough to justify it. I did buy some honduran factory maduro corojos from JR two or three years ago that were 8.5-9.0 inches long. I smoke them when I go fishing. They didn't burn well, and I put them away. When I found some late this summer they had taken on a strong aroma they didn't have before so I smoked one. It was better tasting and burned better. Obviously they needed aging. I do keep invoices, so if it's not something I buy on a regular basis, I can go back and look to see when they were purchased.
THat does remind me that I have a couple of boxes of J. Marti's buried in a humidor that are at least 2 years aged.