I would age them at 70%. The lower humidity would probably slow down the fermentation, if not completely stop it. I am not sure though. Its just a guess...
Old School
I would age them at 70%. The lower humidity would probably slow down the fermentation, if not completely stop it. I am not sure though. Its just a guess...
"smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life,
and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you."-Sigmund Freud
"The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small" - Mother Teresa
“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse” – Carlos Casteneda
i would NEVER keep cigars at 70%.....62-65%...for ageing and storage....
Junior Member
I agree 70% is way too high for aging or mid term term storage.
Something that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is the ambient humidity: I find a cigar that's very humid can smoke and taste great in very humid environments, but doesn't burn well or taste optimal in dryer ones.
I haven't smoked a Cuban cigar that gained anything from being dryer than 65%, closer to 70% does it for me.
Where I live is so dry the wrapper starts to dry out in no time- If I won't smoke it within a half hour out of the humidor I have to put it in a ziplock bag, and at around 65% the wrapper will fall apart before I get to the last third of the smoke.
I find your comments about modern wrappers really interesting, BPP, as I have no real experience with modern non-cuban cigars. Do the flavours not develop enough if the humidity is too high, or lack in strength?
Are You Threatening Me?
I like to keep my cigars at, or just under, 70%.
I find I have an unusual amount of wrapper problems, like cracking and peeling, when they're kept any lower, and any higher and they have more burn problems. YMMV
Destroyer of Safiness
I just started aging cigars back in March when I got my second humidor. I am shooting for 67-70% humidity for long-term aging and will see how that works. I have pledged not to touch a single cigar in there until at least March 07.
There's only two kinds of cigars, the kind you like and the kind you don't.
Senior Member
Not to steer this in a different direction but, how do you keep the temp down?
"No one can tell me what is a good cigar -- for me. I am the only judge. There are no standards -- no real standards. Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him."
~ Mark Twain
Old School
Well the obvious ways are to keep it out of direct sunlight, and in the basement. Any other ideas on keeping the temp down?
I know Avallo Humidors has nice humidors with cooling and humidity systems built inhttp://www.avallohumidors.com/cooled1200.html
These guys have great products. I use their Accumonitor system in my Humi
"smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life,
and if you decide in advance not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you."-Sigmund Freud
"The problem with the world is that we draw the circle of our family too small" - Mother Teresa
“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse” – Carlos Casteneda
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