Dr. Xikar
The Knife Doctor
So, I've had my first beetle spotting. It was on a single cigar - PDR Robusto from CI... However, this cigar has been in my wine coolers for the better part of a year. I checked every cigar within two drawers of this one's location - No damage at all... I can't come up with an answer as to how this one cigar hatched (all of my humidors run between 65 and 70 degrees... I think the record high was 72 this summer, so that may have done it) However, the cigar had a hole in the cellophane at the foot. The foot was butted up against a spanish cedar divider (and I mean, literally, pressed against it flat. If that beetle escaped, it did NOT escape through that direction.)
I couldn't find any holes in the cigar or cellophane (other than at the foot), but it was still very clear that this one was infected.
So, I tossed the cigar, lowered the settings on my wine cooler to 55-65 for a couple days... I now have it back to 65-70. I'm thinking freezing may be in order.
Now, I know the process of freezing (fridge first, then freezer, then fridge, then humidor)... How would you recommend dealing with this large QUANTITY of cigars? Would you even freeze them? I'm going to freeze anything I buy from now on, but I can't decide on freezing, or chancing my current ones in the wine coolers.
Input?
Thanks guys! Sorry if I'm rambling or disjointed, I'm a little distracted by my housemates right now.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I couldn't find any holes in the cigar or cellophane (other than at the foot), but it was still very clear that this one was infected.
So, I tossed the cigar, lowered the settings on my wine cooler to 55-65 for a couple days... I now have it back to 65-70. I'm thinking freezing may be in order.
Now, I know the process of freezing (fridge first, then freezer, then fridge, then humidor)... How would you recommend dealing with this large QUANTITY of cigars? Would you even freeze them? I'm going to freeze anything I buy from now on, but I can't decide on freezing, or chancing my current ones in the wine coolers.
Input?
Thanks guys! Sorry if I'm rambling or disjointed, I'm a little distracted by my housemates right now.
Thanks,
Jeremy