How do you age your cigars? Don't you just want to smoke them?

[IMABEAST]

Coming from someone that was asking the same thing in January. Just get involved on this great forum. You will find out exactly how it you get to the point of "surplus".

I started around last August with a Drew Estate sampler that came with a 50ct. humidor and bought a few 5'ers here and there. 20 at one time, at the most.

Joined BOTL In late Jan. I now have a 28 bottle winedor with a couple boxes and 50+ singles.
Thing is, I don't think my story is unique here lol.

 

[ZippoGeek]

Thing is, I don't think my story is unique here lol.

It's not. Same story for me and @8ball...4 months in -- wineadors!

 

[luckysaturn13]

Easiest way to age cigars..... just add a toddler and newborn to your house hold. Smoking time definitely cut back. Less smoking time = ageing cigars lol

 

[CVAC085]

It's not. Same story for me and @8ball...4 months in -- wineadors!

What they really mean is....on their 2nd wineadors and they will gladly accept bombs to blow up their mailboxes.

 

[JustTroItIn]

For me it started as just buying more than I smoke. Then I started piping and my cigar consumption went way down.

 

[Smokin Aces]

Step 1.) If you are still fairly new to cigars just buy some singles or fivers and explore as much as the cigar world has to offer....forget aging.
Step 2.) After at least 1-2 years of exploration you should have an idea about what you enjoy and what you don't. Go buy a cooler and fill it with fivers of everything you think you like.
Step 3.) Spend another year or two smoking from the cooler and figure out what is really "box worthy".....the sticks you just cannot live without.
Step 4.) Go buy a large winedor or large capacity humidor and start slowly filling it with boxes of the good stuff. In time you will have plenty of boxes....so much so that you might smoke a different cigar every day for months without smoking the same thing twice and at this point you will find your stash will age all by itself because you have such an extensive inventory. Most of my stuff is at least 1-2 years old with some boxes as much as 3-5 years old just because of the size of my stash. Half the fun is smoking something fresh then coming back at 6 months then 1 year and so on allowing you to taste the way a cigar is actually maturing. Lot's of fun for sure but don't be in a rush. Have fun.

 

[KookaRocha]

I love all the advice (and humor) here. I will say this, before I saw all your methods the slope wasn't too slippery, now that I have I'm clinging for anything like Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in a Colombian mudslide.

I had 10 sticks 3 weeks ago and my normal amount of cigarillos. Today, I have at least 30, 20 ordered and awaiting departure from cbid(damn that addictive temptation from tobacco heaven) and my first trade is on route as well. That's not even including the several 50 packs of cigarillos I've ordered.(again cbid)

Whoever said toddlers help, you clearly don't have a large Mexican family that is happy to steal your kid away at any moment.

Oh yeah, and wineador, already on the lookout.

I'd dislike all you guys for the temptation that's reallocating money from my gun fund, but I like you all too much for the damn good advice.

Oh, and to the OP, they've all given you subtle answers on how to build a collection. Here's the blunt one, when your check comes in: pay your bills, save a bit, but some groceries, then try not to be broke until payday after you visit all the sites these guys are showing you. Lol

 

[KookaRocha]

 

[King Kill 33]

Yes

Buy more than you can smoke. Then buy more

This is the best advice here. Sounds silly but it makes sense. It's also fun when you keep them in multiple spots and then you find something that you forgot you had. It takes a couple years but if you keep buying more than you smoke, that day will come.

 

[ChefBoyRG54]

This is the best advice here. Sounds silly but it makes sense. It's also fun when you keep them in multiple spots and then you find something that you forgot you had. It takes a couple years but if you keep buying more than you smoke, that day will come.

Lol yes, no sarcasm there. Sounds crazy, is crazy, but has great rewards!

 

[King Kill 33]

Also, have your favorites within reach and the ones you want to age out of reach. That helps too.

 

[jonnylieberman]

Damn brother...you're killing me here!! ROTFLMAO!!

The Trick to Aging
Buy Cigars and Buy Cigars
Credit Card Has Skid Marks.

 

[BMack]

It really is amazing how you start and you're like howTF do all these guys have cigars that are 5-6 or more years old? How can they just let those sit there for that long...then as time goes on, you're like oh maybe i should revisit such and such...and it's been aged 5 years.

 

[Old Smokey]

Yup, it happens and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it. Might as well throw up your hands and surrender right now.

 

[The_Rev]

I have found over time that time is the best way to age cigars. The more time used the older the cigars seem to get. I know, crazy. But it's true.

 

[Yarddog]

When I moved to my present home, I found a 24/7/365 cigar/newsstand a short distance away. Great! No need for a humidor. I was paying $10-12 for the sticks l like. Then last year, I discovered buying cigars on-line. Zounds! I found sticks I liked as much as what I was smoking for $2-4 per stick! And just to keep apples to apples and oranges to oranges, the exact same ceegars I had been paying $10-12 for now cost $5-8 on-line. But it made more sense to buy in quantity, so I did, and pretty soon, I wound up buying a humidor again, and filled it with sticks. For me, going on line and with a click, making an order for $80-100 for a box of 20-24 cigars is just a lot easier than going into a B&M and paying that amount for six to eight cigars.

That said, OP, I think the same will hold true for you as you progress into this hobby. When I get an order, yeah, I smoke one right off the truck...then the others go into my humidor and begin aging. When I go to my local B&M for a treat, they have been aging for some time. No need to worry about it any more. But I pay a premium for that age. Would rather do it myself and pay less.