Coach Dread, I'm pretty much with you on this. The only reason I'd put one away for later was if I made a mistake in the first place and had it on hand anyway. Otherwise, move on, in my opinion. I only have a 70 cigar humidor, which is plenty of space to keep the ones I have in rotation, but not big enough to keep clunkers in. I dunno, again agreeing with you, if I didn't like it at first, I probably won't like it any better in six months, notwithstanding that yeah, you can get a bad one in a bunch of good ones.


The other thing that happens to me is that I'll pay $10, $15, $20, even more, for a stick with a lofty reputation...and I find that I like the sticks that I buy on special for $1 to $2 better. Such was the case with the vaunted Liga Privada #9, Padron 1926, the AJF New World, Tatuaje Black Label, and others. Decent ceegars, but NOT outstanding and worthy of the price tag and/or reputation. Those are good examples of what we're talking about. I could have bought another, put it away, see if I like it later, but to me, the sticks I buy SHOULD be aged long enough before I get them. To me, it just makes no sense that I should have to do the job that the maker SHOULD have done before they sold it to me! To me, it's almost like a loan...'pay me today for a cigar that you can't smoke for a year'. Mmmmm...nooooo...If I can't smoke it right off the truck, or right from the B&M, I'll move on, cuz there's plenty out there that I CAN do it with!

Maybe if I had a lot more disposable income to play with, or a larger humidor, or both, or took this hobby more seriously, I might feel differently. But...I don't.