Melding Flavors In The Humidor

[rodwha]

So then it would seem that it's a time issue, that after several years it may begin to meld slightly? If there are oils floating around in the humidor like a mist it would seem inevitable that they meld to some degree. And if the oils are floating around on the gasses I'd suspect that even separate trays wouldn't be enough, though much better, to stave off this melding.

At this stage I'm uncertain if/when I'd get to the point of having sticks for several years, and if I did they'd likely be the nicer ones.

As it seems just about everyone here has eventually run out of the room they felt they needed multiple times and have purchased additional humidors, and I shouldn't be any different. That being the case I can easily keep longer term and nicer sticks separated... Funny as I was just looking over humidors between 100-200 count thinking that ought to be plenty of storage with my tupperdore as backup.

As my go to homebrew store has been out of various British ingredients keeping me from making an ESB I may very well end up with a humidor soon enough (it's been 3 months now). I've mostly been looking over CI and wonder about the quality of their glass top humidors. Is $1/stick storage a fair enough indicator of quality, ie a 100 ct box for $100? I don't care much about fancy, but do want something nice enough to set on the desk.

[Herf N Turf]

Great advice either cello on or off. Early on in my cigar smoking I just kept everything out of box in 1 humi on shelves. Do to the amount of cigars I quickly acquired that initial stock lasted several years. The natural's basically lost all their flavor and end up tasting just like maduros they sat next too. Now what I do is box all cigars by type and size. This works well if you have a large cooler. I found I prefer removing the cello now only because after say 7-8 years most the cello turn dark yellow and start to fall apart around the cigar and ends up just making a mess in the box anyway.

I sure do love me some yellow cello.

[pdq_wizzard]

at first I took all the cellos off my cigars, today I put into cellos if they don't come with them and I plan on sitting on them.

gives them more protection when they get bumped around.

edit to add I don't smoke Infused cigars so that is not an issue for me.

[HIM]

As my go to homebrew store has been out of various British ingredients keeping me from making an ESB I may very well end up with a humidor soon enough (it's been 3 months now).

Just out of curiosity are you talking about Austin Homebrew? They should have all the stuff you'd need except British crystal malts. You can get by subbing for American crystal or I know MoreBeer carries Bairds. They have British Kent Goldings too. Sorry to be off topic just trying to help.... 3 months is a long time to wait on an ESB!!!

[rodwha]

I just deal with MoreBeer as they give free shipping on larger orders. Despite signing up for email notification when ingredients came in I had none and see they now have what they didn't but are lacking something else.

For this one (something similar to Old Speckled Hen) I wanted it to be as British as possible. I even ordered a couple of cans of Lyle's Golden Syrup from England. I also want to make a biscuity flavored ESB similar to Foster's Premium Ale, and that I wouldn't mind using American specialty grains (Briess).

[Engineer99]

There is no way this is a thing...The flavor of a cigar is contained totally within it and influencing the flavor externally in a passive manner is virtually impossible.

You could surround a single [generic cigar] with a hundred of [best cigar you can think of] for a decade, and it will never acquire the qualities/flavor profile of [best cigar you can think of] .

[LGHT]

I sure do love me some yellow cello.

hahah I don't mind yellow either, but it's the next phase when the cello starts to break down crack and disintegrate!

[Herf N Turf]

hahah I don't mind yellow either, but it's the next phase when the cello starts to break down crack and disintegrate!

Oh the little details that make us love these things...

[Old Smokey]

hahah I don't mind yellow either, but it's the next phase when the cello starts to break down crack and disintegrate!

How long does that take? I doubt I have that many years left to find out.

[ChiefIlliniwek]

I was really anal about this when I first started out. I'd organize my sticks by wrapper and keep all of my maduros on one side of the box, and keep all of the full bodies on another. Now, it's just one big cigar orgy.