How Old Do You Prefer Your Cigars

[Upstatemax]

I usually have at least one with in a few weeks of coming off the truck. After that I usually let them sit for at least six months and start to slowly go through them.

By the time I'm done with a box, the last few to be smoked will have over a year of rest on them.

[Jordan23]

Tricky question. So many "it depends" involved. But based on the choices, I'm in the 12-24 months bracket.

[Puff]

I clicked on more than four years. Although, that's just because I buy far too many cigars than I can smoke. I'm getting better the past year or two but still can't help myself at times.

[droy1958]

Actually, I prefer mine light, but MOST don't make it past a year.....

[Branzig]

The bulk of my cigars have 3+ years age on them. Not because I really choose to rest them this long, more so because I smoke a pipe 99.9% of the time over a stick. The added benefit? All my cigars have tasty age, the curse of the situation? Now I only like well rested sticks....

[Ilroy]

At this point I had to say 1-6 months because I only started buying cigars to hold for any length of time a few months ago. Ask me again in a couple years and my answer will likely be different.

[boro62]

to be honest, I never really bought cigars with the intent to age, I just kept buying and buying and don't smoke faster than I buy them. Now I just rotate through them, but most stuff has over a year on them at this point.

[jhedrick83]

Almost all of mine are 2-3 years at this point with the exception of a fresh batch of opus I picked up in November. It started because I have CAD and can't help it once I find something I like, then I tried a few that had a couple years on them and loved them even more. There is one cigar that is a bit of an exception for me. There's a shop in Charleston called Lianos Dos Palmas that rolls is shop some great maduros (IMO). When they are truly fresh rolled they are awesome! Then they have a sick period that can last a few months where I won't touch them, then back to awesome! So those, I tend to either smoke ROTT or after several months.

[RocknRoll]

I'll always give my cigars a week or two in the humi to rest after shipping. Then they just wait their turn.

I'm not a "buy to age guy". I'm a "buy to smoke guy". Like Fox said, I try to give mine a few weeks rest to acclimate, then they wait in line. Accounting for the frequency at which I buy and smoke, I guess I'm currently right on the border of 1-6 mths and 8-12 mths by the time a cigars number comes up. Since the time frame has been slowly edging higher since getting serious about this hobby a couple years ago, I voted the 8 -12 months option.

[mgcrunch]

Smoke one with two weeks in the humidor. Then decide on the time it needs. I have Viaje that will sit for 1 to 3 years, production CC that will sit for 3+, etc.

Typically don't crack into a box for at least six months. The number of years really depends on the cigar.