Question for older BOTL

[Geaux]

Thanks all for the thoughts.

 

More thinking I am overwhelming my humidor space with aged crap that will never be more than crap.... But maybe those will change a bit with time...? Not something that keeps me up at night, but just a question to hear what y'all think about it. Thanks again.

[earthson]

22 hours ago, fabes said:

Don't lose hope on those SP! 

Don't get me wrong - I like them as a change of pace. Great creamy quality to the profile and a unique woody note - I don't typically care for overly woody cigars (young HdM Epi, for example), but these are crazy enough to be interesting.

Thing is, I'm slowly smoking through a '13 box and they just don't strike me as ones that will develop much from aging.

21 hours ago, Geaux said:

More thinking I am overwhelming my humidor space with aged crap that will never be more than crap.... But maybe those will change a bit with time...? Not something that keeps me up at night, but just a question to hear what y'all think about it. Thanks again.

Generally, crap in, crap out. Some cigars are simply awful when young. By the time most are 3-4 years from box date, you can kind of tell what they may become.

[rcarlson]

For me, hope always springs eternal.  I've had some cheap-and-crappy that for some damn reason became excellent.  And when they don't improve, I don't mind burning them up on an ordinary day with no need for cosmic rehab.  Life's not that short.  Hell, smoking the older ho-hum/kinda crappy ones makes the next great one even greater IMO.  

[PapaDisco]

I've gotten cautious with throwing out cigars in the 1-10 year zone.  I've smoked enough that came back from the dead that it convinces me about the existence of the existence of these odd flat (vacuum) periods.  If I test a cigar from a 4 or 5 year old box and it's dull, I don't curse the whole box but rather wrap it back up (ziplocks) and put it on the bottom for more sleep.

Now so far, in my limited experience, if a 10 year old box is flat then it's never coming back.  At least so far.  I have a couple of those that I've put back to rest and will retry in 5 or 10 years.  Sheesh I'm gonna have to write myself notes to remember!