Originally Posted by
earcutter
Just to be clear - a ziplock bag with a little bit of damp paper towel inside will work for a couple of weeks, but beyond that, no. You'll want tupperware at min, after that.
If you really don't smoke often - buying when you are smoking, is a better deal.
As for resting and aging cigars - resting is usually considered keeping a cigar in your humi for under a year. Aging over a year at min. The cigars you smoke at your B&M I can say with almost 100% certainty, have rested for at least a month before being put into the humi for sale. Why? Cigars are little sponges, and they don't travel all that well. Letting them rest allows for equilibrium giving you the most the cigar can offer.
Aging can and does work - it allows the leafs/oils to meld into a more "balanced" smoke. The "transitions" aren't as harsh. But yeah - not all cigars age well. Good cigars, for example Padrons, have already aged and don't need more (rest yes). Liga's from Drew Estate uses aged tobacco as well, and have been known to dull with age.
Aging is a throwback to Cuban Cigars which used tobacco's that were never aged and REALLY benefited from aging.
No cigar will go "bad" if aged correctly - and many do well with aging (illusione's). I age many of mine. But be wary of very expensive non - Cuban cigars - many use aged tobacco's and can lose flavour after a couple of years in the humi.
Don't hold onto a smoke for the sake of holding on to it is what I am saying. If you are going to age - buy at least ten and smoke one a year to make sure the stick ages well... take my word for it :(. On the flip side, don't give away harsh cigars if they aren't smoking well the first 12 months. You never know - I have some that have just bloomed into beauties!! And I curse the day I gave a bunch away lol!!