Saving those special cigars

[kcmontie]

About 2 weeks ago I decided that I am not saving cigars for special day anymore. If it's ready to smoke its ready.

How about you?

Nobody lives forever.

[Mahstah]

Nothing is off limits for me.

[maverickdrinker]

The only cigars I have held back on are those I smoke for specific life changing events. I have cigars that I only smoke on my kids birthdays, anniversary, my birthday etc. everything else is fair game...

[ramon_cojones]

A Cigar is only special after you smoke it!

This is brilliant. I've been let down by so many cigars I thought were going to be special. That is until I smoked them and realized they weren't.

[DoubleDD]

No special cigars, I burn them all.

[shlomo]

I want to say that I don't save cigars for special occasions, and maybe I don't.....but I do.

I won't dip into any of my impossible to replace cigars without having a special reason for it. I wont save forever, maybe not even for a long time, but there has to be a reason.

I have smoked some great cigars at local gatherings or with friends at their places or my own, and thats reason enough. But if its just a lazy Tuesday afternoon by myself while reading my book, chances are I'm not smoking a CGR in the garage....

[earthson]

I don't know. I've got some cigs over 15 years old... and not too many of them left!

[610]

I have a SLR serie A that is my oldest cigar and is not meeting a match until the day I retire. Everything else is fair game.

[tjohn7]

I save some, but barely anything is off limits. If I'm feeling like a double corona, I have one. Can't worry about if I'm having it too soon. Just gotta live life.

[Lasabar]

Depends on the day.

Some nights I only smoke the crappiest stuff I have, just to "Thin" the humidor and keep the good smokes ready for the special times.

Then some nights, I'll smoke a cigar while mowing the lawn and grab one of my best.

I can't make up my mind, but if I had to pick a side I'd say I smoke the lower end stuffs first to keep the expensive stuffs ready for big occasions.

[gtejada]

No Special Cigars here. The only thing I don't like is smoking alone!

[rtrimbath]

I'm definitely guilty of being a cigar hoarder. I keep telling myself certain cigars are for a special occasion, but then I can't seem to find an occasion special enough.

[polarbear]

For me, it depends on my pallet

I'll smoke the most precious of cigars on the most mundane of days if I feel I will be able to show it as much appreciation as it deserves.

I'll ensure I've had a good meal but not too spicy or saucy.

Wont have had many (if any cigars) that day before the 'special' one.

Will be sober (that's a biggie)

Am able to devote most (if not all) of my attention to the cigar

If I can tick all those boxes, I'll smoke my $100 stick on a Tuesday

[Fuzz AI]

I have some cigars that have been real crackers. Those I tend to save, not for special occasions, but for when I need a good pick me up. Nothing like unwinding from a really bad day/week with a cigar that you know will be great.

And if it turns out not to be great... just reach into the humidor for another.

[leftimatic]

Nope, I smoke without prejudice.....actually I don't have any worth saving.

[NJP]

I separate and I age but still have run of the mill sticks on those occasions that one would deem special. I haven't enforced an attitude to smoke the good stuff yet maybe something will change.

[StingMeadery]

Nothing is off limits for me.

Welcome to my world

"Saving for best" just means you never get to enjoy it...perhaps an older generation mindset. Like displaying your best china your entire life and die never having actually used it...

I smoke the very best I have every chance and work my way DOWN the gene pool !

[1LegLance]

When 2000 hit and the concept of special cigars started in the habano world I was really bad about saving sticks as "they could never be had again".

I built up my stash to about 3500 sticks and one day I was looking for a stick and all I had were Jose Piedras and a ton of "special cigars". Massively frustrating to guess if "tuesday" was a good enough day for a Monte Milli Jar.

So I dialed up some friends and invited them over to start enjoying the stash.

Basically since then I only keep things that need age, otherwise everything is up for grabs....maybe save something for a buddy if I am down to a few sticks I know they like.

[shlomo]

It's Tuesday. Looks like a lot of nice cigars are gonna get burned!

[Mckucci]

I have about 10 boxes of cigars put away that are for special occasions, these are rare boxes that were either gifted to me, or are aging!

[subport]

Every day is a special day till we die. My grabs are upon the mood. If its behike then it is, in a mood and have time for winnie just go ahead. However when we get some special day (birthday or anniversary or whatever) I try to go with some real goodies.

[Balboa]

smoke whatever I'm in the mood for and have enough time to smoke.

[garbandz]

I try to have something special at least twice a month,and on occasions that call for something extra nice................

The ones I do not touch are ageing a bit longer,some are special,some just young.

[Smiley]

Any day I smoke a good cigar is a special day.

The only cigar I've saved is the one I bought when my youngest son was born. 19 yrs later, about two months ago, when he moved out and started his university studies, I gave it to him. It was a crap cigar from 1995, but very special to us.

[forgop]

I have a handful of special cigars and special box codes that are anniversary smokes to pull out each year for my dad's passing and my son's birthday.