Ageing Fizzers

[El Presidente]

 

It is the the cigar version of a Hitchcock Horror Movie 

You purchased a box of cigars almost a decade ago and have been patiently storing them.

 Anyone can purchase an aged box of cigars if you have the contacts and the coin....but there is something special about doing it yourself 

You know the provenance is right. You have been more protective than a lioness over her cubs. Temperature, humidity, spot on. Some people call you anal?.....Why? just because you have an App that beeps if the humidity or temp move more than 1.5 points? Bugger them! 

 

A special milestone for you is coming up. This is the cigar moment you have been preparing for.

The big day arrives. Everything is perfect. You light up your decade aged cigar ............

You don't like it  

 

It could  be one off? Hell every roller has a bad day. 

You anxiously go to another from the same box....it is a special moment, special day.....you light it up and after ten minutes you sit back, relax and decide....

You don't like it  

Worse you enjoy your 3 year old boxes of the same cigar more. 

 

What have been your Ageing Fizzers? 

[westg]

Punch Royal Selection No. 11  ASB NOV 06     they look a million bucks and smoke like two dollar ho's

Punch Super Selection No. 1  EMA MAR 08  50 cab look and smoke the same as above .

Diplomaticos No 2 EMA SEP 07  stone cold dead

 

I have a few I haven't smoked yet , one being  the number 0001/ 7400 box  Por Larranaga Belicosos     . I have put them  away for my 50th,  which is a long way off  . Will be interesting to see how they go. Smithy I will send you one .  Good thread Rob,   I dug them out after reading this to have a look at them, gee the smell amazing  ...now way back in the top shelf .

Have to say though , I have gone away from smoking aged stuff.....much prefer cigars with around six months on them at present.  And that will change soon enough  

 

 

 

[HavanaSunday]

Hoyo de Monterrey Epi Especial - 2009. After nearly seven years they haven't developed and they haven't lost any harshness. Crazy that I have another box same year different code and they're phenomenal.  

[TheLiquidGator]

Por Larranaga Encantos. I have sampled 5 and they just will not come around. For me anyway. But, am not in a rush. Am just passing through on my way to Australia.

[Fuzz]

52 minutes ago, westg said:

Punch Royal Selection No. 11  ASB NOV 06     they look a million bucks and smoke like two dollar ho's

Punch Super Selection No. 1  EMA MAR 08  50 cab look and smoke the same as above .

Diplomaticos No 2 EMA SEP 07  stone cold dead

 

I have a few I haven't smoked yet , one being  the number 0001/ 7400 box  Por Larranaga Belicosos     . I have put them  away for my 50th,  which is a long way off  . Will be interesting to see how they go. Smithy I will send you one .  Good thread Rob,   I dug them out after reading this to have a look at them, gee the smell amazing  ...now way back in the top shelf .

Have to say though , I have gone away from smoking aged stuff.....much prefer cigars with around six months on them at present.  And that will change soon enough  

 

 

 

I remember when you picked up that box of PL Belicosos. I got box number 8! Really hope they are not fizzers too!

[Lant63]

Punch Royal Selection No. 11  ASB NOV 06     they look a million bucks and smoke like two dollar ho's

Punch Super Selection No. 1  EMA MAR 08  50 cab look and smoke the same as above .

Diplomaticos No 2 EMA SEP 07  stone cold dead

 

I have a few I haven't smoked yet , one being  the number 0001/ 7400 box  Por Larranaga Belicosos     . I have put them  away for my 50th,  which is a long way off  . Will be interesting to see how they go. Smithy I will send you one .  Good thread Rob,   I dug them out after reading this to have a look at them, gee the smell amazing  ...now way back in the top shelf .

Have to say though , I have gone away from smoking aged stuff.....much prefer cigars with around six months on them at present.  And that will change soon enough  

 

 

 

If you ever want to part with those punch

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[LordAnubis]

I've decided im not a fan of too much age. I prefer 2-6 years of box age then i finish them up. Failing miserably at that though with the little smoking i do and a humidor sitting at home unattended.

My only fizzer at the moment is the H&F 225. Just. Don't. Like. It.

[Miner]

Punch Royal Selection No 11 from 2000

This one goes full circle. When I got them four years ago they were horrible and I gave quite a few away. Tried one last year and it was amazing. Only got 13 left, I probably smoked 4 from the box.  I wish I kept them now.

Cheers

[westg]

20 minutes ago, Miner said:

Punch Royal Selection No 11 from 2000

This one goes full circle. When I got them four years ago they were horrible and I gave quite a few away. Tried one last year and it was amazing. Only got 13 left, I probably smoked 4 from the box.  I wish I kept them now.

Cheers

Shall we bring one for each other at our next catch up and compare Clive ?

[westg]

2 hours ago, Fuzz said:

I remember when you picked up that box of PL Belicosos. I got box number 8! Really hope they are not fizzers too!

Have you smoked one yet Chris ?

[dvickery]

Pretty much every box I open these days is 15 ( or more ) years ... All of them aged by me .

Aging ... got it right the first time ( by accident ) I guess ... Have not done anything different in 2 decades .

no fizzers for me

derrek

[sam]

A 50 cab of RASS. POL MAR 11. I patiently waited while they sat in my humidor till this past March. They look and smell great.  Construction seems good.  But 9 of the 10 I've smoked so far were wind tunnels that tasted like crap.  I'm going to give most of them away. ---sam

[Eric E]

Vegas Robaina Don Alejandros from 2007. Just a bland box. I thought they would be great, but boy was I wrong. 

[Fuzz]

2 hours ago, westg said:

Have you smoked one yet Chris ?

 

Oh good Lord no! They are still sitting in the OLH.I'd never resist the temptation if they were at home.

[westg]

11 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

 

Oh good Lord no! They are still sitting in the OLH.I'd never resist the temptation if they were at home.

Ha I was speaking with one of the Singapore boys not that long ago ...he thought he had the number 2 box ...turned out to be No 2002 ..maybe you should check

[Fuzz]

36 minutes ago, westg said:

Ha I was speaking with one of the Singapore boys not that long ago ...he thought he had the number 2 box ...turned out to be No 2002 ..maybe you should check

If it ain't box number 0008, Smithy has some explaining to do!

[Miner]

4 hours ago, westg said:

Shall we bring one for each other at our next catch up and compare Clive ?

Definitely

[PigFish]

Well, I just opened a box of '06 RGPCs that are just average! I have found these cigars are excellent overall (generally) but this box is just hit and miss. A buddy of mine loves them, me... meh!

Cigars are for smoking, not wishful thinking. Yes, I too may sit on my last full box of something, then I get a wild hair and just pluck one out.

As far as the RG's are concerned, well, perhaps I will drop the box remainders in a singles drawer, make room for another box of '15's and open a box of '07 RGPC's! For me there is no magic in aged cigars. I just miss the ones that I once could buy en masse, but no more. The magic was in the brand/vitola and has little to do with an ink stamp on the bottom.

-Piggy 

[JohnS]

7 hours ago, Fuzz said:

I remember when you picked up that box of PL Belicosos. I got box number 8! Really hope they are not fizzers too!

When you bring them out of the OLH, I'll let you know how they're smoking!  

[Fuzz]

4 hours ago, JohnS said:

When you bring them out of the OLH, I'll let you know how they're smoking!  

I'll give you two chances... Buckley's and none!

[JohnS]

9 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

I'll give you two chances... Buckley's and none!

Haha...can't blame me for trying! 

[ElAbogado]

I have two that jump to mind. One is a box of Upmann Magnum 48 LE 2009. Tend to start out musty and mild, and fail to develop much from there. Hoping they're simply in a second sick period or something. The second offender is also from Upmann, a box of 2013 HUHC which are also just way too bland - hardly the "Cuban crack" that people usually talk about. I'll probably buy a new PSP box next time they pop up and give the rest of the '13 box away. Most of my collection is from '13 or newer, but in my limited experience with things older than 4 years, I've been preferable to the young stock.

[skalls]

I'm with Anubis.  Tend to not worry about things getting"old".  Been finding that most are smoking quite well after 18 months so I'm having a hard time justifying holding on to them after they are on.

[BonVivant]

once one figures out what not to buy, the result would be no more fizzers - takes years, if not decades

 

[NSXCIGAR]

My two most notable busts were 2001 EL RyJ Robustos and a cab of 2002 Punch SS1. Terrible from the outset, held onto them for 10 years, and never got any better. I was really starting behind the 8-ball with those two years, though.

Also had some 07 PL Asia RE Robustos that were pretty awful and never came around. I know there are a lot of fans of those but they were pretty lousy for me, and remained so.