Should I, or shouldn’t I?... ?

[Chas.Alpha]

This was the one box that I got in Havana last year, PDC UGO NOV 18 that I promised myself wouldn’t be touched until 2025. It’s been a long year... ?

 

 

 

[HarveyBoulevard]

Armageddon or the rapture may occur before 2025. I’d be smoking them now.

[Islandboy]

I’m a fan of early samplings to get a baseline as they change. That said, the first stick from my OER Feb 20 box was waaaay too young. But at least I know.

[Habana Mike]

Well, it’s already opened!

No time like the present......

[NSXCIGAR]

2 years is plenty of time for Punch Punch. 

[RedLantern]

Smoke em while ya got em.

[ReturnFreeRisk]

I am sitting on a box of PDC UGO Oct 18s never touched either, so curious to hear your thoughts if you get into them!


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[IanMcLean68]

1 hour ago, NSXCIGAR said:

2 years is plenty of time for Punch Punch. 

Are these Punch Punch? I thought they looked more like DCs?

[NSXCIGAR]

23 minutes ago, IanMcLean68 said:

Are these Punch Punch? I thought they looked more like DCs?

Ha, I didn't look down far enough! 

Yeah, you could give Punch DC a few more years...

[westg]

I saw the thread title and said yes. Always , smoke one today and if you like them ...keep going 

[Rhinoww]

There are 25 in the box and we are just talking about one now, right?
 

 Unless you are saving to flip in BR in a few years, enjoy the cigar and post a review. 

I’m told they are just cigars..... But man they are fun to collect. 

[BrightonCorgi]

I'd hold on to them, until then.  You must have some other cigars you can smoke, no?

[JZBdano]

From the handful of PDCs I've had the only good one was 7yrs old.  At 2-3yrs they are kind of boring.  I'd wait, but I have plenty of patience when it comes to cigars.  Not much harm in wasting 2hrs and one cigar if it doesn't satisfy.

[mprach024]

They look amazing whatever you decide.  I’d hold off as long as I could but I’m guessing I’d try one.

[Chas.Alpha]

Thanks to all that replied! ?

The consensus seems to be to let these pedigreed puppies lie, which is what I shall do. If a meteor hits the planet in the next 12 months, all bets are off!!!

Thanks again, my BOTH/SOTH. ✡️✝️☪️☯️☮️?

[Cigar Salute]

Try one!  I know the feeling of having that nice packed dress box intact is hard to give up, but no one knows your palate better than you.  ALOT of cigars have been smoking great with less than a year on them these days, what if what if they're amazing today?  You have 25 of them!  If you really want to smoke one, you should.  Hope it's a great one if you decide to smoke it!

[SigSauer516]

one wont hurt

 

[Habana Mike]

Seemed split to me until the posts after yours. Consensus is you should sample one now and decide. Unless you're thinking of selling the box down the road.

Light one up and give us a review!

[havanaclub]

Smoke one why wait? You got 25 of them. I don’t understand why people wait so long to try one. You could wait 10 years and find they are flat. You could wait 5 years and find that the first 4 you smoke are excellent then the next 2 are duds. Just sample one.


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[joeypots]

For me, it would come down to how many cigars you have and how much you trust your vendor. If the cigars are well sourced and you have a big collection so that you aren't always thinking about that particular box, hang on to them for a while. I have a fair # of cigars and I only smoke two or three a week so waiting 4 or 5 years isn't hard. If I had three boxes and I was burning through them pretty quick I'd spark one of those babies asap. 

That's just me.

[Chas.Alpha]

19 hours ago, Habana Mike said:

Seemed split to me until the posts after yours. Consensus is you should sample one now and decide. Unless you're thinking of selling the box down the road.

Light one up and give us a review!

Nope. I’m not the collector/flip kind of Habanos smoker. I bought everything that I have with the intention of burning them myself, or at least with friends that would appreciate them. This box I bought at the old Partagas factory. They had quite a few 50 cabs when I was there some months before, but at the time, I was on the hunt for Sir Winnies and P Lusi’s. Cuba being Cuba, ultimately you leave with what you can find! This last trip, 25 dress boxes were all of the PDC’s that were left. I guess they sent the rest of the 50 cabs to Rob!!! ?

I’ll burn one tonight or tomorrow and post the review! ?

Thanks, FOH?

[Monterey]

No way would I break into them.  I was also in Cuba around that time and grabbed a cab of them, despite the cab being cut at the start of 2018.  They are vacuum sealed away where they belong.    Everyone is in a rush these days.  Patience pays off.

[PigFish]

Does not make a damn bit of difference to me! However if one is going smoke or not smoke based on 'request' then that means that you are likely looking to be pushed in a direction. I don't think you would ask if smoking one was not on your mind. 

I almost checked out in '08. I was blowing leaves in my yard, then on my back in the hospital later that day. Just use that as a data point. There are people on the planet today that won't see a day in 2025.

Smoke one. It is just a cigar!

Cheers! -the Pig

[Chas.Alpha]

15 hours ago, PigFish said:

Does not make a damn bit of difference to me! However if one is going smoke or not smoke based on 'request' then that means that you are likely looking to be pushed in a direction. I don't think you would ask if smoking one was not on your mind. 

I almost checked out in '08. I was blowing leaves in my yard, then on my back in the hospital later that day. Just use that as a data point. There are people on the planet today that won't see a day in 2025.

Smoke one. It is just a cigar!

Cheers! -the Pig

All true! These are by far the best looking sticks that I brought back. I was hoping that someone had succumbed to their temptation and had a “ready or not” opinion. Example; I broke into a 10 ct. box of Lusi’s from mid ‘18 a week ago. They just aren’t quite ready yet. A bit of ammonia left rounding 3rd to home. Other hand, the ARS ‘19 Fundadores are ready, willing and able!  Also of note, with the exception of maxing a credit card out to (my lifelong dream) actually go cigar shopping in Havana, I have never been able to have more than 1-2 boxes a year in my humidor until now. (I discovered FOH and a new credit card! ?) Any and all cigars that I brought back from Europe during the ‘90’s and 2000’s are long a distant memory. As such, my experience with aged Habanos is quite limited.

I’m giving you the ? on this topic, Pig. You’re right, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. It would be a cryin’ shame if my last thoughts on this mortal orb were “damn, I wish I’d have tried the PDC’s!” Will burn one tonight and post my thoughts for the rest of you over the weekend...

Cheers!

[PigFish]

1 hour ago, Chas.Alpha said:

All true! These are by far the best looking sticks that I brought back. I was hoping that someone had succumbed to their temptation and had a “ready or not” opinion. Example; I broke into a 10 ct. box of Lusi’s from mid ‘18 a week ago. They just aren’t quite ready yet. A bit of ammonia left rounding 3rd to home. Other hand, the ARS ‘19 Fundadores are ready, willing and able!  Also of note, with the exception of maxing a credit card out to (my lifelong dream) actually go cigar shopping in Havana, I have never been able to have more than 1-2 boxes a year in my humidor until now. (I discovered FOH and a new credit card! ?) Any and all cigars that I brought back from Europe during the ‘90’s and 2000’s are long a distant memory. As such, my experience with aged Habanos is quite limited.

I’m giving you the ? on this topic, Pig. You’re right, tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. It would be a cryin’ shame if my last thoughts on this mortal orb were “damn, I wish I’d have tried the PDC’s!” Will burn one tonight and post my thoughts for the rest of you over the weekend...

Cheers!

I appreciate the positive peer review.

When I think of the dollar value of the cigars that I have smoked, one here, one there, broken cabs of this and that... and then look over at BR, it gets me to thinking... what if?

Yet I bought the damn cigars to smoke. Not to collect, nor brag about, nor sell on the secondary market. While one does not exclude the others, it overrides them.

I have posted about my heart attack so many times I get to thinking that people are tired of hearing about it. Yet, when I look at a join date, such as yours, I realize that one may not have known some of the things that any member may have posted about in the decade and a half that this board has weathered. I was there  man!!! Yet, I am still here.

Do I break every unopened box of cigars? No. Do I smoke cigars ROTT... no? I have a lot of cigars and more sense than that... Yet my overriding reason for buying cigars has always been to consume them (eventually).

Smoking a cigar while in too wet a state is a waste of a cigar (MHO). Smoking an acclimatized cigar when it is ready, may well be as good a cigar will ever be. One never knows.

Scratch the itch, treat yourself, and when in doubt, smoke the cigar. You are worth it! -Piggy