Humidor/Cigar Update

@DHD here is my response to your excellent post (just random thoughts and such)

1) What size is that cabinet? I love that size. I just did my design meeting with a custom humidor maker in NY. Having mine made 40 inches tall, 33 inches wide, and 16 deep, all hand done custom to my specs. I'm using quarter sewn white oak exterior in a hand rubbed walnut stain, glass front, spanish cedar interior. He is also installing a complete Oasis Magna 3.0 humidifcation system, mounted high, completely spanish cedar enclosed with wood baffling and full wifi enabled LED lighting throughout. Pre-wired and plug and play. You do not want to know the absurd amount of money I am spending on this. But the 2K prebuilt China ones were just not what I wanted. When it comes in in a couple months and I get it dialed in and loaded I will do an image post like yours. I might have to sell the trailer to afford this thing, but at least my stogies will display well in the homeless camp.

2) I actually have one of those Boveda acrylic humidors right now that I use as a sort of dry box. Love these things. They work great. Hope I don't need them in my cabinet because after spending many thousands of dollars if I have to use them I will be pissed!

3) Cohiba Red Dot. I agree. I bought a box and have had a few. Inconsistent is a good word for them. I have had good US owned rip off Cohibas before, so maybe with a bit more rest they will get better. I have had MUCH better results with the Cohiba Nicaragua N54. Excellent smokes. My new deal is paying absurd amounts of money and actually getting Cuban Cohibas. This is not for the faint of heart. But, ultimately I'd like for a quarter to a third of my stash to be true Cuban goodness. I have Bolivar, Romeo y Julietta, Ramon Allones and Trinidad boxes still aging (do not smoke Cubans right away you MUST age them for a year minimum) but smokeable, and a monster order of Trinidad and Cohiba due to arrive in the next few weeks. Will update as the Cuban journey develops.






4) Carrillo. I have been promoting Carrillo here and to my cigar buddies for quite awhile. If there is a better 10-14 dollar stick on the planet I haven't found it yet. I have MANY boxes of Carrillo. Pledge Prequel and Sojourne, La Historia, El Senador, Obscura Maduro, etc.

5) I do not have flavored cigars. If friends come over and want a flavored cigar I tell them to get out and come back when their balls drop and they grow hair on them. Only partially kidding. I know lots of "real" cigar guys who light up infused here and there but I have never developed a taste for it. I've tried a bunch of Acid and Tabak and they always pretty much disgust me. To each their own.

6) Drew Estate and Fuente. So, these are two of my go to brands. What I am finding is that after smoking hundreds and hundreds of sticks I am really coalescing around a handful of brands. DE (specifically Liga Privada and to a lesser extent Herrera Estelli), Fuente - love Hemingways, and almost anything Don Carlos, and really getting into the rare and hard to finds like FF Anejos, Don Carlos Reserva, God of Fire, and the various Opus lines (those these are hard to find and super expensive). I am also a big Padron fan, and love all the family reserve stuff, the 1926 and 1964 line as well - these are not cheap though. Carrillo as previously mentioned. Love everything he makes and it is budget friendly, which is nice because so much of my taste now is not budget friendly. As previously mentioned latest path is to build a respectable Trinidad and Cohiba lineup of actual Cubans, and I still have a nice smattering of "highly rateds" that I take flyers on. I like to see what gets rated highly at CA and Halfwheel and then buy a box if they are affordable - La Flor Dominicana, My Father, Warped GR and San Cristobal are some examples.

7) I am on a Lancero kick now and have been trying to get a few good boxes of Lanceros.

8) My lighter collection is small but getting pretty respectable. I'll do a feature on this at some future point as well. Just added my fist ST Dupont Maxijet in Opus X colors.

9) Like the Buenaventura shoutout. I have a deep into cigars buddy who swears by ADVentura (not related) and I have been thinking of giving those a shot. As I am finally developing a palate (no expert at all but I actually can hit some tasting notes finally), the romance of small batch producers is starting to have some allure. Will report back if small batch adventures start in a real way, or if I continue to be a tourist with it.

Cigars are the best.



This was a great thread.