Humidor/Cigar Update
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Was at the grocery store the other day - I like high end grocers. This is Tyler, Tx
Thought I would throw this one in also
twice MrsIamnotinLebam had to ask me to quit drooling in public
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Stocked my Harland Brown on-wall humidor a couple hours ago. Yes, shitheads, the humidity level was at 53% when I was putting in the cigars. It's sitting at 63% right now. I have around 10 cigars that I couldn't fit in here and they'll have to stay in the ammo can humidor until I go through some of the sticks in here.
Harland did a great job. The craftsmanship is excellent. I like the built-in LED lighting, which comes with a remote control for turning on/off and adjusting the brightness level.
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$130 a barrel oilPurpleBaze said:Stocked my Harland Brown on-wall humidor a couple hours ago. Yes, shitheads, the humidity level was at 53% when I was putting in the cigars. It's sitting at 63% right now. I have around 10 cigars that I couldn't fit in here and they'll have to stay in the ammo can humidor until I go through some of the sticks in here.
Harland did a great job. The craftsmanship is excellent. I like the built-in LED lighting, which comes with a remote control for turning on/off and adjusting the brightness level.
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His work is the best you can buy. Period. Full stop. Looks great.PurpleBaze said:Stocked my Harland Brown on-wall humidor a couple hours ago. Yes, shitheads, the humidity level was at 53% when I was putting in the cigars. It's sitting at 63% right now. I have around 10 cigars that I couldn't fit in here and they'll have to stay in the ammo can humidor until I go through some of the sticks in here.
Harland did a great job. The craftsmanship is excellent. I like the built-in LED lighting, which comes with a remote control for turning on/off and adjusting the brightness level. -
Had one of these the other day.
Can honestly say that it was probably the best cigar smoking experience I've ever had.
I've never been a big Rocky Patel fan, but this cigar was a pleasure. I don't know what it had "hints" of, and I don't know what "notes" I was tasting (I can never taste all that stuff that the afficionados describe), it was just really good.
Took about 90 minutes to finish and it was a smooth, consistent burn throughout.
It was the first time that I ever logged on and ordered more for the humidor before I was even finished smoking the one in my hand.
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I had this one as well and thought it was very good. But, the one that really blew my skirts up was the Diamond Crown Classic #4. I did just like you and ordered a box. Very very good smoke.DHD said:
Had one of these the other day.
Can honestly say that it was probably the best cigar smoking experience I've ever had.
I've never been a big Rocky Patel fan, but this cigar was a pleasure. I don't know what it had "hints" of, and I don't know what "notes" I was tasting (I can never taste all that stuff that the afficionados describe), it was just really good.
Took about 90 minutes to finish and it was a smooth, consistent burn throughout.
It was the first time that I ever logged on and ordered more for the humidor before I was even finished smoking the one in my hand. -
Ok, so I met a rich Moldovan guy ( @RatherBeBrewing ) at a watch event I was at recently and he had a couple of Behike 56's in a pocket travel humidor. He gave me one of them. It was a really nice smoke, but to be honest I'd never spend 120-160 bucks per stick on them. I mean Pledge Prequels are probably better for 10 bucks a stick for shits sake. Still cool to have the most in demand cigar in the world. And they are really good. Not trying to diminish the stick, I just don't wipe my ass with hundreds so I am not spending 1500 bucks for a box of 10.
Anyway, we (Moldovan and I) end up hitting it off pretty good and after the weekend he ships me a full box of these things - the exact same thing happened the year before at the same watch event - a guy I met sent me a box of vintage Cohiba Magicos from 2006 (this is the best cigar I have ever smoked btw) that go for like 200 bucks a stick at auction if you can find them. It pays to hang out with the ultra wealthy when you are a schlub like me.
Back on point, so I get this box of Behike 56s, and they are ALL FUCKED UP! He shipped them with no sealed bag and no humidification device or Boveda, and I get them and try one and it bursts on me. Not a small crack but an actual burst. So what this means is the cigars were stored in extremely high humidity, and are incredibly moist, but because they were then shipped dry the wrapper dried out (it loses moisture long before the filler) and so you have the worst possible combo of over-humidified cigar with a dry wrapper. Cigar swells as it gets hot and a brittle dry wrapper and BOOM! Cigar Guernica.
So, I am trying to bring these things back into balance in my 65rh humidor. Will take weeks, probably months. And it made me think....did this guy completely fuck up the hardest cigars in the world to get because he is a dumb Moldovan like @RatherBeBrewing says, or is it because he's so rich that 1500 bucks for a box of these things is just nothing to him. Or is it a combo? I am happy as hell to have gotten cigars I'd never buy on my own, just incredulous that rich Moldovans are either too stupid or just don't care about keeping them in good shape. CSB I know.
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Cigar Guernica ... LOL!
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100% certainty that he didn’t consider humidity when it came to shipping cigars, as a result of being Moldovan and independent of wealth.Swaye said:Ok, so I met a rich Moldovan guy ( @RatherBeBrewing ) at a watch event I was at recently and he had a couple of Behike 56's in a pocket travel humidor. He gave me one of them. It was a really nice smoke, but to be honest I'd never spend 120-160 bucks per stick on them. I mean Pledge Prequels are probably better for 10 bucks a stick for shits sake. Still cool to have the most in demand cigar in the world. And they are really good. Not trying to diminish the stick, I just don't wipe my ass with hundreds so I am not spending 1500 bucks for a box of 10.
Anyway, we (Moldovan and I) end up hitting it off pretty good and after the weekend he ships me a full box of these things - the exact same thing happened the year before at the same watch event - a guy I met sent me a box of vintage Cohiba Magicos from 2006 (this is the best cigar I have ever smoked btw) that go for like 200 bucks a stick at auction if you can find them. It pays to hang out with the ultra wealthy when you are a schlub like me.
Back on point, so I get this box of Behike 56s, and they are ALL FUCKED UP! He shipped them with no sealed bag and no humidification device or Boveda, and I get them and try one and it bursts on me. Not a small crack but an actual burst. So what this means is the cigars were stored in extremely high humidity, and are incredibly moist, but because they were then shipped dry the wrapper dried out (it loses moisture long before the filler) and so you have the worst possible combo of over-humidified cigar with a dry wrapper. Cigar swells as it gets hot and a brittle dry wrapper and BOOM! Cigar Guernica.
So, I am trying to bring these things back into balance in my 65rh humidor. Will take weeks, probably months. And it made me think....did this guy completely fuck up the hardest cigars in the world to get because he is a dumb Moldovan like @RatherBeBrewing says, or is it because he's so rich that 1500 bucks for a box of these things is just nothing to him. Or is it a combo? I am happy as hell to have gotten cigars I'd never buy on my own, just incredulous that rich Moldovans are either too stupid or just don't care about keeping them in good shape. CSB I know.
I bet he keeps them in a humidor at home, but he does this for no reason other than this is an expensive device for storing cigars - that one is a combination of being rich and Moldovan. He doesn’t ponder the point of it, he just knows that it costs more than a regular box and no further questions are necessary. When presented with something new most people will wonder why, or how. Moldovans have survived by not concerning themselves with such questions.
It reminds me of this joke about what we called “new Russians,” the nouveau riche that appeared in the 1990s. No formal manners, bad taste, and an obsession with having the most expensive everything:
Two Russian businessmen bump into each other, and one compliments the others bright yellow neck tie. The one wearing the tie thanks his friend and tells him he just bought it at the store down the street, it was $5,000. The other one just laughs and tells his friend he was ripped off. The store a few streets over has the same exact tie for the much better price of $10,000.
Semi related note, but EE love them some watches. My dad included. He liked his watches big and gaudy, which is standard for the region. His favorite; a Breitling the size of a dinner plate.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian church. His people Photoshopped his watch off his wrist, but forgot the glossy table reflection. God pays well, and that Breguet is nothing compared to the vintage Daytona his underling the Metropolitan of Moscow wears.
The vow of poverty doesn’t extend to Putin’s long time press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That’s a $620,000 Richard Mille watch, not bad for a government employee. He’s been photographed in a much more casual one from the same watchmaker, a simple $100,000 one he was wearing while gardening. At work he prefers a Rolex or Omega, to not draw attention.
The flag raising over the Reichstag was staged, as the photographer brought his own flag, and unhappy with the Asiatic looking original flag hoisting Red Army private, he picked out a photogenic Ukrainian who had managed to do some looting. Either that or he needed to know the time badly enough to wear multiple watches.
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Deeply impressed you worked a nice watch segment into a treatise on dumb Moldovans. YBE!RatherBeBrewing said:
100% certainty that he didn’t consider humidity when it came to shipping cigars, as a result of being Moldovan and independent of wealth.Swaye said:Ok, so I met a rich Moldovan guy ( @RatherBeBrewing ) at a watch event I was at recently and he had a couple of Behike 56's in a pocket travel humidor. He gave me one of them. It was a really nice smoke, but to be honest I'd never spend 120-160 bucks per stick on them. I mean Pledge Prequels are probably better for 10 bucks a stick for shits sake. Still cool to have the most in demand cigar in the world. And they are really good. Not trying to diminish the stick, I just don't wipe my ass with hundreds so I am not spending 1500 bucks for a box of 10.
Anyway, we (Moldovan and I) end up hitting it off pretty good and after the weekend he ships me a full box of these things - the exact same thing happened the year before at the same watch event - a guy I met sent me a box of vintage Cohiba Magicos from 2006 (this is the best cigar I have ever smoked btw) that go for like 200 bucks a stick at auction if you can find them. It pays to hang out with the ultra wealthy when you are a schlub like me.
Back on point, so I get this box of Behike 56s, and they are ALL FUCKED UP! He shipped them with no sealed bag and no humidification device or Boveda, and I get them and try one and it bursts on me. Not a small crack but an actual burst. So what this means is the cigars were stored in extremely high humidity, and are incredibly moist, but because they were then shipped dry the wrapper dried out (it loses moisture long before the filler) and so you have the worst possible combo of over-humidified cigar with a dry wrapper. Cigar swells as it gets hot and a brittle dry wrapper and BOOM! Cigar Guernica.
So, I am trying to bring these things back into balance in my 65rh humidor. Will take weeks, probably months. And it made me think....did this guy completely fuck up the hardest cigars in the world to get because he is a dumb Moldovan like @RatherBeBrewing says, or is it because he's so rich that 1500 bucks for a box of these things is just nothing to him. Or is it a combo? I am happy as hell to have gotten cigars I'd never buy on my own, just incredulous that rich Moldovans are either too stupid or just don't care about keeping them in good shape. CSB I know.
I bet he keeps them in a humidor at home, but he does this for no reason other than this is an expensive device for storing cigars - that one is a combination of being rich and Moldovan. He doesn’t ponder the point of it, he just knows that it costs more than a regular box and no further questions are necessary. When presented with something new most people will wonder why, or how. Moldovans have survived by not concerning themselves with such questions.
It reminds me of this joke about what we called “new Russians,” the nouveau riche that appeared in the 1990s. No formal manners, bad taste, and an obsession with having the most expensive everything:
Two Russian businessmen bump into each other, and one compliments the others bright yellow neck tie. The one wearing the tie thanks his friend and tells him he just bought it at the store down the street, it was $5,000. The other one just laughs and tells his friend he was ripped off. The store a few streets over has the same exact tie for the much better price of $10,000.
Semi related note, but EE love them some watches. My dad included. He liked his watches big and gaudy, which is standard for the region. His favorite; a Breitling the size of a dinner plate.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian church. His people Photoshopped his watch off his wrist, but forgot the glossy table reflection. God pays well, and that Breguet is nothing compared to the vintage Daytona his underling the Metropolitan of Moscow wears.
The vow of poverty doesn’t extend to Putin’s long time press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That’s a $620,000 Richard Mille watch, not bad for a government employee. He’s been photographed in a much more casual one from the same watchmaker, a simple $100,000 one he was wearing while gardening. At work he prefers a Rolex or Omega, to not draw attention.
The flag raising over the Reichstag was staged, as the photographer brought his own flag, and unhappy with the Asiatic looking original flag hoisting Red Army private, he picked out a photogenic Ukrainian who had managed to do some looting. Either that or he needed to know the time badly enough to wear multiple watches.
Also, speaking of Russians and big gaudy watches...Ulysses Nardin had made an absolute mint off oligarchs, as has Hublot. In the case of Hublot there are enough shit for taste Premier League footballers to keep them in business, but without the eastern Euro trash and Russians, UN would be defunct. Which is a shame, because I really like the Freak as a marvel of watchmaking, and some of their more restrained Maxi Marines are quite nice, but I always think if I buy one someone will assume I'm all mobbed up Soviet style. I feel like I'd need stars on my shoulders, or pay with wheelbarrow loads of rubles, just to buy it.
