Starve.Org White Noise Usenet Archive: "Re: Cedarizing and a LGC Churchill"

My mouth is watering as I read your post. Maybe that is where cotton
mouth originates.

Cotton wrote:

> I spent time last night going through the Thermosdor and cedarizing
> all the boxes that needed it. I usually let a newly-purchased box sit
> for a few months before opening it and adding the layers of cedar
> sheets. It had been several months since my last cedarizing project so
> about a third of the boxes needed my attention.

> I enjoy these little projects, even though I am guilty of
> procrastinating. But I had been looking for the right occasion to test
> a box of maduro LGC Churchills that had just reached their first
> birthday. What better occasion to test the results of SHAT than while
> prepping more cigars with SHAT? (Note: SHAT is the Steve Herman Aging
> Technique of layering cigars between sheets of spanish cedar.)

> I pulled the LGCs from the bottom of the 'dor and placed them in my
> lap. It had been a year and a few days since I had last peeked at
> them. I gently pried open the lid, removed the top sheet of cedar,
> lifted the box to my face and inhaled the wonderful aroma of
> cedar-aged cigars. (Ever opened a box of Don Carlos #3 and just
> enjoyed the aroma?) I looked down at the row of shining, chocolate
> brown churchills and plucked out the one on the far left.

> A year of waiting and cedarizing paid off with a lush, cocoa-tasting
> smoke that burned razor straight all the way to the nub. I have gotten
> away from Chuchill-size cigars lately, primarily due to lack of time.
> But time had been set aside for the cedarizing project and the LGC
> Churchill fit the time frame perfectly.

> The contents of 10 boxes -- 250 cigars -- were de-cellophaned,
> layered with cedar sheets and repacked. But my focus on the LGC made
> the task a pleasurable blur. What a great smoke .... classic LGC body,
> lush smoke, rich flavor with mellow maduro accent. Patience really is
> a virtue. :-)

> Cotton