Re: Cigars and Temperature

On 12/29/2009 12:36 AM, LoneStar wrote:
On Dec 26, 7:28�pm, Ken Dixon<nsvmi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 12/26/09 5:54 PM, tycho wrote:

I don't heat my house for the comfort of my cigars. �I heat it -- or don't
heat it much -- depending on where I spend my time, and so as to be a bit
less profligate with the gas bill. �It's just me in 3 floors worth of space,
with a humi on each floor. �Sometimes, especially in the morning after the
furnace has been dialed-down for the night, the sticks in the longer-term
storage Tupperdor can be chilly -- maybe even in the 50s. �But I use beads,
and the RH is right where I want it: + or - 65 or so.
You might consider moving all of your cigars to a place where the
ambient temp doesn't vary much. The experts that I trust all agree
that it is rapid, or regular, changes in temp of 15-20 degrees or
more, that have the most damaging effect
They were also in total agreement that *lower* than normal is *FAR*
better than "higher" temps. One "collector" , who I trust implicitly
(not MRN), stores his long term boxes and cabs at appx 52 degreees,
partly because he feels that is best for his wine (common room for his
wine and cigars) as well as his cigars. *Note...he's been doing this
for 20+ years with consistent favorable results. I've had the
privelege of smoking a Dunhill and a Davidoff from his collection, and
neither were "past the prime" as most claimed they would be....and
they came straight from 52 degrees.

<snip>

Fortunately cigars and I both find the upper end of the 60'sF as
comfortable
Around here' the problem is keeping the house at less than 80F during the summer! :-(
.

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