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bipolar · 12-27-2006, 03:56 PM

I have a buddy of mine that swears that sealed, stainless steel boxes filled with argon gas are THE WAY to store and age valuable smokies.
Anyone heard of this??

Black Plague · 12-27-2006, 05:09 PM

You sure he didn't say it was THE WAY to store the Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States?

Herfnerd · 12-27-2006, 05:55 PM

I think mebbe your friend is smoking something other than cigars.......

Rob G · 12-27-2006, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herfnerd

I think mebbe your friend is smoking something other than cigars.......

bipolar · 12-27-2006, 06:14 PM

Wouldn't argon slow down the oxidation process essential to aging cigars?

audio1der · 12-28-2006, 05:25 AM

Wouldn't stainless steel impart a metallic taste to the cigars?(rhetorical)
If it were THE WAY to store stogies, all our humidors would be lined with stainless steel instead of cedar or mahogany.
As for the argon...?

KatDad · 12-28-2006, 07:31 AM

People say I always seem to have gas!

Seriously, argon is an inert gas. That seems to be contrary to the concept of aging which is the subtle interaction of the tobacco, the spanish cedar and the oxygen and other gases in the humidified air.

Smoker06 · 12-28-2006, 07:58 AM

Well, you wouldn't have to worry about beetles.

Paraphen · 12-28-2006, 02:38 PM

Now, I'm no expert in, well, stainless steel and argon gas cigar storage systems, I guess would be the field, but it sounds like that would be good for preserving smokes more or less exactly as they are, as it would stall for the most part the chemical reactions which cause the flavors to change over time. So if you had, say, some already aged cigars that taste fantastic, you could throw them in your hermetically sealed, argon-filled Sams-club cooler and they'd taste the same in twenty years. But if you're looking to put a little age on those connies to draw out the subtleties they're so famous for, I think you might want to skip the argon.

fvfanmc · 12-28-2006, 04:48 PM

Where's IronBar when you need him?

12-27-2006, 03:56 PM	#1
bipolar Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Free State of Georgia Posts: 2,016	anyone tried gas?? I have a buddy of mine that swears that sealed, stainless steel boxes filled with argon gas are THE WAY to store and age valuable smokies. Anyone heard of this?? __________________ When Uncle Terry’s been drinking…you don’t F with him.

12-27-2006, 05:55 PM	#3
Herfnerd Club Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Fort Mill, SC Posts: 1,817	I think mebbe your friend is smoking something other than cigars....... __________________ Smoke 'em if ya got 'em

12-27-2006, 06:14 PM	#5
bipolar Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Free State of Georgia Posts: 2,016	ahhh Wouldn't argon slow down the oxidation process essential to aging cigars? __________________ When Uncle Terry’s been drinking…you don’t F with him.

12-28-2006, 05:25 AM	#6
audio1der Club Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Calgary, AB Canada Posts: 1,086	Wouldn't stainless steel impart a metallic taste to the cigars?(rhetorical) If it were THE WAY to store stogies, all our humidors would be lined with stainless steel instead of cedar or mahogany. As for the argon...? __________________ Cuban cigar snob #1.

12-28-2006, 07:31 AM	#7
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,275	People say I always seem to have gas! Seriously, argon is an inert gas. That seems to be contrary to the concept of aging which is the subtle interaction of the tobacco, the spanish cedar and the oxygen and other gases in the humidified air. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

12-27-2006, 05:09 PM	#2
Black Plague Herf Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 7,650	You sure he didn't say it was THE WAY to store the Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States?

12-28-2006, 07:58 AM	#8
Smoker06 Herf God Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 11,099	Well, you wouldn't have to worry about beetles. __________________ When in doubt.... ATTACK!

12-28-2006, 02:38 PM	#9
Paraphen Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 144	Now, I'm no expert in, well, stainless steel and argon gas cigar storage systems, I guess would be the field, but it sounds like that would be good for preserving smokes more or less exactly as they are, as it would stall for the most part the chemical reactions which cause the flavors to change over time. So if you had, say, some already aged cigars that taste fantastic, you could throw them in your hermetically sealed, argon-filled Sams-club cooler and they'd taste the same in twenty years. But if you're looking to put a little age on those connies to draw out the subtleties they're so famous for, I think you might want to skip the argon.

12-28-2006, 04:48 PM	#10
fvfanmc Self Exiled Herf God Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Kearny, NJ Posts: 40,584	Where's IronBar when you need him?