I was wondering today if anyone has noticed a difference with cigars stored vertical vs horizontal. I can't imagine that any great effect would be found. Has anyone tasted/heard of an effect due to storage orientation?
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Interesting questions...I for one have never heard of anything on this. Maybe a more experienced B/SOTL will know something about it.
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I started storing my lancero's vertical in a El Triunfador box. I hope it doesnt matter.
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I thought of this earlier while playing a little Tetris. I was thinking that if any effect was to be noticed it would be on gravity's effect on the oils.....but I'm not sure this would happen at all.
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I would like to know as well:-)
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maybe online vendors store their cigars vertical and THATS the difference from the b&m?:-)
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Actually from what I have heard and read storing cigars vertically can cause the foot to crack. I guess if you think about it all the weight of the cigar is sitting on the foot as apposed to across the full length of the cigar when the are stored horiztally.
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I am pretty sure that cigars are not familiar with the Law of Gravity. :-)
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The El Triunfador box has foam in the bottom to prevent cigars from cracking
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My cigars aren't too bright - they just can't seem to tell up from down. :-)

Seriously, I store my boxes in whichever way I can get the most crammed in. I've never noticed a difference in the way they smoke.
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The only thing that I do is if a cigar comes without cellophane such as JDN's, I store them horizontal. Ones in cello I store however they will fit in the coolers.
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all those people that store them in those acrylic jars probably could tell ya

shilala comes to mind
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showpo...&postcount=227
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I had some Belinda's stored vert. in a crystal jar and they aged with a divine bloom!
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what about storing them with the head on the bottom?
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but won't that cause a nicotine rush to the head:-)
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haha, nice wit!

back on topic, i do wonder about this... i currently have two CC boxes standing vertically... someone help before they get vertigo!!
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Not so, my good man.

If the cigars are stored vertically, with the feet facing down, all of the "goodness" (sorry to be using such a technical term) will slowly but surely drip out of the cigars.

I base this on tasting cigars stored horizontally and stored foot down. Blind tasting has shown a clear preference for those stored horizontally.

Now, you probably are thinking ... shouldn't they be stored vertically, but foot up because, after all, if the "goodness" can drip out foot down vertically, it might still drip out, albeit more slowly, if stored horizontally?

Yes, this is indeed the case. In fact, my butler has done an experiment to test this and has found that "foot up" cigars taste better.

So there you go .. conclusive proof.
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legendary.....:-)
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i wish i had a butler!!! :-)
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:-) I'd rather have a maid...
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