Ok, so I get the newsletter from Cheaphumidors.com and the topic this week is "Beware the Cigar Beetle" and he says this, "The easiest way to prevent this from happening is to make sure your humidor is in a cool, dry place. Another option is to freeze your cigars for a few days, then let them thaw slowly, putting them your humidor. This will kill all the eggs before they can hatch." Is he serious about this? Would anyone even recommend this? I ask because I don't have air and in the summer keeping the temp low is imposable.

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It sounds crazy, but it's a commonly used method to rid your sticks of beetles.

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Master T:

Ok, so I get the newsletter from Cheaphumidors.com and the topic this week is "Beware the Cigar Beetle" and he says this, "The easiest way to prevent this from happening is to make sure your humidor is in a cool, dry place. Another option is to freeze your cigars for a few days, then let them thaw slowly, putting them your humidor. This will kill all the eggs before they can hatch." Is he serious about this? Would anyone even recommend this? I ask because I don't have air and in the summer keeping the temp low is imposable.

I've done with cigars that were in beetle infested humidors and I usually do it for all the cubans I get. Also, if I get cigars from placed I am not that familiar with I will freeze them.

Does it affect the cigars at all? I wouldn't mind doing something to ensure I don't get beetles.

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i don't think it hurts them too bad, just don't leave them in there for along time!

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Also you have to remember to slowly thaw them out. You don't to take them out of the freezer and instantly put them in your humidor. It will cause them to crack and break

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If you don't have a reason to believe that your sticks may have beetles, then I wouldn't freeze them. If you think there may be a problem with some new sticks (why did you buy from that source in the first place) then you may have to consider freezing those sticks for 24 - 48 hours to take care of the beetles.

If your humi is sitting where you can't keep the temps. down during the summer there have been various methods to acheive this. Try putting a large solid block of ice in a cooler and then place your humi(s) in there. The ice will keep the temps down to an acceptable temp. and the cooler will keep the ice from melting for a few days at a time.

I would not reccoment freezing cigars in any circumstances. Have you ever compared the tastes of frozen food to fresh food? There is a huge difference! I prefer the taste of fresh to frozen 100:1. Not to mention that when water freezes, it expands. So if you freeze your cigars, the water inside will expand and would damage the cigars irrepairably, not always visibly.

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After freezing, put them in the microwave on defrost! Just kidding, don't ever put them in the microwave!!

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its not uncommon for cigar makers to freeze their product before releasing them, thats what ive heard anyway, no first hand experience there. and from what I understand, a standard home freezer wont do it, you need somthing below 0F.

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"...And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear." -Haggai 2:5

laker1963:

If you don't have a reason to believe that your sticks may have beetles, then I wouldn't freeze them. If you think there may be a problem with some new sticks (why did you buy from that source in the first place) then you may have to consider freezing those sticks for 24 - 48 hours to take care of the beetles.

If your humi is sitting where you can't keep the temps. down during the summer there have been various methods to acheive this. Try putting a large solid block of ice in a cooler and then place your humi(s) in there. The ice will keep the temps down to an acceptable temp. and the cooler will keep the ice from melting for a few days at a time.

So far the only place I've purchased cigars from has been here. The rest have been gifts. Winter is here so I don't have to worry to much about it for now. I would just like to avoid them if I can. This year my humidor hit 80 degrees a couple of times and it wasn't even a hot summer. No beetles popped up though so I was happy about that. I'll just have to think about it more next year.

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I trust all my cigars that come from CCom, but tobacco beetle eggs are found in cigars no matter you get them. Tons of people freeze their cigars when they get them in as a precaution, but those people have usually had outbreaks before. Once you lose a 300 count humidor to beetles you decide it's probly worth the tiny damage that comes from freezing cigars. If you do it right and slowly there's no observable damage, and the taste is no different as far as I can tell.
I recently bought some sticks from CI, but I rarely buy any that aren't from CCom, so I'm busting out an old desktop 35 count just for these as a precaution. Maybe I'm being over protective, maybe not.

if you have the means, segregation is no problem at all. I do it with cigars as special deals that I dont buy from. cigars dont have rights lol

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jihiggs:

its not uncommon for cigar makers to freeze their product before releasing them, thats what ive heard anyway, no first hand experience there. and from what I understand, a standard home freezer wont do it, you need somthing below 0F.

Thats my understanding as well - that if you have cigars from a major mfg you have cigars that have been frozen !!!

I swear in photos I saw posted by Padilla of their new facilities that they have a huge walk in freezer. I mean it is huge! Saw the pictures on Twitter.