Smoking Cigars No Matter HOW COLD…. by Tommy Zman
For those who live in regions where the weather changes and the cold is now setting in – yeah, I sure do know the feeling. And while the cold weather affects a lot of things, cigar smoking is sure as hell one of them.
We do a heck of a lot less smoking of our precious stoagies in the winter than during the summer and after a while when the frigid air sets in, I go stir-crazy, constantly jonesing for a hand rolled happy stick. Right now it’s not too bad out, the crisp air allowing for a quick, smaller smoke at night, but It’s not long until the outdoor enjoyment gets really tough and we all need an indoor place to partake, as few and far between as they are.
In the late spring, summer, and early fall, I enjoy the living hell out of my cigars. I’ll smoke one to two a day during the week and two to three each day on the weekend. (I know a lot of you guys are going, “that’s it?” and to that I say God bless your smoky butts!) But in the dead of winter the enjoyment of a premium blend slows down to a grinding halt for many.
Thankfully I have a small lounge five minutes from my house to hit up several times a week, but part of the ritual was smoking while watching hockey games, and the meatheads at the National Hockey League have really stuck it up the fans collective ashes this time. They really might put the kibosh on the entire season so I just might have to watch some badly conceived reality crap… dare I mention Honey Boo-Boo for the third straight week in a row? Although, I will say that Doomsday Preppers is an entertaining show – in a highly extremist, ODC, mentally insane sort of way. If I was a “prepper” I would have an air tight, cedar lined, cigar bunker ten feet below the earth’s surface, but then again, who’s to say that I already don’t. Shhhhhhh… the wife has very big ears…
One thing I definitely noticed is that since I smoke less in the late fall and winter, I’m a lot more choosy about my cigars, and tend to smoke the better sticks in the stash. I think I enjoy those premium blends a little more and it also gives time for some of the everyday cigars to age a little bit more. In the summer, I just reach into one of my humidors and grab any decent stick, but during this time of year I tend to fawn over them, inspecting my collection and taking up to 15 – 20 minutes to choose the right partner to spend quality time with for the next hour or more. While I admit that is a tad anally retentive, I sure do have a damned good time smoking those bad boys, and I KNOW you know what I mean!
I know some of you out there have made your own man-caves in your garages, but unfortunately my garage just isn’t good for it. You need a decent source of heat and an even better source of exhaust for the smoke. Plus, I don’t care what you say, the garage is gonna reek for other members of your family, especially cranky wives, and seriously, who needs to be bitched at in the dead of winter, especially when your jonesing for a decent smoke?
I thought it might be a good idea and prepare this year by picking out a selection ahead of time, you know, to choose from before the weather turns frosty, but then I thought to myself, “nahhhh… spending time fawning over my premium bombs is almost as good as smoking them!”
Hey, I urge you to PLEASE SUPPORT Cigar Rights of America as they continue to deal with congress, the senate, and all US legislators who need to be made aware that our cigars are the best friends we know of and we will fight like hell to keep them in our lives! >> http://cigarrights.org
As always, stay smoky my friends,
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