How to save dried out cigars 

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing! We just recorded the one year update on these cigars and will post the new video soon. Honestly, they came back to about 95% of the original flavor!

@@drinkupburndown thats awesome, looking forward to that vid. i just stumbled uppon a 5 star hotel LOOOONG out-of-business 5 feet tall glass door humidor. asked the owner about it, he said they put it downstairs from the bar area after the indoor ban on smoking (so around early 90s in switzerland). long story short, we agreed a price on the whole thing with 56 amazing cigars from the 90s transported to me. a lot of vintage davidoff epicures, but even some oddball items like L de W , which was a swiss founded premium brand based in honduras that went out of business in 2005. for sure it will be a long journey, but I hope by the end of the summer I can light up the first few ones. will check back to comment. keep up the great vids, I really like this friendly laid back style when it comes to cigars. even tho im swiss, i dont like a know-it-all , snobish attitude. cigars are for everyone and the main idea , i would say, is stress management of everyday life. so i like that you guys are chill:)

The update is live. Those cigars came back to life in incredible fashion! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V-xoydTuNHQ.html

If you followed the entire process, it'll work. We've done this process several times. The video surprise was genuine in that it was fresh and unknown, but we already knew the process works. Goof luck! May they come out brand new!

Love to hear it. Thank you!

Once over humidified, place them in your regular humidor and let them come back to normal for 3-6 months. We let these ones age for a full year, and will post the update soon (just recorded it). Came back to about 95% of the original flavor. Excellent!

@@drinkupburndown Thanks for the tip! I had a few good cigars that got dried due to traveling in Europe. I'll definitely try to bring them back with these methods

The update is live. Those cigars came back to life in incredible fashion! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V-xoydTuNHQ.html

Good luck! Let us know how it goes!

Eight days should be fine. Just drop them into your humidor at your preferred humidity range for a few days and you should be good. No need to over humidify.

Great question. Typically yes, that is the case. We're at the 6 month mark since this video and will be recording an update very soon after bringing the humidity back to normal. We'll discuss this during the video, but we've typically seen about a 10-20% decline in quality of flavor. Well worth reviving in our opinion, but always best to just take care of the cigars in the first place!

Not yet among all three of us. Of course, we also confirm the wrappers are not cracked before reviving in the first place and are extremely careful in moving the sticks into the containers so they do not crack on tranfer.

@@drinkupburndown Sounds good. I’ve read once (I can’t recall the source sadly) that a sudden increase in moisture can cause cracking, hence my asking. I’ll keep this method in mind if the day comes where I’d need to employ it. Thank you for sharing!

Great question! Absolutely, it just takes more frequent monitoring, and you still risk not having the full cigar (inside out) not getting to the right level of humidity. We'd still suggest over hydration to a least the low 70s if monitoring weekly instead of monthly, then bringing them back to 60-70 (based on your preferences), which can all be done in 2-3 months based on dryness.

Yes that would work, though may extend the time required to rehydrate.

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Paul is planning it out. Shouldn't be much longer...

@@drinkupburndown Looking forward to it. I've got some sticks re-hydrating now I'll be checking on periodically. And shout out to Paul's Boveda re-hydrate technique, on point and no soaked packs!

We love it! Great to see the process working for more viewers! Check out the comment from @johnsnyder7581 in the Boveda Pack video too. We didn't mention weighing new packs in the video, but it's great tip for those looking to keep the packs at the perfect level.

@@drinkupburndown I do remember hearing about weighing to match the pack size somewhere, good call.

The update is live. Those cigars came back to life in incredible fashion! Notably, we waited a full year in the normal humidor for extra care. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V-xoydTuNHQ.html

Come smoke a cigar with us rookie... The cigar is going to rise in humidity naturally as it can. The 5% model outlined, in our experience and having tried already, will work slowly, though is less efficient. You can absolutely humidify up then drop in a humidor and bring back to natural and have an amazing cigar. We'll post the follow-up soon to demonstrate, but check your science before posting a nonsense rebuttal like this.

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Watch the update and you'll see that this comment is 100% inaccurate. This process works, and revived the cigars so well they were nearly the same as before drying out. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V-xoydTuNHQ.html

@@drinkupburndown I’m glad it worked.

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You are not wrong there, but not the same for all of the hosts of the DUBD channel!

How long do overpacks last? Unopened as well? Two questions here.