Hey 3rdguy, this a thread for posting pics of your own cellar, not your local B&M puf
I wish I had one local!
Your cat has excellent taste in baccy.Nice looking cellars.
I have barely been home lately, as I have another show coming up, and I have been burning the candle at both ends.
But, I still have these...
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These were taken as I moved my cellar a few years ago. This was also before my frantic McClelland haul, and a few other things that I had horded. It's not all neatly organized, but now my pictures would be of boxes in closets and stacked in corners.
I had plans to have cabinets built in my pipe room, but I couldn't get the contractor to honor his initial quotes... long story short, I also have stacks of lumber in my pipe room as I await time to build the damn things myself (or at least find a new carpenter).
You probably aren't missing much... your cellar is literally better stocked than the last local B&M I visited.
It doesn't sound at all absurd. On the contrary, it sounds intelligent. What are your needs?I have roughly 30lbs and it may sound absurd to some of you but I often feel shame for having so much, and having spent several thousand in the process. All so I can have some nice flavors in my mouth...
It doesn't sound at all absurd. On the contrary, it sounds intelligent. What are your needs?
By hoarder standards I have a very modest cellar and it's perfectly fine for my purposes. I made a decision not to grow it beyond about 100lbs. It will outlive me, but I won't have spent tens of thousands of dollars on tobacco that will more likely than not, wind up in the trash, despite my instructions. Plus, given the continuing tightening of regulation around tobacco, my feeling is that as an "investment" it will rank right up there along with tulips.
'fraid not. I don't do display. It's in mylar, in bins and in boxes. And, now that I think about it, it's probably a bit more than 100lbs, since there's about 33lbs of Esoterica blends (like I've said, B&M's are your friends if you're theirs) probably an equal amount of McClelland Virginias, and then the other blends that I smoke, HU, RO, Rattray's, SG, GLP, etc, so maybe 110-120lbs.Sable-
Enough of the commentating. Let’s see that beautiful 100lbs of tobacco!?
My wife knows my instructions to have my cellar cremated along with me, as I go up in smoke. So, the more I have when I pass, the better puff of smoke I will make.
I've had that thought myself. Don't get me wrong, I think aging tobacco is fun and I certainly enjoy getting to smoke the results. It's the "let's look into the future and try to imagine how much you'll need to be satisfied" part of the equation that always brings me down a little. Inevitably it leads to people on forums talking about dying and what's going to happen to their carefully managed stash, and it's not a pretty picture.My feeling is that as an "investment" it will rank right up there along with tulips.
My wife knows my instructions to have my cellar cremated along with me, as I go up in smoke. So, the more I have when I pass, the better puff of smoke I will make.
I'm in the same boat, looks like we have pretty similar tastes to boot!Cigar Humidor. I don't chase cigars anymore, but I did not sell off my stash. So I have a stocked humidor with well aged tobacco ready to smoke.
I've had that thought myself. Don't get me wrong, I think aging tobacco is fun and I certainly enjoy getting to smoke the results. It's the "let's look into the future and try to imagine how much you'll need to be satisfied" part of the equation that always brings me down a little. Inevitably it leads to people on forums talking about dying and what's going to happen to their carefully managed stash, and it's not a pretty picture.
For me, the idea of dying and being survived by a mountain carefully cultivated jars and tins for my family to deal with.. that embarrasses me. It's not as undignified as being found dead surrounded by boxes of porn, but it's not that far off either.