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beevod · 09-05-2014, 08:23 AM

Ever light a cigar, think, oy, crap, but puff away, and, suddenly it blooms? Lit up a Camacho (old blend) last night, that, at first, tasted like a mixture chrome and iodine. Stayed with it and, around six puffs down, the darn thing turned into a major flavor bomb.

KatDad · 09-05-2014, 09:18 AM

Yep!

IMO a lot of the initial flavor of a cigar is determined by lighting source and technique.

Capitone · 09-05-2014, 12:25 PM

I had something similiar happen over labor day. Sparked a Special Jamaican that started off very promising....then wen downhill for about a half of inch, then settled into not stellar, but very smokeable. I called it schizophrenic

BigJohn · 09-10-2014, 07:55 PM

I have that experience often with cigars that have been buried in the humi for a long time. maybe I'm not airing the ammonia out often enough, or whatever. or maybe I'm holding the torch too close as I toast it off... but I never give up until i'm at least a half inch burnt, and even then I'll purge it and go on a few minutes more. The only exception was this 'rosado' I tried about 6 years ago... Red, aged, wine soaked wrapper or some sort... oh my god that thing SUCKED.

09-05-2014, 08:23 AM	#1
beevod Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: New York City Posts: 20,786	From Gross to Great Ever light a cigar, think, oy, crap, but puff away, and, suddenly it blooms? Lit up a Camacho (old blend) last night, that, at first, tasted like a mixture chrome and iodine. Stayed with it and, around six puffs down, the darn thing turned into a major flavor bomb. __________________ "Moderation in all things. Excess in everything else."

09-05-2014, 09:18 AM	#2
KatDad Herf God Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Overland Park, Kansas Posts: 30,840	Yep! IMO a lot of the initial flavor of a cigar is determined by lighting source and technique. __________________ The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it George Bernard Shaw The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it H. L. Mencken The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants Albert Camus The Land of the Free Because of the Brave

09-05-2014, 12:25 PM	#3
Capitone Starting Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 88	I had something similiar happen over labor day. Sparked a Special Jamaican that started off very promising....then wen downhill for about a half of inch, then settled into not stellar, but very smokeable. I called it schizophrenic __________________ Your only as good as you allow yourself to be

09-10-2014, 07:55 PM	#4
BigJohn Chief Geek, @cigarweekly Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto Posts: 14,179	I have that experience often with cigars that have been buried in the humi for a long time. maybe I'm not airing the ammonia out often enough, or whatever. or maybe I'm holding the torch too close as I toast it off... but I never give up until i'm at least a half inch burnt, and even then I'll purge it and go on a few minutes more. The only exception was this 'rosado' I tried about 6 years ago... Red, aged, wine soaked wrapper or some sort... oh my god that thing SUCKED. __________________ Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! *"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."* Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast!

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