Robgreen will poop when he sees this... I am smoking a Perdomo Champagne Robusto... Its not that bad..... Im not a huge Perdomo fan but this on has some flavor to it.
Robgreen will poop when he sees this... I am smoking a Perdomo Champagne Robusto... Its not that bad..... Im not a huge Perdomo fan but this on has some flavor to it.
try the champagne noir.
I might revist Perdomo. I never liked the flavor profile and Nicks Sticks has to be the worst "Name Brand" cigar I have EVER had. I am going to pick up a few and the Noir will be one of them. The other thing that turned me off of them was everytime I would walk into a store thats the only thing they ever recomended.... EDIT. The retrohale on the champagne is very VERY smooth. I have been working on retrohaling for a bit now and have it down to the point where my eyes dont melt out of my face.
Robgreen will poop when he sees this... I am smoking a Perdomo Champagne Robusto... Its not that bad..... Im not a huge Perdomo fan but this on has some flavor to it.
I started out with an Onyx Reserve from 2007, it has really aged nicely (2.5 hour smoke) and finisihed with a Curivari Seleccion Privada Natural, great smoke.
These were this weekend, but thought I'd put them up. This is a new smoke at my B&M. Don't know much about it, but it was pretty good! Then I had my first LFD this weekend and was floored...definitely HAVE to get more of these, and I dug the chisel! Then I had a MC#2 ISOM as well!
Sounds good, I really want to enjoy this one I'm either gonna light it up Friday or Saturday, I'll let you know what I think, how was the new my father? I've been really enjoying the my fathers lately especially the new corona, smoked through a box of those have a few more boxes resting but I think I have to crack open another one soon, lol
Just finished an E.P. Carrillo Elenco that we got in our first trade with BigFnSteve. Great smoke and a perfect night for it! Thanks again Steve for breaking us in on the trading.
I've found thy hate high humidity. Over 65, those wrappers crack like crazy from expanding and being to wet. Happened to me the other night, forgot to dry box it for a couple hours. Make it a point to let your next smokes dry out a couple hours and see if there is a difference. I am smoking a Diesel UHC now that I store at 69rh, so I pulled it this afternoon.
I've found thy hate high humidity. Over 65, those wrappers crack like crazy from expanding and being to wet. Happened to me the other night, forgot to dry box it for a couple hours. Make it a point to let your next smokes dry out a couple hours and see if there is a difference. I am smoking a Diesel UHC now that I store at 69rh, so I pulled it this afternoon.
I've found thy hate high humidity. Over 65, those wrappers crack like crazy from expanding and being to wet. Happened to me the other night, forgot to dry box it for a couple hours. Make it a point to let your next smokes dry out a couple hours and see if there is a difference. I am smoking a Diesel UHC now that I store at 69rh, so I pulled it this afternoon.
Good to know. Have one more in the humi.
Dry box it overnight if you want. I keep some in my smoking humi at 63 and they are a personal favorite. The uhc is much stronger IMO, so I store them at 69
I've found thy hate high humidity. Over 65, those wrappers crack like crazy from expanding and being to wet. Happened to me the other night, forgot to dry box it for a couple hours. Make it a point to let your next smokes dry out a couple hours and see if there is a difference. I am smoking a Diesel UHC now that I store at 69rh, so I pulled it this afternoon.
Good to know. Have one more in the humi.
Dry box it overnight if you want. I keep some in my smoking humi at 63 and they are a personal favorite. The uhc is much stronger IMO, so I store them at 69
How can you tell a cigar is moist to the point it needs to be dry boxed?
I've found thy hate high humidity. Over 65, those wrappers crack like crazy from expanding and being to wet. Happened to me the other night, forgot to dry box it for a couple hours. Make it a point to let your next smokes dry out a couple hours and see if there is a difference. I am smoking a Diesel UHC now that I store at 69rh, so I pulled it this afternoon.
Good to know. Have one more in the humi.
Dry box it overnight if you want. I keep some in my smoking humi at 63 and they are a personal favorite. The uhc is much stronger IMO, so I store them at 69
How can you tell a cigar is moist to the point it needs to be dry boxed?
Usually when I smoke a cigar that is in my 65%Rh humidor for quite some time but it still burns funny or wobbly (the line isn't clean) or if it gets a little harsh at the last third of the smoke I tend to like to dry it out a bit. If it burns weird or gets harsh (not like it tastes bad with the flavors, but the smoke gets too hot and ruins the flavor) then I feel the wrapper might be a tad oily or the cigar in general needs to dry out.
Basically I find it's a personal preference and only comes with smoking the cigars and then figuring out the best way to smoke them. For me, it's a general rule of thumb that rich, oily wrappers that almost look wet to the touch get some dry time.
Nikki, my preference is dry boxing anything stored above 65. Sometimes the foot of the cigar is moist or spongy. For example, had i pulled this uhc out ad smoked it, probably would have had uneven burn and got a little wet and oily halfway through. They tend to have good flavor up front, but spoil towards the end and tar up due to the wet draw clogging the cigar. By dry boxing it, even burn, nice flavor, perfect draw. Some folks like the high rh, I don't. I used Boveda packs and four humis to determine this. Cigars I loved stored at 65, I hated at 69-72. I also found that those cigars tended to have severe wrapper issues, yet never had a problem at 65. Now I use 65 beads in my humis and cooler, with 69 packs in aging boxes.
Thanks for the info Cat. With dry boxing, do you suggest just using an empty cigar box? I was looking up info on it and that was one of the pieces they threw out there. Also, how long do you dry box? A few hours or do you lay out a few for the week and they them dry box for a day or two?
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I might revist Perdomo. I never liked the flavor profile and Nicks Sticks has to be the worst "Name Brand" cigar I have EVER had. I am going to pick up a few and the Noir will be one of them. The other thing that turned me off of them was everytime I would walk into a store thats the only thing they ever recomended....
EDIT. The retrohale on the champagne is very VERY smooth. I have been working on retrohaling for a bit now and have it down to the point where my eyes dont melt out of my face.
Then I had my first LFD this weekend and was floored...definitely HAVE to get more of these, and I dug the chisel!
Then I had a MC#2 ISOM as well!
Then started off with an Alec Bradley New York from catfish tonight and finished with the new My Father Flor de las Antillas.
So damn good!!!
Basically I find it's a personal preference and only comes with smoking the cigars and then figuring out the best way to smoke them. For me, it's a general rule of thumb that rich, oily wrappers that almost look wet to the touch get some dry time.