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why the "sour patch"?

KingoftheCoveKingoftheCove Posts: 937 ✭✭✭
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This has happened a few times, on different sticks.
(Just happened on a R&J Viejo of all things!)
I'll fire it up, and somewhere down the line, I'll hit a patch of the cigar that:
tastes funky
burns crappy (canoeing, tunnels, etc.)
doesn't product smoke, etc.

Most times this "crappy section" is about an inch, sometimes two inches.
But I hang in there, touch it up, and then magically it returns to being a normal, wonderful stick.
I have noticed that almost every time this happens, there is a real "soft" spot where all this crappy smoking is going on.

Is that what it is? A soft spot, as in not enough tobacco?
Or, are there other factors (bad roll, improperly bunched/mixed tobacco, a moist patch?)

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  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    KingoftheCove:
    This has happened a few times, on different sticks.
    (Just happened on a R&J Viejo of all things!)
    I'll fire it up, and somewhere down the line, I'll hit a patch of the cigar that:
    tastes funky
    burns crappy (canoeing, tunnels, etc.)
    doesn't product smoke, etc.

    Most times this "crappy section" is about an inch, sometimes two inches.
    But I hang in there, touch it up, and then magically it returns to being a normal, wonderful stick.
    I have noticed that almost every time this happens, there is a real "soft" spot where all this crappy smoking is going on.

    Is that what it is? A soft spot, as in not enough tobacco?
    Or, are there other factors (bad roll, improperly bunched/mixed tobacco, a moist patch?)



    I've noticed that too, Wolf, and almost without fail there's a soft spot. I'll bet Kuzi or one of the other BORKs can tell us what's going on with this.
  • jj20030jj20030 Posts: 5,804 ✭✭✭✭✭
    KingoftheCove:
    This has happened a few times, on different sticks.
    (Just happened on a R&J Viejo of all things!)
    I'll fire it up, and somewhere down the line, I'll hit a patch of the cigar that:
    tastes funky
    burns crappy (canoeing, tunnels, etc.)
    doesn't product smoke, etc.

    Most times this "crappy section" is about an inch, sometimes two inches.
    But I hang in there, touch it up, and then magically it returns to being a normal, wonderful stick.
    I have noticed that almost every time this happens, there is a real "soft" spot where all this crappy smoking is going on.

    Is that what it is? A soft spot, as in not enough tobacco?
    Or, are there other factors (bad roll, improperly bunched/mixed tobacco, a moist patch?)

    and the ones that have a hard spot ( plug ) and after you finally get thru it its usaully ok , sounds sorta like you talkin about?
  • kuzi16kuzi16 Posts: 14,633 ✭✭✭✭
    it has to to do with the bunch or how it is bound. either way, it was wrong and shouldnt get past quality control. but sometimes they do.
    Kuzi's Forum Links Page
  • jlmartajlmarta Posts: 7,881 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I knew Kuzi could tell us. PM to ya, Horst.....
  • beatnicbeatnic Posts: 4,133 ✭
    I've noticed that if I have a stick that suddenly stars acting up in the middle (tunneling, crooked burn, plugging, etc.), I often find a sizable stem in the ash after it passes this part. I usually try to burn through it and then get the burn rate back down once is clears up. Soft spots are almost always construction problems.
  • deejmemixxdeejmemixx Posts: 3,084 ✭✭
    i love all the info I get in this place. I was just wondering this
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