Outdoor heat and humidity

christian1971

I smoked a cigar outside and it was pretty humid and hot.  Can this effect the lack of taste or flavor I'm getting from the cigar. Just tasted like warm air. 

Wylaff

What cigar?

christian1971

Jericho hill

christian1971

I did get some flavor, but it seemed washed out in the heat and humidity. Smokes do imo taste better in fall when it gets colder. 

Wylaff

It's possible. What you've ate and drank might apply as well. Cigars are very dependent on the world around them.

90+_Irishman

Wayne @Wylaff is absolutely right, the temp and humidity can have an effect but your palate, food, drink etc and many other factors have an even bigger impact and likely have a bigger impact than just that. Could also be a dud of a cigar or combination of it all

Brett

peter4jc

Waiting for @Lee.mcglynn to get on and say, "WTF, brother.  You been a card-carrying member for how long, and this is a question you have to ask?" 

C'mon, Lee.  Where are you?  Don't let me down, now. 

Gray4lines

In my experience, when a stick is too moist I get that "hot air" taste. The extra moisture heats up the cigar and washes out the flavor. Hot and humid weather would definitely contribute if the stick is already a little wet.

christian1971

My cigar was stored properly. Just didn't know ambient humidity would have immediate effect on cigar smoking experience.

webmost

Here in dampish DullAware I get a different effect... 

The cigar burns OK for a bit, but as I'm sucking damp into it the burn slows... until about mid-way the damn thing studges up, turns sour, and dies. If I give the dead end a squeeze, I find that it's turned hard as a rock. I don't wanna re-light the thing cause that tastes awful. I might cut back behind the hard section and start again. But dor me, the flavor doesn't wash out, it sours.

A broadleaf wrapper helps a lot. A looser pack helps some. Touch-ups don't help much at all.

I think they don't put enough volado in cigars as a rule. When I roll my own for damp weather, I lean toward thinner leaf filler -- viso, wrapper scraps, and the like. I will roll them with the filler a bit crunchy, and the body looser.

Got 93% humidibbiditty here this morning. But the good news is, it's sposed to drop to 61% by the time it hits 90 degrees this afternoon.

It's a jungle out there, I tell ya.

Albinfk

Having the same problem in upstate NY. Gotta get the smoking lounge built in the basement this fall.

Amos_Umwhat

yes

Rolanddeschain

I only enjoy a cigar in the evening after work while relaxing on the deck. When it's too damn hot and this freaking humid I may not have one for a while....I just don't enjoy it. Perhaps if I install an exhaust fan in my man cave that will change:)
Roland

Patrickbrick

Some times if in the afternoon I have made up my mind on my evening smoke, I will put it in an empty cigar box I keep in my garage where I smoke.  I do this only when humidity is super high.  9-10 hours later when I light it up I find it to perform better than if I just take it out of the humidor.  I used to dry box inside, but Peter told me to let it acclamat in its smoking climate. 

peter4jc

That's the way to do it... works for me too.  The hard part is making up your mind what to smoke that far in advance and then sticking with it.

Patrickbrick

I agree Peter, never know what mood il actually be in after work.

dirtdude

I am sure it is an easier decision when @Patrickbrick was down to his last few cigars, heard he was lowwwww