Too much plume

badandy24
badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
in Cigar 101
Thinking of smoking this one this weekend... is there such a thing as too much plume?

Andy


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  • Woodguarden
    Woodguarden Posts: 130 ✭✭✭
    I wouldn't smoke that if you paid me....
  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    Really... b/c of too much plume or another reason?
    Andy


    "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer."
    — Maj. I. L. Holdridge | Retired
  • Woodguarden
    Woodguarden Posts: 130 ✭✭✭
    I'm sure it won't kill you. I just prefer a cigar that looks more appealing, and that one sir does not....
  • Nolagizmo
    Nolagizmo Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry I don't claim to be an expert. In fact I'm quite the novice, but that looks nasty. Looks like it's been dragged through spider webs. I'm caughing looking at it. Good luck!
    "Come party with me in Tennessee for my birthday July we can smoke in the Smokey's."
  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    I hear ya, it doesnt look appealing but I have smoked others with plume and that are great, sometimes better than the ones without.
    Andy


    "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer."
    — Maj. I. L. Holdridge | Retired
  • Woodguarden
    Woodguarden Posts: 130 ✭✭✭
    You can probably wipe some of that off, I would at the least do that. If nothing else clean the cap...
  • Woodguarden
    Woodguarden Posts: 130 ✭✭✭
    I smoked some good Cubans that had plume, but no where near that level of plume.
  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2015
    This is a joke, right?
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  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    Nope, gonna clean it up some and try it out. 
    Andy


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  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Make sure that mold is not on the foot when you do.  If the foot is clean have at it.
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  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    Its not mold, that would be a killer. 
    Andy


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  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That looks more like mold than plume.  I would need a closer picture to tell for sure though
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  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    http://forum.cigar.com/discussion/630996/mold-vs-plume/p1
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  • Nolagizmo
    Nolagizmo Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's mold. Let's just be very blunt. Nothing up in the air. That is gross
    "Come party with me in Tennessee for my birthday July we can smoke in the Smokey's."
  • onestrangeone
    onestrangeone Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hey! that's some PRIME smoking there ;(

  • onestrangeone
    onestrangeone Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nolagizmo said:
    It's mold. Let's just be very blunt. Nothing up in the air. That is gross

    Yes, it's mold and a lot of it
  • Chemnitz
    Chemnitz Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭
    Looks like mold to me. OP, is that what the rest of your humidor looks like? Don't put any new cigars in there, if it does. You will need a new humidor.
    And check your RH. You want it somewhere between 65%-72%. It looks like you have it way too high. 
  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    The rest of my humidor is fine, I've had mold before when I first started. I have other with plume but only a little 
    Andy


    "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer."
    — Maj. I. L. Holdridge | Retired
  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2015
    Plume usually takes a long time to develope.... How long have you had that? By the way, the plume/mold is growing on the band so I am going with mold. Do not smoke!!!!!!
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  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    Look guys, I bought this approx 4 years ago and it already had most of the plume on it.  So its been all this time and i have no other signs of mold on any sticks nor the humidor.
    Andy


    "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer."
    — Maj. I. L. Holdridge | Retired
  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    Cleaned it up....here goes nothing 
    Andy


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  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You should check out the thread that brad posted above, it will help you.

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  • Usaf06
    Usaf06 Posts: 11,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Also, if you were able to wipe it off it was mold. Plume is not so easy to wipe. But if you wiped it all off and the foot is clean you can smoke it. Good luck..... Enjoy
    "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
    -- Winston Churchill

    "LET'S GO FRANCIS"     Peter

  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    Well I smoked it about half way,  had to stop after I got caught up something else and the relight wasn't good. 
    I read the link, not sure what to thunk since it was in my humi for around 4 years and I don't have a mold infestation.  Lucky I guess...
    Andy


    "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer."
    — Maj. I. L. Holdridge | Retired
  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wish you had taken close up pics for us to get a closer look. But I call mold. I saw this thread when you first posted it. I thought you were joking.
  • Patrickbrick
    Patrickbrick Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bob_Luken said:
    I wish you had taken close up pics for us to get a closer look. But I call mold. I saw this thread when you first posted it. I thought you were joking.

    I thought the same thing.  Also if you click the small picture below the posted one you get a great look at all that mold. 
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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
    badandy24 said:
    Well I smoked it about half way,  had to stop after I got caught up something else and the relight wasn't good. 
    I read the link, not sure what to thunk since it was in my humi for around 4 years and I don't have a mold infestation.  Lucky I guess...
    Did you have it naked or in cello? This is curious.
  • badandy24
    badandy24 Posts: 41 ✭
    It was naked. Thats how I bought it
    Andy


    "Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer."
    — Maj. I. L. Holdridge | Retired
  • kaspera79
    kaspera79 Posts: 7,250 ✭✭✭
    badandy24 said:
    Cleaned it up....here goes nothing 
    badandy24 said:
    Cleaned it up....here goes nothing 
    ..... It's been nice knowing you.
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some sticks seem to mold easier than others (in my experience) , and it doesn't necessarily spread to other cigars if the humidity is reasonable.

    Glad you could save it, though.  Also, if you get one with true plume it'll always smoke fine, no need to wipe.
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