Ever had a red ash before?

rizzle · 01-24-2011, 09:25 AM

That's right. Red. Or pinkish-red to be exact. Happened to me yesterday and unfortunately I didn't have a camera to record it.

Background: A couple years ago I picked up an 09 Camacho Liberty in a coffin, and having never seen any water/condensation in the bottom of my vino, just slid it right in there under the lowest shelf when I got home. Was a perfect little spot...I thought. So a few weeks later I got to playing tetris and when I pulled the coffin out the bottom of it was wet, I looked inside and the cigar was wet as hell, and I thought damn, ruined a $15 stick. You couldn't even read the label anymore. So I pulled it out of the coffin to let it "dry" some and then dropped it into a singles box where it has been until yesterday.

So I figured I'd give it a shot yesterday, and worst case scenario get it the hell out of the humi. I wasn't confident and so I grabbed another stick just in case this one didn't work out. I lit her up, tasted like a "normal" cigar. Took a couple of draws and looked at the ash and started to notice something funny. The ash was freaking red. Huh? It stayed that way for about an inch then turned white. Back to normal I suppose. Then as I neared the nub, with about 2 inches of the cigar left, it turned red again. Strangest damn thing I've ever seen. Tasted normal, it was pretty good actually. Now I don't know if from the water damage it tasted like it should have, but it wasn't bad at all.

Anybody else ever have anything like this happen? Or have any ideas as to why this happened? Gotta admit, it was kinda cool. Odd, but cool.

01-24-2011, 09:25 AM	#1
rizzle Order Restored Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: st pete, fl Posts: 2,679 Trading: (23)	Ever had a red ash before? That's right. Red. Or pinkish-red to be exact. Happened to me yesterday and unfortunately I didn't have a camera to record it. Background: A couple years ago I picked up an 09 Camacho Liberty in a coffin, and having never seen any water/condensation in the bottom of my vino, just slid it right in there under the lowest shelf when I got home. Was a perfect little spot...I thought. So a few weeks later I got to playing tetris and when I pulled the coffin out the bottom of it was wet, I looked inside and the cigar was wet as hell, and I thought damn, ruined a $15 stick. You couldn't even read the label anymore. So I pulled it out of the coffin to let it "dry" some and then dropped it into a singles box where it has been until yesterday. So I figured I'd give it a shot yesterday, and worst case scenario get it the hell out of the humi. I wasn't confident and so I grabbed another stick just in case this one didn't work out. I lit her up, tasted like a "normal" cigar. Took a couple of draws and looked at the ash and started to notice something funny. The ash was freaking red. Huh? It stayed that way for about an inch then turned white. Back to normal I suppose. Then as I neared the nub, with about 2 inches of the cigar left, it turned red again. Strangest damn thing I've ever seen. Tasted normal, it was pretty good actually. Now I don't know if from the water damage it tasted like it should have, but it wasn't bad at all. Anybody else ever have anything like this happen? Or have any ideas as to why this happened? Gotta admit, it was kinda cool. Odd, but cool.