When to put it down?

[T.G]

Originally Posted by kickerb

doesnt the flavor change throughout, i mean all the reviews talk about the flavor changes. why stop early and possibly miss good flavor? this is probably a n00b questions haha i'm just curious

i notice flavor changes in almost all the smokes I have enjoyed.

I can't speak for Tom or Moe, but here's how I look at it...

Of course the flavor changes (in most cases anyway), this is part of the enjoyment of the cigar. Eventually though, it gets to a point where the flavor has changed into something that is no longer a pleasant or likable flavor. This is the point at which I will put the cigar down for the last time as not to detract from the memory of and reduce the experience of the enjoyable part that I have already finished. There's really no set rule as to when that point will occur.

On a secondary note, smoking a cigar past that point can really mess up your palate for the next cigar.

[md4958]

Originally Posted by T.G

I can't speak for Tom or Moe, but here's how I look at it...

Of course the flavor changes (in most cases anyway), this is part of the enjoyment of the cigar. Eventually though, it gets to a point where the flavor has changed into something that is no longer a pleasant or likable flavor. This is the point at which I will put the cigar down for the last time as not to detract from the memory of and reduce the experience of the enjoyable part that I have already finished. There's really no set rule as to when that point will occur.

On a secondary note, smoking a cigar past that point can really mess up your palate for the next cigar.

What Adam said

There is a point where a cigar just starts to taste "bitter" for lack of a better word. This is usually the point of no return. Sometimes that point can be an inch in, sometimes it can be down to the nub.

Sometimes cigars taste "off". Maybe they were improperly stored, in their sick period, etc. You dont know until you light it, and by then its too late to do anything to rectify the situation.

[OLS]

Originally Posted by T.G

On a secondary note, smoking a cigar past that point can really mess up your palate for the next cigar.

There lies the real danger...once you get a blast of tar on your tongue, it gets into all
the nooks and crannies in your sinuses and that might be all you taste of the next smoke.

Originally Posted by T.G

I can't speak for Tom or Moe, but here's how I look at it...

Of course the flavor changes (in most cases anyway), this is part of the enjoyment of the cigar. Eventually though, it gets to a point where the flavor has changed into something that is no longer a pleasant or likable flavor. This is the point at which I will put the cigar down for the last time as not to detract from the memory of and reduce the experience of the enjoyable part that I have already finished. There's really no set rule as to when that point will occur.

On a secondary note, smoking a cigar past that point can really mess up your palate for the next cigar.

great explanation, thanks!

[wayner123]

Originally Posted by T.G

On a secondary note, smoking a cigar past that point can really mess up your palate for the next cigar.

Just a note from my experience. I have had cigars that got bitter and then became GREAT smokes. I have also had cigars that got bitter and no amount of purging or continued smoking improved it. But in my experience the former usually happens.

But it seems I am usually the exception when it comes to cigar smoking.