Flavours you don't like in a cigar?

11-03-2008, 12:21 PM

I smoked an AF Hemingway something or other (it was part of a massive sampler buy) on Friday. Great burn, lots of smoke, full bodied, spicy and leathery.. leathery.. hrmm..

I'm still a noob and discovering the flavours I enjoy in cigars, but I think I can put leather on the do-not-like list. The entire time I was smoking, I kept having visions of chewing on a 80's biker jacket. Though there were other flavours, leather was predominant, and spoiled the rest of the cigar flavours for me.

So what about you guys? What flavours don't you like?

icehog3 · 11-03-2008, 12:22 PM

Olives....have smoked a couple vintage cigars in Puff-Puff-Passes that had a strong flavor of olives, which I don't care for. I would actually skip those cigars when they came around to me in the P-P-P.

11-03-2008, 12:23 PM

I'm sorry but the way you summed that up left me in tears!

Not everyone enjoys everything and that's quite alright, I myself do not like Candella or lacking a better word for it and "Olde Worlde" Flavor.

replicant_argent · 11-03-2008, 12:25 PM

Not having tasted it in particular, yet having heard it described many times...

Ass.

And on a more serious note, astringent or metallic tastes turn me off right away. I am not a fan of the whole "chewing on tinfoil" kind of thing.

skibumdc · 11-03-2008, 12:25 PM

Tobacco.
I kid I kid.
I don't like it when I get a cigar that taste like smoking an ashtray.
My last Oliva V Torpedo was like that. Left me wondering why people put such high praise to it.

NCRadioMan · 11-03-2008, 12:27 PM

Soap!

Don Fernando · 11-03-2008, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spincycle

I smoked an AF Hemingway something or other (it was part of a massive sampler buy) on Friday. Great burn, lots of smoke, full bodied, spicy and leathery.. leathery.. hrmm..

I'm still a noob and discovering the flavours I enjoy in cigars, but I think I can put leather on the do-not-like list. The entire time I was smoking, I kept having visions of chewing on a 80's biker jacket. Though there were other flavours, leather was predominant, and spoiled the rest of the cigar flavours for me.

So what about you guys? What flavours don't you like?

well, I would recommend you'de stay away from Cubans then.

a flavour I hate in cigars is raisin.

mosesbotbol · 11-03-2008, 12:30 PM

I do not like overly vegetal or grassy tasting cigars. Cigar should have complexity and balanced flavors. Cigars should be well cured and manufactured.

11-03-2008, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by replicant_argent

Not having tasted it in particular, yet having heard it described many times...

Ass.

11-03-2008, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

I do not like overly vegetal or grassy tasting cigars. Cigar should have complexity and balanced flavors. Cigars should be well cured and manufactured.

Now grassy is something I enjoy! I smoked a Monte #4 not to long ago, and it was the "burning straw hat" undertone that I loved!

11-03-2008, 12:58 PM

spicy/peppery ... i think im one of the fews, but i just dont get the hype with cigars that have way to much spice in them.

11-03-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by dcamacho

spicy/peppery ... i think im one of the fews, but i just dont get the hype with cigars that have way to much spice in them.

Ditto.

Spicy to me tastes harsh and cheap.

GhostRyder · 11-03-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by hoax

Ditto.

Spicy to me tastes harsh and cheap.

I agree completely. Although still a n00b, maybe my tastes will change. I love the chocolatey, coffee, etc tastes. When a cigar is too peppery it takes away from the experience for me.

11-03-2008, 01:13 PM

Cigars infused with sweet flavors. I'm not talking about the natural sweetness of a maduro wrapper or the sweet coffee or mocha undertones. I'm talking about artificially infusing/flavoring a cigar to make it taste like a particular fruit, libation, candy etc. Such as CAO Flavors, Acid and the list could go on. It's not that I haven't given them a fair shake, I've tried many. I just don't dig them. I also dislike bitter and salty "flavours" (in cigars).

mosesbotbol · 11-03-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spincycle

Now grassy is something I enjoy! I smoked a Monte #4 not to long ago, and it was the "burning straw hat" undertone that I loved!

I would describe "straw hat" and "grassy" as being different. Have you smoked a Vegueros? Now that has the grassy flavor I do not enjoy. Grassy should taste like... grass/lawn. The Vegueros is just like a fresh cut lawn. I like the smell of fresh cut lawns, but do not like the taste.

Sauer Grapes · 11-03-2008, 01:18 PM

Incense, perfume, cologne, grape, pineapple, watermelon, kuba kuba... er... not to name specifics.

In a real cigar, I tasted buttered broccoli once. I didn't hate it, but I didn't exactly like it.

bobarian · 11-03-2008, 01:22 PM

I dont like metallic tastes. Dead fish(Cremosa) and rotting grass(Angry Elf) are also low on my pleasure meter.

Scottw · 11-03-2008, 01:23 PM

Poop.

11-03-2008, 01:23 PM

Bitterness in taste or finish.

11-03-2008, 01:36 PM

The flavors I hate tasting in cigars are grassy, vegetal, used ashtray, poop (not kidding, but it was more of aroma than taste), and bitterness.

11-03-2008, 12:21 PM	#1
spincycle Guest Posts: n/a	Flavours you don't like in a cigar? I smoked an AF Hemingway something or other (it was part of a massive sampler buy) on Friday. Great burn, lots of smoke, full bodied, spicy and leathery.. leathery.. hrmm.. I'm still a noob and discovering the flavours I enjoy in cigars, but I think I can put leather on the do-not-like list. The entire time I was smoking, I kept having visions of chewing on a 80's biker jacket. Though there were other flavours, leather was predominant, and spoiled the rest of the cigar flavours for me. So what about you guys? What flavours don't you like?

11-03-2008, 12:22 PM	#2
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,293 Trading: (60)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Olives....have smoked a couple vintage cigars in Puff-Puff-Passes that had a strong flavor of olives, which I don't care for. I would actually skip those cigars when they came around to me in the P-P-P. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

11-03-2008, 12:23 PM	#3
Ace$nyper Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? I'm sorry but the way you summed that up left me in tears! Not everyone enjoys everything and that's quite alright, I myself do not like Candella or lacking a better word for it and "Olde Worlde" Flavor.

11-03-2008, 12:25 PM	#5
skibumdc That's what she said Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Balco Location: Smoke Less, Age More Posts: 345 Trading: (8)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Tobacco. I kid I kid. I don't like it when I get a cigar that taste like smoking an ashtray. My last Oliva V Torpedo was like that. Left me wondering why people put such high praise to it. __________________ The Dude abides

11-03-2008, 12:27 PM	#6
NCRadioMan Chutney Lovebusciut Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Chutney Location: On the shores of Loch Shiel Posts: 4,277 Trading: (66)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Soap! __________________ The path to loyalty is trust.

11-03-2008, 12:25 PM	#4
replicant_argent Gravy Boat Winnah. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: my attorney has advised against giving this information to insane people Posts: 5,326 Trading: (22)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Not having tasted it in particular, yet having heard it described many times... Ass. And on a more serious note, astringent or metallic tastes turn me off right away. I am not a fan of the whole "chewing on tinfoil" kind of thing.

11-03-2008, 12:30 PM	#8
mosesbotbol That's a Corgi Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Moses Location: Boston Posts: 6,171 Trading: (6)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? I do not like overly vegetal or grassy tasting cigars. Cigar should have complexity and balanced flavors. Cigars should be well cured and manufactured. __________________ Port Wine & Claret \| British Cars \| Welsh Corgi's

11-03-2008, 12:58 PM	#11
dcamacho Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? spicy/peppery ... i think im one of the fews, but i just dont get the hype with cigars that have way to much spice in them.

11-03-2008, 01:13 PM	#14
Waynegro1 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Cigars infused with sweet flavors. I'm not talking about the natural sweetness of a maduro wrapper or the sweet coffee or mocha undertones. I'm talking about artificially infusing/flavoring a cigar to make it taste like a particular fruit, libation, candy etc. Such as CAO Flavors, Acid and the list could go on. It's not that I haven't given them a fair shake, I've tried many. I just don't dig them. I also dislike bitter and salty "flavours" (in cigars).

11-03-2008, 01:18 PM	#16
Sauer Grapes Snatchin' yo people up Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,235 Trading: (44)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Incense, perfume, cologne, grape, pineapple, watermelon, kuba kuba... er... not to name specifics. In a real cigar, I tasted buttered broccoli once. I didn't hate it, but I didn't exactly like it.

11-03-2008, 01:22 PM	#17
bobarian Cranky Habanophile Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wine Country Posts: 8,869 Trading: (51)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? I dont like metallic tastes. Dead fish(Cremosa) and rotting grass(Angry Elf) are also low on my pleasure meter.

11-03-2008, 01:23 PM	#18
Scottw Going Commando Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Location: Sussex, NJ Posts: 2,815 Trading: (6)	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Poop. __________________ "Ray when someone asks you if your a GOD you say yes."

11-03-2008, 01:23 PM	#19
nozero Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? Bitterness in taste or finish.

11-03-2008, 01:36 PM	#20
Python Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Flavours you don't like in a cigar? The flavors I hate tasting in cigars are grassy, vegetal, used ashtray, poop (not kidding, but it was more of aroma than taste), and bitterness.