Do all cigars taste like **** after relighting?

07-24-2009, 07:42 PM

I occasionally smoke half a cigar and put it out. I then will come back to it after a few hours or sometimes, even the next day. I always notice they don't taste as good. Is this normal? Is there a proper way to relight after they sat around for a extended length of time?

thanks.

hotreds · 07-24-2009, 07:45 PM

Unless it's within a few minutes- cigar is kaput!

pnoon · 07-24-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

I occasionally smoke half a cigar and put it out. I then will come back to it after a few hours or sometimes, even the next day. I always notice they don't taste as good. Is this normal? Is there a proper way to relight after they sat around for a extended length of time?

thanks.

Relighting after a few hours (and definfitely the next day) is bound to taste like crap. The only proper way is to pitch it and light a fresh one.

If only an hour or two, you could try purging the cigar (after it goes out, blow gently thru the stick to push out any lingering smoke). Aside from that, there isn't much you can do.

MedicCook · 07-24-2009, 07:46 PM

The few times I have tried to re-lite a cigar after it sitting for an hour+ it was never a good experience.

GreekGodX · 07-24-2009, 07:50 PM

Yes.
Simple.
Easy.
Painless.
Get a new cigar out of the humi

07-24-2009, 07:54 PM

Always make the time to sit and enjoy a cigar. They turn real stale if you try to relight after some time.

07-24-2009, 08:46 PM

Yep. Toss it. Sometimes you can purge it and cut it back behind anything burnt. Then if you get back to it within a couple of hours, you may be OK. Some great cigars have been lost this way. /cue sad bugle tune/

acruce · 07-24-2009, 08:53 PM

Maybe try a smaller cigar that doesn't take a long time to smoke.That way you can avoid having to put it out.Save the bigger ones for when you have ample time to enjoy it.

Skywalker · 07-24-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

Yep. Toss it. Sometimes you can purge it and cut it back behind anything burnt. Then if you get back to it within a couple of hours, you may be OK. Some great cigars have been lost this way. /cue sad bugle tune/

And for goodness sake never put one back in the humi once it has gone out!!!

07-24-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Skywalker

And for goodness sake never put one back in the humi once it has gone out!!!

Someone would do that?

Isnt that kinda like putting half a peace of toast back in the bread bag?

lightning9191 · 07-24-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by acruce

Maybe try a smaller cigar that doesn't take a long time to smoke.That way you can avoid having to put it out.Save the bigger ones for when you have ample time to enjoy it.

There are tons of good little smokes out there and save the bigger ones for when you know you have time to savor them.

Wolfgang · 07-24-2009, 09:02 PM

Happens to me occasionally. I will re-light purge then let it sit untill its about to go out. then purge again and smoke. Some times works, sometimes doesn't.

MedicCook · 07-24-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverFox

Someone would do that?

Isnt that kinda like putting half a peace of toast back in the bread bag?

You just gave me a great idea for a prank.

Wolfgang · 07-24-2009, 09:10 PM

Not just toasted toast, burnt beyond recognition toast.

ucla695 · 07-24-2009, 09:31 PM

Yes, rarely a good thing. The only advice I have besides pitching the cigar is to light it and purge it (a lot) and hope for the best.

St. Lou Stu · 07-24-2009, 09:32 PM

I agree.... I had to let my Mag 50 go out very early into it tonight for something far more important.... It just didn't finish the same...

Old Sailor · 07-24-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu

I agree.... I had to let my Mag 50 go out very early into it tonight for something far more important.... It just didn't finish the same...

shilala · 07-24-2009, 09:39 PM

A friend of mine taught me to purge my cigar BEFORE I let it go out.
Now, every time I set my cigar down I blow all the smoke from it before I set it down, just in case it goes out and I can't get back to it for some reason.
I can pick it up the next day and relight it and it tastes just like it did before it went out. I've picked them up days later when I left them in the shed, and they're fine.
It's one of the greatest cigar tricks I've ever learned, and it was a kid that taught me cause he used to do it with his cigarettes.
It's saved a lot of good cigars that would have been wasted.

G G · 07-25-2009, 06:40 AM

Thanks for that info Scott.

Steve · 07-25-2009, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by shilala

A friend of mine taught me to purge my cigar BEFORE I let it go out.
Now, every time I set my cigar down I blow all the smoke from it before I set it down, just in case it goes out and I can't get back to it for some reason.
I can pick it up the next day and relight it and it tastes just like it did before it went out. I've picked them up days later when I left them in the shed, and they're fine.
It's one of the greatest cigar tricks I've ever learned, and it was a kid that taught me cause he used to do it with his cigarettes.
It's saved a lot of good cigars that would have been wasted.

I've done this with success before as well. It's never as good as it was fresh, but...

07-24-2009, 07:42 PM	#1
Bryan Guest Posts: n/a	Do all cigars taste like after relighting? I occasionally smoke half a cigar and put it out. I then will come back to it after a few hours or sometimes, even the next day. I always notice they don't taste as good. Is this normal? Is there a proper way to relight after they sat around for a extended length of time? thanks.

07-24-2009, 07:45 PM	#2
hotreds Ephesians 2:8 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5 miles past "Resume Speed" Posts: 11,658 Trading: (63)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Unless it's within a few minutes- cigar is kaput! __________________ God loves you so much, that he made you read this, just to let you know.

07-24-2009, 07:46 PM	#4
MedicCook Mila smoked my cigar Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Ryan Location: Schaghticoke, NY Posts: 10,946 Trading: (7)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting The few times I have tried to re-lite a cigar after it sitting for an hour+ it was never a good experience. __________________ 27 World Series Championship's "If your wife doesn't like the aroma of your cigar, change your wife.", Zino Davidoff

07-24-2009, 07:50 PM	#5
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,893 Trading: (82)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Yes. Simple. Easy. Painless. Get a new cigar out of the humi __________________ "If I give a businessman 10,000 francs, what is that to him, he is rich. But if I give him a Cohiba cigar, that is style."-Hotel Rwanda

07-24-2009, 07:54 PM	#6
darkninja67 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Always make the time to sit and enjoy a cigar. They turn real stale if you try to relight after some time.

07-24-2009, 08:46 PM	#7
BC-Axeman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Yep. Toss it. Sometimes you can purge it and cut it back behind anything burnt. Then if you get back to it within a couple of hours, you may be OK. Some great cigars have been lost this way. /cue sad bugle tune/

07-24-2009, 08:53 PM	#8
acruce Just killing Time Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Andy Location: Venus TX Posts: 1,114 Trading: (1)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Maybe try a smaller cigar that doesn't take a long time to smoke.That way you can avoid having to put it out.Save the bigger ones for when you have ample time to enjoy it. __________________ LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST~SMOKE AS MANY FINE CIGARS AS POSSIBLE ~ SMILE ~ IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD!!

07-24-2009, 09:02 PM	#12
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Happens to me occasionally. I will re-light purge then let it sit untill its about to go out. then purge again and smoke. Some times works, sometimes doesn't. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

07-24-2009, 09:10 PM	#14
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Not just toasted toast, burnt beyond recognition toast. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

07-24-2009, 09:31 PM	#15
ucla695 Neither here, nor there Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pool Posts: 3,696 Trading: (5)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Yes, rarely a good thing. The only advice I have besides pitching the cigar is to light it and purge it (a lot) and hope for the best.

07-24-2009, 09:32 PM	#16
St. Lou Stu Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: Belleville, IL (St. Louis) Posts: 2,304 Trading: (21)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting I agree.... I had to let my Mag 50 go out very early into it tonight for something far more important.... It just didn't finish the same... __________________ Pretending to play golf since 1989

07-24-2009, 09:39 PM	#18
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting A friend of mine taught me to purge my cigar BEFORE I let it go out. Now, every time I set my cigar down I blow all the smoke from it before I set it down, just in case it goes out and I can't get back to it for some reason. I can pick it up the next day and relight it and it tastes just like it did before it went out. I've picked them up days later when I left them in the shed, and they're fine. It's one of the greatest cigar tricks I've ever learned, and it was a kid that taught me cause he used to do it with his cigarettes. It's saved a lot of good cigars that would have been wasted. __________________

07-25-2009, 06:40 AM	#19
G G BR549 Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Greg Location: Taylor, FL. Posts: 12,701 Trading: (10)	Re: Do all cigars taste like after relighting Thanks for that info Scott.