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[entity]

Do any of your guys experience this sort of "phenomenon"?

 

Smoke a stick when you just received a box of cigars: milder than normal, slight bite

Smoke a stick after you've rested them in your humidor for 2 weeks to a month: fuller, still bites but less

Smoke a stick about 3 months later: sick period

[Throttle]

yes, quite often.

 

when that happens i will stop taking from the batch before trying again a few months later.

 

just like my Monte2 which has recently turned good.

 

Remeber the Upmann2 that we had which was sick and wasnt impressive at all, i havent touched those since. maybe in a month or two i'll pull out one to try again.

 

casnt wait to try the 2001 dip2.

[Nightstalker]

how do u tell if its sick? if u're tryin a particular for the first time can u tell if its sick?

[Throttle]

yes you can.

all sick cigars have a similar bad taste.

the taste of burnt plastic is one but the many distinctive sick tastes.

sometimes the cigar exhibits the sick tast only after a while or intermittently as it smoke progresses

 

Entity can explain better

[entity]

I'm able to explain the "sick" thing better cos it happens to me more often. Not a good thing..

 

Okay, the way I understand it (which is only recently), a "sick" cigar has the burnt "plastic" taste as Throttle puts it. Sometimes this taste is very strong, making it seem like its a flavour of the cigar. Other times, its more subtle, or mixed with the other natural characteristics of the cigar. There're also times that it appear only halfway through the cigar, or it can appear from the start. This "burnt plastic" taste is very distinctive, and seems universally disliked, unlike earthy, beany, leathery, etc which some like and some hate. Therefore this taste can't be intentionally created for people to smoke.

 

Once you've placed the "burnt plastic" taste, even when you smoke a certain cigar for the first time, you can identify that the cigar is "sick". I do not know of any way to tell if a cigar is sick without smoking it.

 

Actually, my previous post wasn't about "sick" cigars. It's about smoking cigars you've just received within 1 month, otherwise can only smoke it about half a year later. Dunno if its just me or everyone has got this problem.

[entity]

Yet another cigar gathering. If there're less than 3 people attending, outing will be cancelled.

 

Date: 22nd March 2006 (Wednesday)

Time: 8 pm (please arrive slightly earlier to get happy hour prices)

Venue: Connoisseur Divan

 

Attending:

1. Entity

2.

3.

 

Please put in your name if you're interested to attend.

[Throttle]

I may have to give this a miss. will keep inform

[Sev]

i'll confirm tonight, seems alright for me.

[Throttle]

yo Sev , its not tonight its tom nite.

[Nightstalker]

sorry entity. cant make it this wed...

[entity]

I think Sev meant he'll confirm tonight if he can come or not for Wed. Anyhow, those that have my number and wish to come at the last minute, just sms me.

[Throttle]

oh yes, i see....haha

[Sev]

haha, ya, i wil confirm my attendance tonight, i got hospital check up on this friday (sinus issue), doctor advise me not to smoke, i need to check my appointment letter see got state cannot smoke before check up or not...

[Throttle]

Hey Sev, if like that, I think you better not smoke.

 

go for check up and see how first. it's important for the check up to be accurate.

[GerardSantaCruz]

Originally posted by Sev@Mar 21 2006, 11:59 AM

haha, ya, i wil confirm my attendance tonight, i got hospital check up on this friday (sinus issue), doctor advise me not to smoke, i need to check my appointment letter see got state cannot smoke before check up or not...

advise u not to smoke u still wanna smoke?

dude...

 

anyway, i cant make it on wed...

[doubtfool]

hi guys!

 

haha, there are few cigar shops around here. managed to source one out at Castro... mostly dominicans - ashton, pinar3000, arturo fuente, opus... the prices are from $3.00usd to $30usd... not including all the edicion limitada stuff...

 

anyway, in the past week did a '01 Monte no.2 and an '05 Partagas P2. the weather here is very cold so when you smoke, the cigar almost never burns hot! quite nice in that regard. On the flipside, have to constantly monitor the humidity since it's roughly around 40%...

[doubtfool]

oh, forgot to mention that there are only a handful (and i mean lesser than 5) of places to smoke. those that permit smoking are licenced by permit (that costs a lot, difficult to obtain and requires lots of paperwork...)

 

just to elaborate, i came across a cigar lounge that is members only. monthly subscription is roughly $40usd! good grief...

[Throttle]

Good to hear that you are doing fine Doubtfool.

 

for USD40 a month, I'll pay the subscription to join the club if I'm there. Haha...

[entity]

Originally posted by doubtfool@Mar 22 2006, 01:54 AM

oh, forgot to mention that there are only a handful (and i mean lesser than 5) of places to smoke. those that permit smoking are licenced by permit (that costs a lot, difficult to obtain and requires lots of paperwork...)

 

just to elaborate, i came across a cigar lounge that is members only. monthly subscription is roughly $40usd! good grief...

That sucks!!

 

On a different note, since nobody confirmed that they're coming for tonight's outing, it's cancelled. Those who can make it at the last minute, just sms me.

[Sev]

sorry entity, can't go for smoke tonight, after my checkup then can smoke...

[Nightstalker]

nice to hear from u doubtfool. if the ambience is gd i'd pay the membership man! can meet fellow cigar lovers too.

 

im kindda glad its not like tat in spore. at least for now....

[Throttle]

Testing out a less popular way (although used all the time in Cuba) of keeping cigars as I am simply running out of space in my humidors.

 

Air tight glass jars!!

So far so good.

I will take one out to smoke this weekend.

[Nightstalker]

im gettin more and more tempted by the El Rey Choix Supreme. was wonderin if anyone's interested in tat too...

[Throttle]

I still have about 8 sticks of the Choix Supreme so I will skip.

 

My next purchase is likely a box of RYJ Hermosos No. 2 Edicion Limitada.

I will hold back until April for that as I have absolutely overspent on cigars and related in 2006.

 

Need some form of control here. heh heh

[entity]

I've got space but can't decide what to get.

 

Wish List:

 

H. Upmann Magnum 50 (damn hard to get!)

Montecristo Edmundo (must smoke a Monte 2 to be sure I prefer the Edmundo)

Trinidad Reyes?

 

I've got lots to smoke to make a final decision..