Cigars what you smoking.

[jakethesnake]

I see that they make those in a 6-1/2” x 50, I am going to try & acquire some of those to compare for flavor. I have no idea if they are similar.

I really liked the larger one. More room for the blend itself to shine. Really like the wrapper on those so even the smaller one earlier was great

 

[KS Plainsman]

Had my 5th Rocky Patel, out of the sampler. They're still batting a thousand. Good flavor, fantastic burn, but she was a big one for me. Only smoked half of it. I'll finish the second half tomorrow. Looks like I need to venture into other Rocky brands.

 

[JimBear]

I lit this one tonight with high expectations



After about 10minutes I was very unimpressed with the tar bubbles oozing out. So I cut the fired foot end off & trimmed the head back just enough to get the goo off & stuck it in a bag.



After some research on the interweb, recommendations seemed to be just trim a bit off the head & you are good to go. So I will try to fire it back up after a bit.

 

[JimBear]

Here is the link to the site that I got my info from

Tar and Cigars: A Match Made In Hell -

Last week when Jerry and I sat down to record episode 36 of Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) we both lit up a Por Larranaga that we received courtesy of Rich from the Fan Forums. About an inch and a half into the cigar I started to notice some tar droplets on the cut head. […]

stogiereview.com

 

[jakethesnake]

 

[jakethesnake]

I lit this one tonight with high expectations

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After about 10minutes I was very unimpressed with the tar bubbles oozing out. So I cut the fired foot end off & trimmed the head back just enough to get the goo off & stuck it in a bag.

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After some research on the interweb, recommendations seemed to be just trim a bit off the head & you are good to go. So I will try to fire it back up after a bit.

This is why I usually cut deeper and leave a better opening. You’ll have way less issues

 

[KS Plainsman]

This is why I usually cut deeper and leave a better opening. You’ll have way less issues

I'm a bit thick sometimes............what are you saying causes the tar? Are you not thinking it's from a stem?

 

[JimBear]

I'm a bit thick sometimes............what are you saying causes the tar? Are you not thinking it's from a stem?

That seems to be to root of the issue, not trimming enough off of the cap. I always preferred taking less, I have had some caps peel off. Maybe it’s just a noob thing BUT I learned something new today.

 

[KS Plainsman]

That seems to be to root of the issue, not trimming enough off of the cap. I always preferred taking less, I have had some caps peel off. Maybe it’s just a noob thing BUT I learned something new today.

I'm no expert, but I've always taken as little as possible too, because of a video that Nick Perdomo put out, saying to do that. I figured he should know. Lol

The punch hole creating tar makes sense, because it draws it all to a smaller opening, but then why doesn't it happen more often? I don't punch many cigars as all, just box pressed, but I should be having issues as well, if me and you both take as little as possible. That's why the stem explanation made sense.

I have no idea, honestly.

 

[JimBear]

I'm no expert, but I've always taken as little as possible too, because of a video that Nick Perdomo put out, saying to do that. I figured he should know. Lol

The punch hole creating tar makes sense, because it draws it all to a smaller opening, but then why doesn't it happen more often? I don't punch many cigars as all, just box pressed, but I should be having issues as well, if me and you both take as little as possible. That's why the stem explanation made sense.

I have no idea, honestly.

I have never had an issue with a punch or v-cutter just a regular scissor/snip cutter.

I don’t know either, I will just start taking a bit more off it to start with then if I get tar take a bit more off.

 

[jakethesnake]

The tar comes from smoldering the damp cigar. Bout like burning wet wood. If the opening is larger it just doesn’t plug as easily. If it does plug clip a hair deeper.

 

[jakethesnake]

That’s about what I look for when I cut my smokes. Don’t judge me too hard for a little slobber there.
It gives me a better draw. I can use a punch but not a fan really. I have a nice deep v cutter but that didn’t really do much for me either

 

[jakethesnake]

Gotta make sure you go deep enough to take all the cap outta there and get into the filler.

 

[KS Plainsman]

View attachment 371419That’s about what I look for when I cut my smokes. View attachment 371424Don’t judge me too hard for a little slobber there.
It gives me a better draw. I can use a punch but not a fan really. I have a nice deep v cutter but that didn’t really do much for me either

That's way more than I take. I barely take the outer cap off, when I use a normal guillotine cutter. I may need to find a happy medium, because I've screwed up a few caps back in the beginning, by taking too much. Hence, the reason I take so little now.

Correction on an earIier post of mine. I said I use a punch cutter on box pressed cigars and I meant I use V cutters now, after Jim told me that's what he did, because I had a cap explode on my first one. I haven't used a punch cutter in a long time.

 

[jakethesnake]

That's way more than I take. I barely take the outer cap off, when I use a normal guillotine cutter. I may need to find a happy medium, because I've screwed up a few caps back in the beginning, by taking too much. Hence, the reason I take so little now.

Correction on an earIier post of mine. I said I use a punch cutter on box pressed cigars and I meant I use V cutters now, after Jim told me that's what he did, because I had a cap explode on my first one. I haven't used a punch cutter in a long time.

As long as you’re getting a good draw and it’s not like smoke is only coming through a very narrow opening which will tar up. You’re doing it fine. This is just where I like them. Everyone likes different stuff. I just like a very open draw on a cigar so you can kinda “sip” on it.

 

[JimBear]

Going to try this one tonight

 

[JimBear]

Having this tonight

 

[Woodpecker]

Had this one the other day. It was very good!

I have also tried the rest of the Montecristo sample cube. The Platinum was the best of the bunch. The white series was mild and smooth and would make a good ballgame smoke. The Epic was similar to the white but had more leather and maybe some coco. I didn’t enjoy the Monte at all. It was over he top old leather and very little else. I’ll let those age in the humidor and hope they mellow out.

 

[Woodpecker]

Had my 5th Rocky Patel, out of the sampler. They're still batting a thousand. Good flavor, fantastic burn, but she was a big one for me. Only smoked half of it. I'll finish the second half tomorrow. Looks like I need to venture into other Rocky brands.
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Nice! I’ve got some Rocky’s waiting for me at home. I’m really looking forward to.

 

[jakethesnake]

I have some sort of cold. Waiting it out here. Wanna smoke. Figure I will just waste a decent smoke