Can you judge a cigar from one stick?

[dpmrpa]

I love this site. thanks for the question Donk. I too am a noobie and trying my best to acquire the taste buds. Someone mentioned tasting leather the other day in a stick. How can you taste leather. The closet I have gotten is a great steak with onions.
The flavour was just fantastic. Anyway I have been told to keep smoking and the taste buds will follow.:bigeyes:

 

[strife]

Thanks to whomever brought this back to life. It's a great read.

 

[Donk]

I love this site. thanks for the question Donk. I too am a noobie and trying my best to acquire the taste buds. Someone mentioned tasting leather the other day in a stick. How can you taste leather. The closet I have gotten is a great steak with onions.
The flavour was just fantastic. Anyway I have been told to keep smoking and the taste buds will follow.:bigeyes:

If you wear a leather belt, or have a pair of driving gloves. Take them of and well START CHEWING! I'm kidding, honestly I have no idea, I can't pick out those notes of things, so I don't know how it is aquired.

 

[Moro]

... How can you taste leather...

Take some leather clothes and smell them. With a deep whiff. Liked the aroma? Have ever sensed it in a cigar? Look for it next time.

 

[Proud Bear]

IMO, no. Takes 2 or 3, especially when you have a bad experience with one, and certainly when you have a cigar that may vary greatly size to size. Case in point for me is the Alec Bradley Tempus, which I hated the first time I tried it. I don't know if I wasn't in the mood, if the stick was bad or if I plucked the wrong size- but the second one I had (a torp) was amazing.

Bear

 

[CuritibaRex]

I love this site. thanks for the question Donk. I too am a noobie and trying my best to acquire the taste buds. Someone mentioned tasting leather the other day in a stick. How can you taste leather...

The statement you mentioned probably would be better interpreted as they experienced the aroma of leather. Sometimes taste and aroma seem interchanged when discussing cigars.

I too am glad this thread was resurrected. It leads to an interesting point. Granted that when just developing one's cigar chops, what fits today, might not be acceptable in a year; and vice versa. But to those who know what they like, have built up a certain degree of discernment, this thread poses another quandary. If it takes more than a smoke (or even two) to find out if one really appreciates a new-to-them cigar; what does that say about the consistency of the cigar's manufacture? And would a bad-this-time/good-the-next experience indicate that another cigar of this brand and type might be a dud during a future smoke? How important does that make consistency when deciding for which cigars to put out the money?

To be honest, I am reluctant - no, very reluctant - to smoke another identical vitola of the same brand, wrapper, etc., if I have had a bad experience with one. Consistency is one of the hallmarks of a fine cigar, to me.

 

[Donk]

good point, but also a lot has to do with what you are doing while smoking that cigar, also where you are, what you are drinking and the overall enviornment in which you are smoking. All of that will have an effect on the taste of a cigar. That is why you need to sample more thanon cigar before waiving it off. But also there are just some plain and simple bad cigars out there that you just wont bother smoking again. But still if it is an ok cigar or even a good cigar might become a great cigar with a year or two age.

 

[smokinghole]

Here's how you can taste leather. Go find some leather string or lanyards and chew on it. I think it tastes great especially when it's dipped in lead paint! Okay the paint thing is a joke, but seriously go stick some leather string in your mouth, you'll thank me later. Just don't eat the damn thing.

 

[dpmrpa]

Here's how you can taste leather. Go find some leather string or lanyards and chew on it. I think it tastes great especially when it's dipped in lead paint! Okay the paint thing is a joke, but seriously go stick some leather string in your mouth, you'll thank me later. Just don't eat the damn thing.

Yo Bro thats as crazy as your avitar:laugh:

 

[ReggieFSULaw]

I think so, but I prefer to withhold my opinion on a cigar until I have tried two. Sometimes I might get one with that's poorly constructed, tight draw, wrapper comes loose etc. Sometimes the second one doesn't taste quite like the first one. If I have a REALLY bad experience with a stick, I may not even bother trying it twice. I always try two before I recommend a cigar to someone.

 

[uncelnino]

Donk, you could make a snap judgement like that, but you'd be doing yourself and the cigar a disservice...I try to buy 3 of everything. One to smoke now, one for later, and if I really enjoyed those two, one to sit down for a while longer...

Exactly. Three sticks. I do the same thing even if I dislike a cigar, I still smoke three before making a final judgment.

 

[Hardcore]

Not a chance! I learned this myself when I smoke my first Padron 1964. I hated it. I couldn't see what everyone thought was so great about them. A few months later I was digging in the humi for a small stick since it was real cold out. I pulled out a little '64. I believe it was part of my newbie trade from Angry Bill. I decided to give it another chance & I loved it! I froze smoking it down to the nub.
I learned if I don't like a smoke step away from it & try one at a later date. Thanks Bill for helping me learn this lesson. But I wish it was with a little cheaper stick!

 

[Poriggity]

I NEVER judge a cigar by more than 3 sticks.
Scott