Do you ever save a cigar to relight later? + LONG ASS STORY
- Thread starter Coincrazed
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Thats pretty much all I have to say about relighting an old stick.
Well if you cut them, put them back in Celophane they are ok, not great. Use to do this 20 years ago when I was working, it was a way to be frugal.
Like I said in the last year may 2 or 3 times.
Cigary43
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icehog3
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@Coincrazed, sometimes I'll end up having to do this because something just gets in the way of my allotted smoking time. If it's a cheaper stick fuck it, you won't find me smoking that shit at all, but if its a really nice stick that I don't want to waste I'll take my straight cut and clip off the burnt part until I only see clean tobacco without any charring. Typically if I do that, and purge it when I first relight it, then the off flavors typically aren't terrible or subside within the first third of whats left. But I'll only do that if there is more than half the stick left. If there's nothing there its not worth it. Don't get me wrong I don't aim to do this but like I said, if its something I don't want to waste, I don't mind relighting it a little while later even though it wont be as good as I'd like it to be. Definitely not a day though. If you haven't tried cutting off the burnt part of a stick for later, test it out. Keep cutting until you don't notice any charring anymore and see if it improves the shit in your mouth 
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icehog3
Outlaw Hockey Biker
I've tried cutting the cigar past any charring...still tastes like shit to me.
Off flavors subside after a third? That's more "off" than I will tolerate. I'd rather pitch half a good cigar and smoke a good tasty one next, rather than suffer through a third or more of an off-tasting stick....but hey, that's me. Life's too short to smoke a shitty cigar.
Off flavors subside after a third? That's more "off" than I will tolerate. I'd rather pitch half a good cigar and smoke a good tasty one next, rather than suffer through a third or more of an off-tasting stick....but hey, that's me. Life's too short to smoke a shitty cigar.
I'll agree with you on this. If on the rare occasion that I do relight, and it does taste terrible, I won't munch on shit and suffer through it - good stick or not. But if it's ok I'll definitely smoke the rest.
icehog3
Outlaw Hockey Biker
To each his own, My Brother!
IMO, it's up to the person who owns and is smoking the cigar. If they are satisfied, who am I to complain. Personally I tried it a couple of times using the method burnaz16 described with cigars I wanted to finish and the results were smokeable but not great. But if it works for you, don't let anyone else's opinion stop you.
Yea I agree, that's really all I would shoot for if its a really nice stick and I have to let it go out, I just want it to be "smoke-able" again with a semblance of the flavors remaining and without any charred taste.
icehog3
Outlaw Hockey Biker
Not to beat a dead horse, but for me:
Really nice cigar ... put out....relight ... "smoke-able" , some semblance of the flavors
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Really nice cigar ... put out .... throw out....smoke another really nice cigar
Really nice cigar ... put out....relight ... "smoke-able" , some semblance of the flavors
Trumped by
Really nice cigar ... put out .... throw out....smoke another really nice cigar
If it is within just a few minutes I will relight but other than that I let it go. Has anyone had any experience with the old cigar savers? You put them in lit and it is airtight. It is supposed to make the cigar still very smokeable and not influence the flavor very much.
icehog3
Outlaw Hockey Biker
We bought one for a friend as a gift. He tried it. Relit cigar still sucked, and he said maybe even worse than one that just sat out.
Well that answers that question. I have never used one but some old timers at the box swear by it.
Coincrazed
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I remember seeing those at fairs and in catalogues in the early 2000's. The whole idea you put the stick in lit doesn't exactly seem to be something you'd want to do if you plan to relight. All that smoke in tube will further affect the tobacco's aroma.......