How often do you find a poorly rolled stick?

[hawaiian]

Sup guys,
I had a pretty bad cigar last night and was wondering how often you find a poorly rolled cigar?

My humi is a vinotemp set at 65/62% and had a box of PDR oscuro resting for about 2-3 weeks. Smoked about 4 or 5 so far and was great, perfect burn, never needing a touch up. Last night's one however was one of the worst cigar I ever had. The ash started out different, like it was brittle and looked spikey on the sides, uneven burn the entire time... tunneling and canoeing, and died on me 3 times before halfway so I called it quits. Still tasty somewhat, not what I remembered from last few I smoked but the experience was horrible and could not continue.

I'm just curious if this is a norm as I never bought boxes before.

Thanks.

 

[Headbanger]

If was only 2-3 weeks and you dug into a box, might gotten a stick that came over humidified from the vendor but not dried back out. When a stick that normally burns well goes out multiple times, tastes bad, and had burn issues tells me might be high RH. As a rule I will not smoke anything that just came in for at least 30-60 days (maybe 1 ROTT). Generally I have other boxes to enjoy and new sticks them for months. Try resting them some more and smoke a few singles then revisit. Just my .02c. Happy smoking.

Or could been badly rolled. Maybe 1 in 50 sticks that are not rolled right correctly or burn wrong but seldom to the extreme you mentioned.

 

[dpricenator]

Sounds like a underfilled stick.

You run across then here and there. Some boxes will be perfect and others may have several bad ones. It happens.

Not had a bad one for a few months.

 

[tmoney2007]

Depends on the brand. Padron, I might have one out of a couple hundred that doesn't smoke right. Davidoff, one out of even more. Most things rolled by Pepin are pretty solid, but with all the LE smokes coming out of those factories burn problems are a bit more common.

They are handmade products.

 

[Strickland]

Both of the first two 5 Vegas Gold Maduros I ever smoked were plugged so badly I gave up on them. I literally got dizzy trying to suck smoke out of them. I've had a few more since, though, and they were fine...

 

[hawaiian]

Thanks guys. I'll let em rest for another few weeks and try them again.

 

[majicmerlin]

ONE BRAND THAT COMES TO MY MIND THAT IVE NEVER HAD A BAD STICK TASTE WISE OR CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN LIGA #9:cbig:

 

[hawaiian]

Ok so a week goes by and decided to smoke another one and same result. It looks like the wrapper and the filler are separated by a little gap and don't burn together at all. I need more patience... maybe 2 weeks this time before I try another. So weird since every other cigar in my humidor smokes fine. Just got done smoking a hemingway signature with perfect burn for the entire hour and 45mins.

 

[dowjr1]

I am thinking just the opposite of the other guys. 62% sounds too low on the humidity. Of course, the humidity level of our humidors is a personal preference. I am a 70% guy and rarely have issues with the burn. That said, some cigars do better with a little higher RH while others burn better when it's lower. Sounded to me like the stogies were good when they arrived and then dried a bit too much and now getting "brittle."

 

[cmhicksusmc]

Its rare, I wouldnt let it spoil your love for the brand. It happens to the best of them.

 

[Clint]

I am thinking just the opposite of the other guys. 62% sounds too low on the humidity. Of course, the humidity level of our humidors is a personal preference. I am a 70% guy and rarely have issues with the burn. That said, some cigars do better with a little higher RH while others burn better when it's lower. Sounded to me like the stogies were good when they arrived and then dried a bit too much and now getting "brittle."

70%? Wow!

Do you dry box?

 

[dowjr1]

Nope no dry boxing. I have had a burn issue with the GH Vinatge 2002 Robustos and have considered dry boxing them but otherwise no.

 

[hawaiian]

Hmmmm that makes sense since I had handfull of great ones ROTT. I'll put few in my travel humi at 70% for a week and update here.
Thanks.

 

[Dave]

Had my best luck with the PdR Oscuro by dry-boxing two days. Otherwise, the burn is off more than it is on. Flavor is more complex, also. I had a perfect one the other day which was dry-boxed for two days and then put back in at 65 overnight.