Drying Out!

[Guitarman-S.T-]

Well guys i am going crazy.. I just did a boc split for some Camacho Negro's GREAT looking smokes but EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM came dryer then hell, and after 2 weeks in my 65-70 % humi STILL dry. The wrappers are un ravveling.. its horrible.what to do?
S.T-

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by Guitarman-S.T-

Well guys i am going crazy.. I just did a boc split for some Camacho Negro's GREAT looking smokes but EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM came dryer then hell, and after 2 weeks in my 65-70 % humi STILL dry. The wrappers are un ravveling.. its horrible.what to do?
S.T-

Let them rest for a few more months. I know its hard. They do look great!

NCRM's

[JPH]

Ya' ..dont go getting any..Take the cigars in the shower for the steam idea or anything...Some people try weird things.....Let them marinate in the cedar for a bit.

[Guitarman-S.T-]

alright... God this sucks lol, i think some others may be a little dry. They burn with problems.. and they have that dry' burnt taste on the tongue. I had a Cusano Corojo 97` churchill.. huge great looking smoke. It had to have been the WORST smoke ive EVER had. Specially knowing the price of the thing it was a HUGE waste. had the wosrt dry taste and burnt taste on the palate... Is this to dry as well? cus the corojo wa sin my humi for a month
S.T-

[montecristo#2]

Originally Posted by Guitarman-S.T-

alright... God this sucks lol, i think some others may be a little dry. They burn with problems.. and they have that dry' burnt taste on the tongue. I had a Cusano Corojo 97` churchill.. huge great looking smoke. It had to have been the WORST smoke ive EVER had. Specially knowing the price of the thing it was a HUGE waste. had the wosrt dry taste and burnt taste on the palate... Is this to dry as well? cus the corojo wa sin my humi for a month
S.T-

Have you checked your hygrometer, maybe it is off? Are you using a digital or an analog? I would think your RH would drop if you put a whole bunch of dry cigars into your humidor, since they would absorb all of the moisture.

I always thought that if you humi is at 65-70%, then most of the cigars in there should be around that RH as well. I guess it depends on how big the humidor is and how many cigars are in it at the correct RH. If most of the cigars are dry, I would expect the RH to be lower than 65%.

[neoflex]

I know you said you did a box split. How was the other half of the box? If there end is suffering in the same manner and it's not from shipping the box a couple times I would call the vendor and see if they make good on the box. No reason why a box of smokes should come in that dry. Why torture yourself if there is no need to, plus if they are that dry they may not smoke the same as a stick from another box.

[SHOE]

Originally Posted by Guitarman-S.T-

alright... God this sucks lol, i think some others may be a little dry. They burn with problems.. and they have that dry' burnt taste on the tongue. I had a Cusano Corojo 97` churchill.. huge great looking smoke. It had to have been the WORST smoke ive EVER had. Specially knowing the price of the thing it was a HUGE waste. had the wosrt dry taste and burnt taste on the palate... Is this to dry as well? cus the corojo wa sin my humi for a month
S.T-

You have something going on. I keep the CC '97s around and love them - never had a dry taste or bad burn. Maybe you need to up your rH for a while to 73 - 75 (I know the B&Ms do it from time to time) Does your humi have a good seal?

[adamh_25_]

I would say to do the same as most people on here are saying. Just let them rest for awhile. While doing so, make sure that you rotate the cigars to different spots in the humidor occasionaly. That way the camachos wont abosorb a whole bunch of humidity out of the cigars under or near them. just rotate every couple days-a week or so. And make sure that the beads arent drying out. After a while in there, they should be smokable.

If it was me, I'd do the what neoflex is talking about. If the other half of the box is the same way, Id call up the vender and switch em out. If not, the rest, rest, rest. Good luck Sam.
Adam

[Guitarman-S.T-]

all of mine have good anough seals to keep at a steady 65-70...but who knows... Only time will heal i soppose
S.T-

[moon]

WHEW!!! Man I thought I was coming into this thread because you where going to try and stop drinking.
As for your problem leave them lay for a couple months. Grab a beer a different cigar in the mean time.

[Baric]

Originally Posted by JPH

Ya' ..dont go getting any..Take the cigars in the shower for the steam idea or anything...Some people try weird things.....Let them marinate in the cedar for a bit.

i read that too somewhere-glad i never tried it in my early newbie stage though.

As for the dryng out prob, time is by far the best cure even if it is most painful!