Saving Cigar For Later.

[Jeff]

Anyone for whatever reason can't finish their cigar and saves it for later? Sometimes if I have got a nice smoke and have to put it down, I will cut the ash end back to the unburned baccy and put it back in my humi for another day.

Its not as good when you first light it back up, but if I've paid good money for it I don't want it to go to waste.

Jeff

[mr.c]

I just toss 'em

[shelvingunit]

I save them for later sometimes, usually I have enough time to finish up. If you do save it don't put it back in the humi unless you cut WAY below the cherry. You dont want that stinky-half-charred-smells-like-ash cigar in with the rest of them! (I know from experience, never again....)

If you want to save it just toss it in a freezer bag and save it for later.

[Da Klugs]

Was trying for a cigars are like women thing here....

Once you get em heated up its better to finish them. If you stop in the middle they may turn nasty on you.

[OpusEx]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Anyone for whatever reason can't finish their cigar and saves it for later? Sometimes if I have got a nice smoke and have to put it down, I will cut the ash end back to the unburned baccy and put it back in my humi for another day.

Its not as good when you first light it back up, but if I've paid good money for it I don't want it to go to waste.

Jeff

When I go to the cabinet to pick something I make sure I have the time to finish it (knowing that I paid good money for it and want to enjoy it fully), once a cigar has been lit and smoked, if allowed to die out it will never taste the same (same thing with having to "doctor" a cigar to make it smokable ie. poking it to increase draw, etc.). So, in short, if I really have to, what he said

I just toss 'em

lol

[IHT]

i have done this before, but not put it back in the humi. if so, i put it in it's own ziploc bag in another ziploc bag in the humi.

as 1f1fan mentioned, they STINK up your humidor if left just sitting there.

also, i've noticed that if you let a domestic go out, it tastes really bad when you re-light it. if you let a cuban cigar go out, it tastes the same as it did before when you re-light it. i don't know why, but that's my findings anyway.
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short newbie story.
when i was very new to cigars, i was on a trip to ft. drum, NY in the wintertime. the team i currently work on was up there, and the boss and a co-worker both smoked cigars... they knew that i would smoke one if given one. a co-worker hands me a big ass CAO Brazilia, the torpedo shaped one..
now, i'm a newbie, sitting in a hotel room where the window cracks open about 3". i got about halfway done with it, figured i was going to and , so i sat in the bathroom with a bucket in front of me for about 30 minutes, repeating in my head, "don't puke, don't puke." so, i decide to lay down for a few hours :s .

the cigar was good, so i cut it in half before i laid down, stuck it back in my little cardboard thingy in my jacket (a single cigar carrier from a cigar shop), and left it there all the next day. lit it up the next night, started off nasty, but finally gained some flavor that it had the night prior...

that was the 1st time i had my ass handed to me by a cigar. i think i had had a total of 3 cigars in my life up to that point....

[Roger Miller"]

Originally Posted by 1f1fan

.... If you do save it don't put it back in the humi unless you cut WAY below the cherry. You dont want that stinky-half-charred-smells-like-ash cigar in with the rest of them! (I know from experience, never again....)

Yep! That is exactly what i was going to say.

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rm

[D. Generate]

I have never had any luck with saving cigars for later. The last time I tried was an Opus X on Thanksgiving. I cut it way down past the burn and put it in a bag and tried it again the next day.

I've learned my lesson. Just let it go, man. Let it go.

[MocoBird]

Life is to short to be smoking old half burned cigars. Next time fit the size of your cigar with the amount of time you have to smoke it. I always keep a nice selection of different size cigars on hand for that reason.

[WillyGT]

yep i tried ti save my cigar for later so i cut it way up and was going to put it on a cigar tube, but had to leave in a rush. so i thought ill save it later and just left it on my PC Desk. When i got back i didnt see it and forgot about it. Next day when i opened my Humi, it had a horrible Ash smell, cause my brother saw it laying on the desk and as a Favor, he placed it in the Humi . I know he didnt mean harm but damn i did got pissed.

[galaga]

I've never done this but TxMatt has and I'll bet it works. Cut the cigar in half before you smoke it and save the head and smoke the foot. But take McBirds advice to heart. Petite Coronas can be good too.

[TheSmokingHiker]

Originally Posted by WillyGT

yep i tried ti save my cigar for later so i cut it way up and was going to put it on a cigar tube, but had to leave in a rush. so i thought ill save it later and just left it on my PC Desk. When i got back i didnt see it and forgot about it. Next day when i opened my Humi, it had a horrible Ash smell, cause my brother saw it laying on the desk and as a Favor, he placed it in the Humi . I know he didnt mean harm but damn i did got pissed.

OUCH...

I have saved cigars before. They never taste as good as before. I doubt I will ever do it again.

[txmatt]

Originally Posted by galaga

I've never done this but TxMatt has and I'll bet it works. Cut the cigar in half before you smoke it and save the head and smoke the foot. But take McBirds advice to heart. Petite Coronas can be good too.

I admit it I do this. Sometimes I am gifted cigars in Churchill or Presidente size and it seems I never have time to smoke a cigar that big. Sometimes I buy a cigar to try and the store only has the longer ones in stock. Whatever the reason I have cut cigars in 2 when I know I won't have time. Do they taste just as good as smoking the whole thing? Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Take other people's advice though and pick up some Petite Corona and Tres Petite Coronas and keep those on hand for when you have 1/2 hour or less.

My favorites in this size right now are CAO Criollo Pampa, CAO Brazilia Pirana, Cupido Knuckles, Punch Gran Puro Santa Rita, and Drew Estate La Veja Habana The Early Years Silencio (DE *HAS* to start shortening their cigar names),

-Matt-

[jimmy]

never had any luck with this. once a cigar goes out for a half hour or so, it's not good in my opinion. it tastes nasty, and usually burns hot as fire.
jimmy

[galaga]

I found this from Steve Saka:


Want to relight a cigar that you left sitting for awhile? The best way to do this is tap off any remaining ash, then gently blow through the cigar to clear any stale air. Then, as you light it, continue to blow gently through the cigar with the flame at the foot for about three seconds before you take your first draw. Doing this simple set of actions will greatly reduce any initial sour flavor from a relit cigar.