Cedar... Too much?

Vision
Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
I have been tasting lots of cedar in my non cello sticks. It's pretty prominent .... Is that normal? They are in the 5 Vegas humi so it's not a cheapy

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  • xmacro
    xmacro Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,402
    Maybe it's the sticks? From what I've heard, only people with highly refined palates, like master blenders, should be able to taste the cedar, and even that's if the cigar has been in the humi for years
  • Vision
    Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
    4 months..... It is....was the only one in that humi I've had that tasted like my humi smells
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,439
    My humi never really had much of a cedar smell. It's no cheapie either, an ashton savoy. I cant say ive ever really had a cigar I'd call cedary, but i do have one of the hoya de Monterrey repoasados i want to try. Theyre supposedly "immersed" in cedar then come wrapped in a sleeve too.
  • stad
    stad Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 386
    xmacro:
    Maybe it's the sticks? From what I've heard, only people with highly refined palates, like master blenders, should be able to taste the cedar, and even that's if the cigar has been in the humi for years

    I guess your like a master blender or something!!
  • Diamondog
    Diamondog Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 4,169
    Cedar is a very common note to pick up in a cigar...
  • Vision
    Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
    I havent had one that "cedary" since. It was on fire with cedar.

    EDIT: I had a Punch today with close to 8-9 months on it. It has lived in two humi's and it had no cedar to it. Celo off.
  • kuzi16
    kuzi16 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 14,471
    i always like a good cedar aroma. i would even say i like the aroma more than the taste.
  • stad
    stad Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 386
    +1
  • Vision
    Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
    Kuzi, I totally agree. But this was like licking the inside of a humi.... Not that I have done that...... lately.
  • rzaman
    rzaman Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,604
    cedar note, woodiness is a good thing and pretty much exist in most of the cigar. Some people say their cigar smells like horse s** t. They should take the cigar out of the celo and let the cigar rest in the humidor. the cedar note helps to kill that unpleasant pre-smoke smell.
  • The3Stogies
    The3Stogies Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,608
    I noticed that last year on a couple of cigars. They actually tasted pretty good, the cedar wasn't overpowering. I figured it was because I stocked the new humi with un-cello'd sticks and they absorbed the cedar aroma on the ones placed next to the sides and bottom.
    But, what do I know.
  • slum_lorde
    slum_lorde Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 25
    Just remember, if the cigars come in a cedar sleeve, take the sleeve off before lighting. That should help.Smile [:)]
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,439
    rzaman:
    cedar note, woodiness is a good thing and pretty much exist in most of the cigar. Some people say their cigar smells like horse s** t. They should take the cigar out of the celo and let the cigar rest in the humidor. the cedar note helps to kill that unpleasant pre-smoke smell.
    I love a good horse $hit smoke.
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,439
    And I just took the cello off the supposedly super-cedar Hoyo.. well, it sure smells awesome! More cedar than I've ever gotten a whiff of on any other smoke. It's almost like smelling a block of wood.

    prelight is... you guessed it..woody
  • Vision
    Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
    Ive been burying them in my mulch.... Not a good idea?
  • Direwolf
    Direwolf Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,493
    Vision:
    Kuzi, I totally agree. But this was like licking the inside of a humi.... Not that I have done that...... lately.
    That's not how you season a humi?
  • Vision
    Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
    Direwolf:
    Vision:
    Kuzi, I totally agree. But this was like licking the inside of a humi.... Not that I have done that...... lately.
    That's not how you season a humi?


    Everything I read said to lightly moisten......... Never said how.
  • Direwolf
    Direwolf Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,493
    Vision:
    Direwolf:
    Vision:
    Kuzi, I totally agree. But this was like licking the inside of a humi.... Not that I have done that...... lately.
    That's not how you season a humi?


    Everything I read said to lightly moisten......... Never said how.
    If you do , give it a light thanding first. The splinthers thuck
  • Vision
    Vision Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,701
    Direwolf:
    Vision:
    Direwolf:
    Vision:
    Kuzi, I totally agree. But this was like licking the inside of a humi.... Not that I have done that...... lately.
    That's not how you season a humi?


    Everything I read said to lightly moisten......... Never said how.
    If you do , give it a light thanding first. The splinthers thuck

    I had a GREAT response..... Not really PG friendly.