What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

[BobC]

AB Vice tonight. Been a while.

 

[jamespowers]

AB Vice tonight. Been a while.

Too long.

 

[rkwilker]

CAO Brazilia

 

[PoohBang]

I haven't smoked any cigars in a few years now, but I still keep my humidor going with the stock I have in it. I've noticed a few spots of a "fungus/mildew" on the cigars. If I remember this is good correct?

 

[BobC]

I haven't smoked any cigars in a few years now, but I still keep my humidor going with the stock I have in it. I've noticed a few spots of a "fungus/mildew" on the cigars. If I remember this is good correct?

If it's fungus, it's not good.

 

[jamespowers]

I haven't smoked any cigars in a few years now, but I still keep my humidor going with the stock I have in it. I've noticed a few spots of a "fungus/mildew" on the cigars. If I remember this is good correct?

Before you throw those away, the answer is that it depends. If it is a blue/gray mold then dump them and clean out the humidor with a 50/50 solution of alcohol and water before using again. If it is a whitish powder then it is Plume or Bloom. That looks like this:


It is the reaction between the moist air in the humidor and the aromatic oils within the cigar. Plume just tells you that you have the humidity within the cigar humidor correct. Just wipe off the whitish gray plume and smoke away. I have had this happen to cigars I have kept for a while. They are better cigars when they reach this point---at least to me.
They are beyond the sick stage(the period when the cigars smell of ammonia due to the fermentation processes within the tobacco) that is for sure.

 

[PoohBang]

Here's some pics...

I think it's the good kind.

 

[jamespowers]

Here's some pics...

I think it's the good kind.

It looks like it to me but I would need to see close ups to be sure. Whatever the case, I would carefully towel those off and put them back if it is the right kind. No need to have an excess of plume.

 

[BobC]

That doesn't look like fungus to me. I would hold onto those.

Tonight I had a La Traviata Intrepido 7 x 54. Good cigar, and a really long smoke.

 

[rkwilker]

Olivia Serie G fugurado

 

[Kid Mac]

Esoterica Pembroke in a Dunhill Shell.

Mac

 

[indycop]

No cigar all week, haven't been out of bed. Had a few fingers of Nyquil tho

 

[Sillyrib]

looks like fungus to me but not bad. just wipe it off and lower the humidity. If you have a loop you'll know for sure but plume looks like crystals and is usually more uniform than that.

 

[jamespowers]

No cigar all week, haven't been out of bed. Had a few fingers of Nyquil tho

Nyquil, the Breakfast of Champions.

 

[Kid Mac]

Margate in a Dunhill ODB billiard.

Mac

 

[BobC]

Perdomo Habano toro conn tonight. Nice cigar.

 

[HHISIII]

G5 Avenger with a glass of Talisker 10yr.

 

[rkwilker]

Gurka Warlord

 

[jamespowers]

No cigar all week, haven't been out of bed. Had a few fingers of Nyquil tho

Haven't heard from you for a while. Everything ok there? I hope you didn't drink too much Nyquil.
Get well(smoking) soon.

 

[Kid Mac]

Pembroke in a Dunhill Cumberland billiard.

Mac