Melody (my fiancée) and I have been enjoying the beautiful evenings on the porch, occasionally with movies on the laptop. The only problem is the mosquito population of my backyard, which seem to all find us. Solution? Citronella candle. We've always used the citronella candle to keep bugs away, but it's usually on the opposite side of our patio table from my Stinky.
Monday and Tuesday nights we watched movies outside, and last night we sat outside with a nice bottle of Valpolicella and chatted for a while. Monday I smoked a Boli Gold Medal (my first, and fantastic), Tuesday I had a Monte #1 from 2001 (thanks hk3), and last night I had a Upmann Mag 46. On Tuesday the #1 started to get very metallic/chemically tasting in the last couple inches. I generally ignored it, although my stomach and throat started to feel a little gross as I kept going. Last night my Mag 46 started getting the same nasty metallic sensation and I honestly thought I was going to vomit. I finally put 2 and 2 together and figured out that the candle had been moved closer to the Stinky, and it was infiltrating my cigars! Disgusting.
Moral of the story: keep the citronella candle far, far away from your cigars.
Monday and Tuesday nights we watched movies outside, and last night we sat outside with a nice bottle of Valpolicella and chatted for a while. Monday I smoked a Boli Gold Medal (my first, and fantastic), Tuesday I had a Monte #1 from 2001 (thanks hk3), and last night I had a Upmann Mag 46. On Tuesday the #1 started to get very metallic/chemically tasting in the last couple inches. I generally ignored it, although my stomach and throat started to feel a little gross as I kept going. Last night my Mag 46 started getting the same nasty metallic sensation and I honestly thought I was going to vomit. I finally put 2 and 2 together and figured out that the candle had been moved closer to the Stinky, and it was infiltrating my cigars! Disgusting.
Moral of the story: keep the citronella candle far, far away from your cigars.