How oily is too oily?

[xxwaldoxx]

I don't get this very often, but every once in a while I get a very oily (almost resin) buildup at the head of my cigar.

The cooler this cigar came out of is running 68 degrees @ 64% RH
Cigar is a Slow Aged Lot 826 by Perdomo
Overall it is a decent bundled cigar, and the first Perdomo that this has happened to me with.

You make the call, :dr or u

Close up of head

Close up, again

Blotted onto a clean paper towel

 

[MeNimbus]

Wow that is an oily cigar. It looks like jelly from afar. Maybe you should let it air out for an hour and then light it up. :2

 

[newcigarz]

IMHO u I like my cigars a little on the drier side. I have never seen one with
that much oil.

 

[john51277]

How far down did you smoke it before it got that way???

 

[BostonBull]

Are you serious? It looks like you either cut a beetle in half or a berry.

I am NO expert but that is weird to me.

I am sure the more experienced guys will chime in but.............

 

[solafid3]

IMHO u I like my cigars a little on the drier side. I have never seen one with
that much oil.

He did say it was already at 64% RH, but yea, that's gross. Looks like the exorcist happened in your cigar.

 

[NCRadioMan]

That's tar not oil. Had a Diamond Crown do this with me once. u

 

[JPH]

Was that thing pre-punched or something?.....something doesn't look right.

yuck

 

[doctorcue]

I have a Davidoff Millenium do the same thing to me. Storage conditions were good (although it was out of a B&M I visited on vacation). Didn't affect the taste and smoked fine. Yet... I accidently let some get on my tounge... it was gross. Always wipe that off.

I wouldn't worry.

 

[xxwaldoxx]

Wow that is an oily cigar. It looks like jelly from afar. Maybe you should let it air out for an hour and then light it up. :2

I'm almost ashamed to admit that I just kept blotting after every 8-10 puffs and smoked it to the nub :r

The only bad part is that when you get a little on the tip of your tounge, it is very, very peppery and spicy, to the point where it burns a bit. Unenjoyabe to say the least.

 

[Mr. White]

Close up of head

Exxon called, they want their oil tanker back!u

 

[xxwaldoxx]

Was that thing pre-punched or something?.....something doesn't look right.

yuck

Nope, the oblong hole is due to a dull punch.

 

[Herfnerd]

What NCRadioMan said - its not oil but tar build up. Its more prevalent on cigars that have been punched......

 

[JPH]

Nope, the oblong hole is due to a dull punch.

So you couldn't see the oil/tar until you punched it right?

 

[SteveDMatt]

u

I wouldn't be able to wrap my lips around that.

I've smoked other products through a pipe without cleaning it for months and it never looked like that...you know, when I was younger.

 

[NCRadioMan]

So you couldn't see the oil/tar until you punched it right?

No tar is produced until the cigar is smoked, of course.

 

[xxwaldoxx]

So you couldn't see the oil/tar until you punched it right?

Oil/Tar didnt show up until I got down to about the 1/2 way mark.

Right after punching it looked great, no signs of trouble what so ever.

 

[Warren]

I think part of the reason it looks so extreme is that the pic is very close up. I've had many cigars do that and zoomed in to that level it would appear MUCH more than it is. :2

 

[xxwaldoxx]

No tar is produced until the cigar is smoked, of course.

Greg,

Is tar the byproduct of the smoke itself or a mixture of heat and other things going on inside the cigar while smoking?

 

[NCRadioMan]

I think part of the reason it looks so extreme is that the pic is very close up. I've had many cigars do that and zoomed in to that level it would appear MUCH more than it is. :2

I totally disagree. When this happens, it is an abnormal about. It just oozes like lava.