Worst Series JJ ever!

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Wolfgang8810

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I Just finished a DPG JJ It tasted good but it tunneled horribly! Where the ash was at the foot the tunnel was 1n inch and a half further burned. I store my Cigars at 70% maybe it was jsutthe construction but It kept going out and was a PITA to relight. I called it quits after the second inch )at the foot. the tunnel was two inches further in.

Any ideas what might have caused this?

Ill have to but another just to salvage this mishap.

Mark
 
I had problems like that in the past with cigars I kept at 70%, but since I lowered everything to between 60-65% I haven't had many issues.
 
60-65% should serve you much better, especially for DPG stuff wrapped in his collection of Corojo leaf. They always burn better, and don't go harsh when a bit drier.
 
Wolfgang8810 said:
I Just finished a DPG JJ It tasted good but it tunneled horribly! Where the ash was at the foot the tunnel was 1n inch and a half further burned. I store my Cigars at 70% maybe it was jsutthe construction but It kept going out and was a PITA to relight. I called it quits after the second inch )at the foot. the tunnel was two inches further in.

Any ideas what might have caused this?

Ill have to but another just to salvage this mishap.

Mark
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Mark,

I had a couple of 'V' Lanceros that did this... one was super bad and did it all the way through... for me, I don't personally think it is the humidity so much as the construction... Maybe the Torcedor was a bit hungover that day or something...

As for the 70% I do tend to have a bit more burn problems at the humidity... I like to get mine down around 65-66ish... Some prefer lower...:tu
 
Thanks guys. after checking my Hygro jsut now it is sitting at 67% in that drawer. Ill move my Pepins to my habano box. That should take the RH factor out and hopefully another JJ dosent have to meet the same end as this one.
 
I've been steadily lowering my rh%age and I'm having far fewer burn issues as well.
I burn a heck of a lot of JJ Maduros and have never had a run problem. I do tend to have problems with looser cigars, and I need to take my RH a bit lower yet.
I'm down around 64-65% now, I'm going to shoot for 62 or 63% and see if that helps more.
I can honestly see a difference in the cigars from the 66-68% I kept them this winter. The cigars are more supple and have a nice fresh spring to them. More natural and more "fresh" feeling and looking. Before they didn't tend to bounce back when I squeezed them.
It's hard to believe how so little a difference in RH could make such a difference.
I should mention that I keep 90% or better Maduro cigars. All the naturals and thinner wrappers don't seem to be doing so well cause I'm too rough with them. I don't think they can take the changes in humidity very well.
I guess I'm fortunate that I don't like them anyways. :)
 
Dry-boxing it will work well also. for certain cigars, I try and get the RH down to 50%...particularly with CC's
 
I've found it's much better to keep the RH as low as possible. If you keep it just above the level where your cigars start to see cracking or worse, then you've got yourself a nice stick! I've found that the higher the RH, the more burn problems (although I see it more in larger RG's than the smaller, lancero-type stogies).
 
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