I've always thought that smoking in cold weather prevents you from getting all the flavors from a cigar. The Vegas Robaina Don Alejandro among others all tasted, I dare say, bland on cool nights. However, I smoked a PSD4 on a 40 degree night last night. I was surprised how the flavor was not weaker than in warm weather at all! So I guess cold weather doesn't do all that much to the taste of a cigar? Your thoughts?

Just be careful lighting a cold cigar.

If you have a cigar that gets cold and you light it, it will burst.

Light your cigar inside and then go out to smoke it, and try to keep it from getting too cold while smoking. Generally after lighting, if the cigar is subjected to extreme cold it can still burst as the wrapper and binder shrink and the filler expands from the heat and moisture of smoking.

I think cigars taste like crap in the cold. I never smoke outdoors when it gets down past 55 degrees or so.

Doc, good advice. I've also noticed the tendency for wrappers to crack in the cold. Sometimes those small nicks and cuts will turn into huge gashes if not careful.

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Originally posted by Extensioncord:
I think cigars taste like crap in the cold. I never smoke outdoors when it gets down past 55 degrees or so.

ME TOO - I HATE the cold weather (anything below 50 degrees here is MS is cold to me, by the way), and smoking in the coild is even worse.

I smoke inside in the cold - at home or in a shop.

Doc, that is wonderful advice on smoking in the cold. I didn't realize the issue of cigars bursting due to temp changes. Guess I've lipped too many camels. Newbies like myself learn so much on the shoulders of veteran patrons of the leaf.

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and binder shrink and the filler expands from the heat and moisture of smoking.

I have never had that happen and I have smoked in temp as low as 10 F. Monti #2 once and they seem to have tight wrappers too.

Mind you the cigar was brought out from indoor temp and lit right away and didn't realy cool off. That may be why.