Been smoking one cigar per day (even at -20 degrees), and have fallen in love with cigars. Question is:
Every third or fourth cigar tastes really bitter. All of these cigars are stored in the same humidor, some even same brand. Is it something that I am doing wrong, or ??? Thanks a ton!

I'm surprised they all don't taste bitter if you're smoking outside in -20 degree weather. I don't smoke outside unless it's at least in the 50s, but that's just me. Of course, you could be smoking crappy cigars since I have no idea what brand you're talking about but I doubt it. If I were you, I'd find a cigar store to hang out at until April.

Well, they are stored at near 70 degrees and 70% humidity, so it's not like they are always sitting in cold temps.
I smoke rocky patel, today it was a cuban, some days a mac, and others punch, they aren't high buck cigars, but not the cheapies either....

taste is not a constant. It will vary throughout the day. I prefer different cigars in the morning to what I smoke after dinner. I have found what I eat before I smoke can influence my cigar "taste". I have found after a dessert that is rich (read fat) followed by a beverage, a grain alcohol (read gin or single malt scotch) or dry red wine makes my after dinner cigar very enjoyable and the taste similar from day to day and cigar to cigar.

Maybe smoking too fast and the cigar is burning hot? I do this when its cold outside. The cold weather runins it!

I'm going with the cold, and smoking too fast. What do you all use to light your stogs?

I am smoking outside now. It all seems like a great idea until you get out here. you have waited for the cigar for sometime and now that you are halfway through you want to go inside but you dont want to put the cigar down....AHH..the crossroads of life in the cold country

Bitter means you are getting blobs of nicotine at the head of the cigar while you smoke. These would be brown blobs of goo.

Smoking too fast will do this, also a well humidified cigar smoked outside in the cold will precipitate more liquid and there may be running of the nicotine.

First try clipping the cigar a little higher or use a tissue to blot away the blobs of nicotine.

BINGO!! I have noticed a brown goopy wet substance on the end. Yuk. I'll take your advice, thanks a bunch!

Short guy, do you use a punch or a cutter on your cigars? If you use a punch - it would explain the bitterness.

I do not use a punch, I have in the past, but I like the draw with a cutter better.