Smoking a(n) Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2..............

[Maplepie]

Backwards.

Edited out to prevent thread divergence.

Normally, my answer is that if i don't have a cutter, i don't have a lighter. So into the tube it goes to await for another day. (All my lighters have punch cutters).

However, i've found alternatives for all you other poor souls who straight cut. And what a different alternative it was!

Admiring the construction, it's just a standard f*ckn Eppie Two.

So to the light:

Tmac is right. I'm tasting a part of the cigar i've never tasted before. It's just full on wrapper and gradually gets to the filler. It's a very different taste, i'll tell you that. Like a musty 80 year old man - but in a good way. A dry but moist mildew sensation of questionable health benefits. Something like when you walk into a 70 year old house and a sweet musk hits you. Very green - but again, in a good way.

The first 5-7 draws were actually phenomenal.

And then it advanced.

The rest of the cigar tasted like a normal f*ckn Epicure 2.

Except this happened. As you would expect, the cap wasn't there to hold the wrapper together. So it kept unraveling.

Would i recommend this?

Sure. If you want to be smacked in the face with the taste of wrapper and cuban guy's spit. And then struggle for the rest of the cigar to an unburning wrapper.

Essentially, smoke this if you want to concentrate all the flavours of the wrapper into 1/80th of the burning time.

[Colt45]

"How do i cut my cigar without a cutter!?"

Score cap with fingernail, pinch off cap.

[Maplepie]

Score cap with fingernail, pinch off cap.

I normally just puncture the cap with my fang.

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[lostsoulcamero]

Use your teeth

[Maplepie]

Use your teeth

Tooth**

Addendum: let's not let this become a 'how do you cut a cigar without a cutter' thread.

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[Colt45]

Use your teeth

Teeth (or for those with questionable oral hygiene, tooth) are so early 2000s, don't you think? Nails are back in fashion here in the twenty-teens. When I want to get really showy, I use a toenail. Unless of course I've just had a mani / pedi......

[Maplepie]

Teeth (or for those with questionable oral hygiene, tooth) are so early 2000s, don't you think? Nails are back in fashion here in the twenty-teens. When I want to get really showy, I use a toenail. Unless of course I've just had a mani / pedi......

i miss your old avatars.......

[Colt45]

i miss your old avatars.......

Friends of Habanos is a moveable feast!

[bradbrennan]

I thought maybe you would have kept the band close to the burn to keep it from unraveling... How was the Megaherf, Jeremy...where's your pics???

[rascalmonkey]

last nite i had to burn an Epicure Especial from the head cuz there was an inch long crack just below the head

of course it unfurled and was more work than it was worth

[Rye]

BAAHAHAHA! Always an amusing post Jer! It's a good thing I know what a "normal f*ckin epicure 2" tastes like!

[mk05]

Real men burn the cap off with a torch. It adds another level of complexity in the charred flavor category.

[mk05]

Real men burn the cap off with a torch. It adds another level of complexity in the charred flavor category.

[Ramrod918]

Wow sure different!

[tjohn7]

I thought I was losing my mind when I saw those pictures. Good to know that's an experiment I won't need to perform myself!