Running aged cigars under tap water before smoking???

[Puros Y Vino]

Paging @Ginseng IIRC,he has done this many times and swears by it. 

[Fugu]

Let's face it - it's as anecdotal as so many other things. A cigar can only be smoked once.

How had the pre-revolutionary smoked without waterboarding?

[Wilzc]

What about using whiskey?

[mkz]

I just gotta chime in on this.

Just tried this technique on a pair of aged and rather dried RyJ...

Worked like a charm!

-98 ex4 and -97 celestialies finos smoked better than ever. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't tried it!

[Ken Gargett]

i tried it once. i assume that this was supposed to be posted on april 1?

i went very light with the moisture being the first time. wrapper went chaotic. made a mess of the entire thing. eventually dumped the cigar. never ever again. 

[Fuzz]

But, but, you're rinsing off all the plume!!

[LGC]

But, but, you're rinsing off all the plume!!

... and the extra 10 dimensions of complexity that those fuzzies possess...

[fastkiller13]

4 hours ago, Fuzz said:

But, but, you're rinsing off all the plume!!

I thought this was how plume was grown¿¿¿

[RijkdeGooier]

With the day’s temp over 100 degrees I decided to experiment with this today. 

Ran an older Upmann Epicure under the tap. Wet the wrapper (just a bit not soaked through) and lit up. 

Flavors were somehow a bit rounder than usual. Pleasant I’ll do It again?

[hedgeybaby]

I tried this on ashrivelled up romeo no 2 that I bought.

Worked a treat.

[Elvis]

This topic appears to have a long history on this board with a lot of interesting content, a search for "rinsing" and "dousing" will bring up some great threads.

The first one I found goes back to 2009:

The responses are pretty incredulous!

I've used this method on both young and old cigars with good results. I've never heard of it having an adverse affect until Ken's recent mention of a chaotic wrapper.

[Ken Gargett]

1 hour ago, Elvis said:

This topic appears to have a long history on this board with a lot of interesting content, a search for "rinsing" and "dousing" will bring up some great threads.

The first one I found goes back to 2009:

The responses are pretty incredulous!

I've used this method on both young and old cigars with good results. I've never heard of it having an adverse affect until Ken's recent mention of a chaotic wrapper.

i do seem to be the odd man out. but my very narrow experience doesn't encourage me to look at this any further. 

[Bagman]

3 minutes ago, Ken Gargett said:

i do seem to be the odd man out. but my very narrow experience doesn't encourage me to look at this any further. 

Not odd man out.  I agree with you completely. 

[PapaDisco]

1 hour ago, Monterey said:

Not odd man out.  I agree with you completely. 

No, no . . . entirely odd man . . . that's well proven here!