Brown smoke

[jdizzle113]

I just smoked an R & J short churchill. I bought it as an individual stick and it's been sitting in my humidor for about 6 months. Conditions in my humidor haven't been perfect in the last few weeks - humidity range has been from 70-74% - which is too high for my liking (usually prefer that 65-70 range).

When I took the stick out and pinched the foot I could tell it was a little moist - but I was pretty impatient to try it out - so I gave it a go anyway.

In smoking the first third something strange happened. I got the usual blue smoke at the foot and grey/white smoke at the head, but occasionally there would be massive whiffs of brown (like the colour of brandy) smoke from the foot with the blue smoke. I was wondering if anyone knew what would cause that? Is it because it was too moist?

Cheers

James

[Habanos2000]

Brown smoke? Was it a shitty cigar?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

[smk819]

Brown smoke? Was it a shitty cigar?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

I restrained myself when I first read it, but I see the temptation got you.

[Colt45]

While I don't know, I imagine that brown smoke could be a symptom of poor / incomplete combustion,

caused by overly moist tobacco. I'm thinking burning dry, seasoned wood versus newly cut and damp.

Either that or Smithy handled your cigar.

[Chicago]

Have never seen that one. Sorry.

[jdizzle113]

Brown smoke? Was it a shitty cigar?

Sorry, couldn't help myself.

There was the slight taste of nuttiness in there

[El Presidente]

I think Colt has got it right.

It was either poorly combusting tobacco or the burning off of a foreign object such as a piece of string deep in the filler.