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Another single stick added to an FoH order in December 2019, so factory and date unknown. I planned to smoke this cigar yesterday, but after pulling it from the humi and cutting it, I tested the draw and it was very tight. I decided to dry box it for 24 hours. I took it out today and started smoking it, unfortunately I forgot to test the draw before lighting up. The draw hadn't changed. I was struggling to get any smoke production. I would get a few puffs with moderate smoke but otherwise very little if any. I did poke a few holes lengthwise using a metal skewer, but nothing seemed to help. The burn was pretty normal, with a couple touch ups, but no relights required. I wasn't really picking up any flavor notes and gave up at the halfway point. This was a dud. On my rudimentary 0/1 scale with regards to if I enjoyed the smoke this was a 0.

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@MoeFOH For movie quotes, would it be cheating to watch the movie to figure out the answer?

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I put them directly into the freezer when I freeze. I extend the time in the freezer to compensate for the time it takes the entire cigar to reach the desired temp.

48-72 hours at 0 F (~-18 C) is more than adequate.

This isn't true. I have used three regular household kitchen fridge/freezer units of different brands/models to freeze my cigars recently. With the coldness setting at "Normal" or half way on a numerical scale the freezers are able to maintain between -10 and -20 C. Just want to clarify that these timeframes are specific to -15 C. People are going to have to figure out what temperature their freezers maintain. In my case, though the freezer does cool down to -20 C, at which point the compressor turns off, the compressor doesn't turn back on until the temperature is -10 C. So for all intents and purposes, my freezer really only maintains -10 C. So I end up keeping the cigars in the freezer for 48-72 hours. The first 24-48 for the cigars to cool down to at least -10 and the last 24 to eradicate.

I double bag using 2 gallon bags. I place them directly into the freezer for 48 to 72 hours. Then I take them out, leave them on the counter until they reach room temp and into the humi they go.

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This is my first formal review of any cigar, so bear with me. First time smoking a PLPC. I added it as a single to an order from FOH back in December 2019, hence the unknown factory code and box date. The pre-light draw was a little tight, but not un-smokeable. Draw and smoke production were low in the first half, but improved right around the mid point. Interestingly enough there were a few puffs around the same time that were a little bitter. I'm not really that great at pulling flavors from cigars, but flavor-wise it was pretty mild and smooth. Burn was near perfect with one or two touch ups. My scoring system is pretty rudimentary with a binary no (0) or yes (1) as to whether or not I enjoyed the smoke. So my score would be 1. I'm not disappointed that I have a 50 cab sitting in the humi, but I would love to get some caramel flavors out of it.

My best cigar experience this month was smoking a Buenaventura BV560 last weekend. The cigar wasn't anything fancy, but what made it the best experience was the fact that it was the first time in a while that I was able to truly sit back, relax and enjoy myself.

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@El Presidente Is it EOM "ish" yet?