The last three cigars I have smoked have been bitter, and tonights was unbearable.
I have checked my hygrometer and it seems the 70 it has been showing was actually 62. Two of the bitter ones were received from someone else, including the one tonight which was really bad. I never had a problem with bitterness until I put the ones I received in the humi, but I am not implying its related.

I was thinking that bitterness mainly came from over humidification, so now I am stumped 🙂

Zed

I think I just read somewhere in the last day or two that if cigars get too dry it tend to weaken the flavor, but I don't remember anything about bitterness.

Actually it was 67 not 62, forgot its supposed to be 75 from the damp salt and not 70.

Only time I've tasted bitterness was from a young cigar. Those "fresh rolled" ones will burn your throat with an ammonia aftertaste!

You mentioned damp salt? Is this what you're using to ensure proper humidity levels or just to check your hygro?

One cheap friend of mine decided to use salt to keep his humidity right and all of his cigars developed a very bitter taste, sort of tasted like seawater seasoning. NASTY. After he removed the salt the seawater taste disappeared. Other than that, I've never had cigars taste bitter based on humidification.
Maybe something funky in the box?

Ben

AragornUnplugged, just used salt to calibrate the hygro 🙂

All the ones I smoked have a good bit of age on them, so I don't think its amonia. The one I smoked last night was extremely bitter, perhaps thats the one that is tainting the rest. I received it last week and had never had bitterness before then.