Excerpt II from the Kaplowitz Media. Unnamed Cigar Dictionary Project
As you Gentlepersons hopefully know or are at the ::: very ::: least now FINALLY aware of under that rock of yours, I am constructing a Cigar Dictionary. A book. It is yet to have been named. Its working title is "Unnamed Cigar Dictionary" (UCD). I will change that "As soon as possible" (ASAP). Nevertheless, the idea of the whole thing, the game plan, is that I will blog the process of creating & assembling the UCD on a non-scheduled basis. Included in these blog posts will be my italicized thoughts regarding said creating & assembling process--and as we get closer to it being a book proper, the process of that, as well. Please note that not everything, including the whole or part of definitions, will appear in the finished book. Each of these posts will look like some slight variation of this...
Dry Draw (or Cold Draw*) I was tough on this practice in its italicized connected entry. I stand by it 100%. I will add that a dry or cold draw does give a more useful look at the draw itself than it does the potential taste of the thing. However, this begs the question, “So what?” You cut the cap, you take a dry draw, it’s plugged. I suppose it saves you a few minutes and ¼ thimble of butane before pitching the thing. Look for other ways to fix plugged cigars before just giving up and throwing them out like you probably should have in the first place as [likely] noted within the plugged entry.
I'm not up to the Ps yet.
Entubado Originating in Cuba, a method of rolling filler leaves into tube-shapes, potentially giving the greatest air-flow and draw compared to both Book and Accordion methods. It is also the slowest and most toil-some of the three, in regards to completing the rolling process.
Of note, Entubado is the traditional way of creating a cigar, as it dates back to 17th century Spain. Therefore, other methods can be seen as varying shades of "good enough for government work." If not as just plain old shortcuts.
Frontmark In the make/model equation, frontmark would be the model. So that while ‘Buick’ is the make, Mike Weinstein’s ‘LeSabre’ is the frontmark.
Mike (a good friend of Kaplowitz Media.) was nice enough to add that the year of the model would also be at home in a frontmark. That said, 1989.
*Cold Draw (or Dry Draw) A tasting technique that has no merit whatsoever. The cap is removed and prior to lighting, a draw is taken and noted. The problem is, cigars are meant to be tasted while actually lit and burning. I understand that some folks retro-hale the cold draw. Some also put their underwear over their pants and run out into the streets yelling to their deceased ancestors. Another way to experience a cold draw is to lick the inside of your humi, Broski.
It bears mention that the practice of taking a cold/dry draw is predominantly done by cigar reviewers. Most of those guys stink. Not me, tho. Here's a LINK to my cigar review index as proof of that claim. Outside of that predominance, this technique seems limited to testing the quality of draw, not to take a falsified sneak-peak at taste.
A bit of a PS: I am toying with the idea of breaking down this dictionary into subsections. So instead of a straight A-Z run-thru, there would be sections of, say, cigar anatomy, leaf varietals, growing regions, etc. We shall see. In either event, I also half-mean this dictionary to be read or at least readable cover-to-cover, not just pawed thru to particular entries (although both are fine). Thought I'd mention that. Your feedback will most likely be unappreciated. I'm at the time of this writing, erring toward the A-Z approach for ease of plucking out definitions in a hurry.
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