A bad taste

[TonyDogs]

Maybe its the brands you are smoking.
I would try a really light cigar, Carlos Torano Robusto
Even at the nub they are still light.

[F.T. Pulver]

By chance were the cigars both figurados?

[Dmitri]

I've never had this problem. I was smoking an H. Upmann last night and I was actually thinking to myself and telling my buddy how great the last bit of the cigar was.

[Chè]

Some thing to ponder. Had you been relighting the cigar repeatedly or perhaps have set it down for a while and then relit it? If so sometimes the tar builds up towards the end especially if relighting.

One suggestion is by the time you get to a third left every twice in a while instead of pulling in (as if you are inhaling) softly blow outward (as if you are exhaling) - this will clear the built up smoke from previous drags and cool the cigar slightly as the heat will exist the tip.

[hevyboy]

How far do most of you guys smoke a cigar before you lay it down.

[cigarsarge]

Might try to slow your smoking down a little. Smoking too fast can cause this.

[cigar no baka]

If its a great smoke, I smoke it past the band, down to a little nub, till my fingers start to burn.

If its an ah-so cigar, probably only down till the band.

[Kenyth]

I smoke it until it starts getting hot, harsh and unpleasant. With different cigars and smoking conditions, this point is different, but it's usually around 3/4 of the way down.