Can you ruin a cigar with bad lighting?

[brad.dourif]

It always happens when we attend to do the thing in rush and something surely happens.

[jaypays]

When you light a cigar too harshly you can end up charring the end rather than just toasting it. This can leave a nasty taste through the whole length of the cigar.

[tippexx]

So my question is was this self-inflicted by uncharacteristic ignition laziness or was this a bad stick?

Yes. And probably the best stick you never tasted Monk.

But you're transgression pales into comparison to something I did once. Lit a Cuaba Divinos from a Yankee Candle ..... imagine that!