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    Default MEGA Review: Camacho Corojo 10th Anniversary Torpedo




    About the cigar:
    Brand: Camacho Color: Natural
    Name: 10th Anniversary Wrapper: Honduras
    Country: Honduras Binder: Honduras
    Type: Torpedo Filler: Honduras
    Size: 6'' x 54 Price: $ 10.14
    Strength: Medium-Full Website: www.camachocigars.com


    Information from Tex Cigars:
    The Camacho 10th Anniversary cigar was designed to celebrate the 10th year of the making of a truly unique and beautiful corojo wrapper. All of the cigars in this line are box-pressed to perfection and are aged to make them extra creamy and smooth. These cigars are considered to be medium to full-bodied smokes.


    General: Experience Date Smoked Where Smoked Duration Smoked
    badwhale Amateur 5/2 Basement 1.25 hours Most of it
    buzz Newbie 5/5 Backyard 1.5 hours Most of it
    craig Newbie 5/4 Upstairs 1.75 hours Nubbed it
    FightingFish Newbie 5/6 Den 1 hour Most of it
    heftysmokes Amateur 5/5 Patio 1 hour Half of it
    Irish79 Newbie 5/5 Deck 1 hour Most of it
    kevin7 Been around 5/6 Patio 1 hour Nubbed it
    logan37 Amateur 5/4 Front porch 1.5 hours Most of it
    Mangyrat Amateur 5/6 Out in my shop 1 hour Most of it
    Mizicke5273 Amateur 5/4 Back deck 1.75 hours Most of it
    mrtr33 Newbie 5/5 Backyard 1 hour Nubbed it
    prophetic_joe Amateur 5/3 Cigar room 45 minutes Half of it
    TheGreekTitan Newbie 5/3 My backyard 1.25 hours Nubbed it
    VancouverMark Newbie 4/30 Work 1.25 hours Most of it


    Other Info: Food Drink Entertainment
    badwhale N/A Sierra Nevada ~ Torpedo SRV; Johnny Winter
    buzz N/A Pyramid Hefeweizen The moon
    craig N/A Cider 'The Necktie' (animated short)
    FightingFish Grilled tri-tip Coke N/A
    heftysmokes N/A Sam Adams Alpine Spring Songza
    Irish79 Steak & baked potato Water Radio 104.5
    kevin7 N/A Diet Mt. Dew Code Red N/A
    logan37 N/A Sam Adams Summer Ale Pandora
    Mangyrat N/A Ice water N/A
    Mizicke5273 N/A Lagavulin and a Diet Coke Dungeons & Dragons
    prophetic_joe MadeRites Captain and Coke N/A
    TheGreekTitan N/A Stella Artois Running water and chirping birds
    VancouverMark N/A Coffee N/A


    Miscellaneous:
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale
    6x48 torp. Slight crack at head, but nothing the Xikar won't take care of. Solid colorado shade wrapper with nice construction. Slight sweet tobacco scent.
    Quote Originally Posted by buzz
    Watching the moon rise.
    Quote Originally Posted by craig
    'The necktie' (animated short) and 'Cry of the wild' (classic would documentary) at nfb.ca
    Quote Originally Posted by heftysmokes
    Waiting for this supposed big ass moon to come out from behind the clouds.
    Quote Originally Posted by logan37
    It's not raining.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat
    Watching the weeds I call a lawn grow.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mizicke5273
    This cigar was quite veiny. The first D&D movie always reminds me of the Legend of Dragoon for Playstation. I always enjoy both, and this cigar was a great accompaniment to the movie!
    Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33
    I sat in a chair.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreekTitan
    For some reason we started talking about Irene first when we got the packages. I have been looking forward to this one for a while.

    Last edited by buzz; 05-07-2012 at 09:22 PM. Reason: Fixed formatting issues

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    Appearance: Poor Fair Good Outstanding Perfect
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Construction: Poor Fair Good Outstanding Perfect
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Burn: Very Uneven Uneven Even Perfect
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Draw: Too Easy Easy Perfect Tight Too Tight
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X

    Last edited by buzz; 05-07-2012 at 09:32 PM. Reason: Fixed formatting issues

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    Ash Color: Black Dark Gray Gray Light Gray White
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Ash Structure: Flaky Typical Solid
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Ash Length: < 1 inch 1 inch 1-1/2 inch 2 inch > 2 inch
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Aroma: Horrid Poor Fair Good Great
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X

    Last edited by buzz; 05-07-2012 at 09:35 PM. Reason: Fixed formatting issues

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    Strength: Mild Mild-Med Medium Med-Full Full
    badwhale X
    buzz X
    craig X
    FightingFish X
    heftysmokes X
    Irish79 X
    kevin7 X
    logan37 X
    Mangyrat X
    Mizicke5273 X
    mrtr33 X
    prophetic_joe X
    TheGreekTitan X
    VancouverMark X


    Prelight Taste:
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale
    Light tobacco flavor on cut prelight taste.
    Quote Originally Posted by buzz
    I forgot to check because I was too worried about cutting the head without completely unraveling this delicate girl of a cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by Irish79
    The cap was busted with a tear running an inch down the side of the cigar. Pleasant prelight aroma. Cut & lit easily.
    Quote Originally Posted by kevin7
    Woody.
    Quote Originally Posted by logan37
    Slightly sweet and earthy.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat
    It tasted like a cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mizicke5273
    Very leathery with a bit of earthiness.
    Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33
    I didn't notice anything. It smells like all the other Grape Owls in my humidor.
    Quote Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
    I didn't detect much flavor on the pre-light on this one.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreekTitan
    Good tobacco flavor with a little bit of sweetness. Very airy draw.
    Quote Originally Posted by VancouverMark
    Woodsy and earthy. Not a lot of pre-light taste.


    Taste 1st Third:
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale
    Oily and bitter out the gate, but a woodsy / earthy undertone on slow exhale. A little sweet tobacco.
    Quote Originally Posted by buzz
    Nice. Sweet cedar wood taste with a little spice, tons of smoke, perfect burn, tight ash, fantastic draw (on the loose side). Wrapper is super delicate though which is pretty annoying.
    Quote Originally Posted by craig
    A lightly-packed cigar, so a very slow draw is needed. Nice pure black tobacco taste - I don't think this is a Franken-cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by FightingFish
    Woodsy and sweet.
    Quote Originally Posted by Irish79
    Good draw = plenty of smoke. Some initial spice that seemed to fade away the more I smoked.
    Quote Originally Posted by kevin7
    Leathery and peppery.
    Quote Originally Posted by logan37
    Had as nice mild spice on the finish. Tasted of earthy tobacco. Slightly sweet on the draw.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat
    Tobacco and about 1 inch in spice/pepper.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mizicke5273
    Voluptuous amounts of smoke! Each draw starts off with a nice leathery taste, which is slightly creamy, and finishes off with a nice spice hit on the throat.
    Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33
    This was one of the rare cigars I've smoked where I can tell some flavor within the first 5-10 puffs or so. It's a very pleasant, yet distinctive 'tobacco' taste - not too lingering, but not overwhelming, either. Right at the end of the first third, I'm getting some heavy spice.
    Quote Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
    Started off very mild seeming to me. I wasn't picking up a whole lot of flavor which was disappointing. The cigar turned around about halfway through the 3rd though and became a little more spicy with a hint of sweet. It wasn't overly smooth and changed from what I had thought was a milder cigar into a medium body. I had a nasty crack in the cap of this one so I was kind of fighting that and the burn was a bit more uneven than I like but overall the cigar at this point was not bad.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreekTitan
    Good flavor, unfortunately no spice though. Figures I drink water with the AVO and bust out the Stella for Irene.
    Quote Originally Posted by VancouverMark
    Lot's of rich thick smoke. Mainly earthy and woody tones. Very nice so far.

    Last edited by buzz; 05-07-2012 at 09:36 PM. Reason: Fixed formatting issues

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    Taste 2nd Third:
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale
    Oily is still there, but mellowed. Woodsy and creamy sweet tobacco. Damn, these are nice. Medium body, full flavor.
    Quote Originally Posted by buzz
    Spice went away as expected, still has that woody sweetness which is great. Wrapper is ticking me off. The moon doesn't look any bigger than it normally does...
    Quote Originally Posted by craig
    Just wonderful. Nicely-fermented/aged tobacco. The wrapper is a bit fragile.
    Quote Originally Posted by FightingFish
    Woodsy and sweet.
    Quote Originally Posted by heftysmokes
    Had to can this one. Kid woke up with a bad dream. Dad duty calls.
    Quote Originally Posted by Irish79
    I ended up with visitors and had to abandon the smoke for a bit, resulting in a relight. After that the burn was uneven with some tunneling.
    Quote Originally Posted by kevin7
    Leathery still and a very tiny sweet taste.
    Quote Originally Posted by logan37
    Spice went way down. But flavor was still pretty good. Same as the first but slightly sweeter.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat
    More of the same.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mizicke5273
    A nice earthy taste has developed to replace the leather and spice. Though the taste has become slightly more creamier now. Still copious amounts of thick smoke pouring out. I love it!
    Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33
    Spice has faded a bit. The cigar has changed, and it seems like it's getting sweet. Incredibly smooth - no harshness at all. The cigar itself gives when I squeeze it, which knocks some construction points off for me, and the burn is only kind of even, but not to the point where I have to fix it. It's smoking like a mess, but the taste is awesome. I'm puffing like a chimney at this point, not wanting to give this part of the cigar up.
    Quote Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
    The cap during this section of the cigar took a real turn for the worse, it looked like i was one of those guys who just chews the smoke. The burn is still a bit uneven and the cigar is requiring more attention than any of the previous MR5 ladies. I don't like my girls needy. The cigar has gotten a bit more spicy and for me the sweetness has gone away to be replaced by a harsh taste that I really don't care for. I am not hating the cigar at this point but it is certainly not my favorite.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreekTitan
    Pretty much the same as the 1st. A little stronger with a retro-hale. Nothing out of this world, but a good clean smoke.
    Quote Originally Posted by VancouverMark
    Developing a nice oily wood and leather taste. Very smooth and earthy.


    Taste 3rd Third:
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale
    More of the same deliciousness. Woodsy / earthy sweet, creamy tobacco with some background oily bitterness for balance.
    Quote Originally Posted by buzz
    Started to got hot and harsh, wrapper is flailing around like an orangutan. I probably smoked this last third too fast.
    Quote Originally Posted by craig
    Cops amounts of smoke, but with lots of flavor. Leather aftertaste.
    Quote Originally Posted by kevin7
    Strong leather like my old Levis belt minus the sweat LOL.
    Quote Originally Posted by logan37
    Spice picked up again in the 3rd. More of a bite to it then there was earlier. Hints of leather came out.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat
    Not much changed still a nice cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mizicke5273
    The spice returned in the final third and became the dominate taste. Though once there was less than 3/4 in. left, a bit of harshness developed.
    Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33
    Spice is back - though not as prevalent. Loooooong finish. Seemed like this part of the cigar took just as long as the first two thirds combined. The binding is coming apart, I'm afraid that if I put the cigar down at this point, it will completely explode, but it's very good.
    Quote Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
    The taste of Irene to me has gotten pretty harsh, the spice I was enjoying has taken a backseat and now the lady has turned into something I don't want to have any longer of a relationship with, I find I am missing Halle quite a bit at this point. It is time unfortunately to break it off with Irene, we had a few good times but unfortunately her neediness and harsh attitude has gotten worse and I don't believe counseling will help us.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreekTitan
    More of the same. I like it, but very one dimensional.
    Quote Originally Posted by VancouverMark
    Great cigar. Fairly consistent from start to finish with lot's of wood, peat, and earth. Wish I had a nice single malt to go with this!

    Last edited by buzz; 05-07-2012 at 09:27 PM. Reason: Fixed formatting issues

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    Grading: 1st Third 2nd Third 3rd Third Overall
    badwhale A A A A
    buzz A B C B
    craig A A A A
    FightingFish B+ B B B
    heftysmokes B+ B - B
    kevin7 B+ B+ - B+
    logan37 A- B A A-
    Mangyrat A- A- A- A-
    Mizicke5273 A A B+ A
    mrtr33 A A A A
    prophetic_joe B C D C
    TheGreekTitan B B B B
    VancouverMark A- A- A A

    Average A- B+ B+ B+


    Thoughts: Smoke Again Buy a Box Recommend
    badwhale Definitely Yes Definitely
    buzz Yes Yes Yes
    craig Definitely Yes Definitely
    FightingFish Maybe Probably not Maybe
    heftysmokes Yes Probably not Maybe
    kevin7 Yes Maybe Yes
    logan37 Yes Maybe Yes
    Mangyrat Yes Maybe Yes
    Mizicke5273 Definitely Yes Yes
    mrtr33 Yes Maybe Yes
    prophetic_joe Probably not Definitely not Probably not
    TheGreekTitan Yes Probably not Maybe
    VancouverMark Definitely Yes Definitely


    Last Words:
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale
    10th anny.
    Quote Originally Posted by buzz
    I am going to buy a box of the rothschilds. This is a tasty cigar and worth dealing with the wrapper issues.
    Quote Originally Posted by craig
    Finally, my kind of cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by heftysmokes
    Wish I could have finished this cigar. I honestly have no idea what it it (which makes me three for three!)
    Quote Originally Posted by kevin7
    Pretty nice cigar, no JdN Antano but still a pretty powerful cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by logan37
    I think this is a Camacho 10th Anniversary. But I may have just shot myself in the foot.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mangyrat
    To me this was a good every day cigar.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mizicke5273
    This cigar really hit the spot and the Lagavulin went phenomenally with it! Really, another awesome cigar? Two in a row? I really hope I enjoy the final.....
    Quote Originally Posted by mrtr33
    Overall, I thought this was really good. I normally don't like ring gauges this large, and constructurally, I thought this cigar was a mess. But the taste was awesome, I loved the flavor profile throughout.
    Quote Originally Posted by prophetic_joe
    While I didn't have a good relationship with Irene I am still possibly willing, eventually, to give her another try however for now I think we need time apart.
    Quote Originally Posted by TheGreekTitan
    I liked Irene, but a bit of a one trick pony. Maybe I cut too much off the cap, the airy draw really detracted from the experience. That said, I would definitely give this stick another smoke given the opportunity.


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    Editor's Note:


    These cigars were purchased from Tex Cigars. We picked them up for $212.94 with free shipping (box of 21). Atlantic Cigar has one box of these left for $172.95 but they didn't have that deal when we purchased the MR5 cigars (sorry guys). The cigars came nicely packaged, in that annoying pyramid-ish shaped Camacho box that doesn't fit in your coolidor easily. I didn't see any damage to the cigars but getting the cello and bands off without damaging the wrapper was an absolute royal pain. I ended up using an X-acto knife to cut a slit in the cello to avoid cracking the head of the cigar, it took me 3 times as long to get these finicky cigars ready for shipping than it did all the other ones.



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    Blowholes: Brand Country Price Points
    badwhale Camacho Honduras $8.12 2048
    craig - voted off - 0
    FightingFish Camacho Honduras $8.12 2048
    kevin7 Camacho Honduras $8.12 2048
    Paddy - voted off - 0
    TheGreekTitan Camacho Honduras $8.12 2048
    VancouverMark Camacho Honduras $8.12 2048
    Total: 10,240




    Whiny Bitches: Brand Country Price Points
    heftysmokes 601 Dominican Republic $8.12 1298
    Irish79 Camacho Honduras $8.12 2548
    logan37 Camacho Honduras $8.12 2548
    Mangyrat Perdomo Nicaragua $6.47 1133
    Mizicke5273 Camacho Honduras $11.55 2109
    mrtr33 Montecristo Dominican Republic $16.15 399
    prophetic_joe Camacho Honduras $8.12 2048
    Total: 12,083




    Standings: Brands Correct Countries Correct Total $ Off Total Points
    Irish79 3 2 $3.56 9458
    logan37 3 4 $2.12 8288
    TheGreekTitan 2 3 $4.84 7256
    Mizicke5273 2 3 $2.69 6481
    heftysmokes 2 2 $6.39 6361
    VancouverMark 2 2 $5.51 5949
    kevin7 2 3 $8.60 5890
    badwhale 2 3 $9.10 5840
    craig 2 2 $7.17 5783
    prophetic_joe 2 2 $6.95 5298
    FightingFish 2 3 $16.42 4601
    Mangyrat 1 1 $11.82 4568
    mrtr33 1 1 $9.91 4259
    Paddy 0 0 $34.35 1565




    Irish79 is still in the lead, the Blowholes figured out the exact identity of Irene but missed her price by a couple bucks. The additional Side Challenge points gave the Whiny Bitches the win this round. Good luck with the final round guys! Remember, the top 4 spots from the winning team and the top 3 spots from the losing team will receive prize packs.

    Last edited by buzz; 05-08-2012 at 10:26 AM. Reason: Clarified prize pack winners
    Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
    Buzz is smoking our cigars. This probably is his triumphant scam.

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    Bet you thought you had that one in the bag, didn't cha blowies.

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