MEGA Review: Camacho Corojo 10th Anniversary Torpedo

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Taste 2nd Third:
Oily is still there, but mellowed. Woodsy and creamy sweet tobacco. Damn, these are nice. Medium body, full flavor.	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...
Just wonderful. Nicely-fermented/aged tobacco. The wrapper is a bit fragile.	Woodsy and sweet.
Had to can this one. Kid woke up with a bad dream. Dad duty calls.	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.
Leathery still and a very tiny sweet taste.	Spice went way down. But flavor was still pretty good. Same as the first but slightly sweeter.
More of the same.	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!
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.	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.
Pretty much the same as the 1st. A little stronger with a retro-hale. Nothing out of this world, but a good clean smoke.	Developing a nice oily wood and leather taste. Very smooth and earthy.

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Taste 3rd Third:
More of the same deliciousness. Woodsy / earthy sweet, creamy tobacco with some background oily bitterness for balance.	Started to got hot and harsh, wrapper is flailing around like an orangutan. I probably smoked this last third too fast.
Cops amounts of smoke, but with lots of flavor. Leather aftertaste.	Strong leather like my old Levis belt minus the sweat LOL.
Spice picked up again in the 3rd. More of a bite to it then there was earlier. Hints of leather came out.	Not much changed still a nice cigar.
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.	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.
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.	More of the same. I like it, but very one dimensional.
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!

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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+

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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

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Last Words:
10th anny.	I am going to buy a box of the rothschilds. This is a tasty cigar and worth dealing with the wrapper issues.
Finally, my kind of cigar.	Wish I could have finished this cigar. I honestly have no idea what it it (which makes me three for three!)
Pretty nice cigar, no JdN Antano but still a pretty powerful cigar.	I think this is a Camacho 10th Anniversary. But I may have just shot myself in the foot.
To me this was a good every day cigar.	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.....
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.	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.
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

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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

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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

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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.

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[logan37]

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