Trilogy Corojo Torpedo

I planned on aging these a bit but thought I'd get "before" test in. Hey, not bad at all. A solid smoke. It got a bit bitter with a couple inches left so set it down. A little age should cure that. Burned as straight as an arrow. I enjoyed this cigar. Very nice.

The Trilogy Torpedo remains an excellent smoke and if anything the prices have gone down on C-bid and other discounters.
If this is "Old School," Then call me "Old School".

This is definitely in my top 5 best looking cigar wrappers. Beautiful deep brown and oily leaf is something to behold. The flavor and strength is adequate for the first inch then you notice a peppery sensation on the tongue and the nostrils. Yes, business is picking up. The leathery corojo blends well with the pepper then with the spice that replaces the pepper around halfway. Although not a "strong" cigar it is strong enough, the flavor is good and the price is right. A solid smoke.

Fantastic experience with this cigar last night. I thought for sure Alec Bradley was trying to pull a fast one by making an interesting tri-press shape as a gimmick to move poorly blended sticks. Based on last night's hour and a half smoking experience he is not. The flavor of this "Authentic Corojo" (whatever that is supposed to mean) was a soft, buttery, creamy, slightly sweet tobacco base with some nice, tasty molasses spice bursts all throughout. I found this on the mild side of medium in body, but still very satisfying. No lingering nasty aftertaste. Drew perfectly with a slightly uneven burn that wasn't aggravating. I'd definitely buy more of these especially since they are going for 2.25/stick or so by the box. I think I had this stick in the box for a year. I have no idea what I paid. The cigar fairy brought this to me in a sampler. (I think?) I'll enter $3 for PP. These are probably not for the ultra full crowd.

I really enjoyed the Trilogy Corojo Robusto and it's big brother is just about as good!! Nice, burn, construction and taste. What's not to like!

DATE: 2006/04/30
REVIEWER: Timothy "Texan_To_The_End" Piper
CIGAR: Trilogy "Old School" Authentic Corojo Torpedo
SIZE: 6.1" X 52
ORIGIN: Nicaraguan
WRAPPER: Dominican Corojo
BINDER: Nicaraguan
FILLER: Nicaraguan
SHAPE: Tri-Pressed Torpedo
AGE: In my humidor since 2005/07/10
VENDOR: Cigar-Bid box purchase, approx. $2.25 US per stick
AMBIENCE: Sunday afternoon, 1:00 PM. Sunny, warm and low humidity. Very still air. Reading an old book and taking notes on this cigar.
BEVERAGE: Nothing.
APPEARANCE: The tip was slightly bent, wrapper was smooth with a few veins. Almost oily feel; will definitely get oily with some age on them.
PRE_LIGHT: Tastes good enough to eat by my judgement.
DRAW: Snipping off a 1/4" to allow a relatively small hole, draw was tight due to the tri-pressed shape.
FIRST_THIRD: I always think I need to skewer these when I first light one, but draw loosens up after a few puffs. Delicious woody, chocolate blend of tastes. Saliva and smoke taste were pretty much equal.
SECOND_THIRD: Applied toothpick to loosen up the draw a bit. Flavors blended together a bit and a bit of pepper started to show up. Saliva tasted better than the actual smoke at this point.
FINAL_THIRD: Saliva got slightly bitter, probably due to lack of age, and storage at higher RH levels. Still was very good. Pepper taste became dominant in the last two inches I smoked. Note that I use a paper napkin
to daub excess saliva from my cigars, as I really salivate a lot while smoking.
BURN: Slightly uneven for first few inches, but evened out nicely for remainder of the smoke.
ASH: A mottled grey/dark-grey flakey ash with an almost yellow center. Ligero possibly?
SMOKE: Medium grey-yellowish smoke, less volume than these usually give off. Slightly peppery on the tongue.
STRENGTH: Medium strength all the way until the very end.
FLAVOUR: Generally a cedar-chocolate type of taste, with pepper developing around the half-way point. With the Corojo wrapper, I like the saliva taste as much if not more than the taste of the actual smoke.
FINISH: I left about 1.5" when I was finished. I think I tend to smoke a bit too fast, so the nub is a bit too warm for me. Also with this one the pepper taste started to get a little more than I like.
SMOKE_TIME: About 45 minutes.
IMPRESSION: I like all the Trilogy Tri-pressed quite a bit. I have some of the newer round ones, but they just don't seem to taste the same.
RATING: 8 out of a possible TEN wooden matchsticks.
COMMENTS: Bear in mind that I've never smoked any Cubans or any very expensive cigars; my ratings are based on cigars ranging from $1 to $6 per stick.

Great cigar for the price.Nice medium taste with volumes of smoke.A must try

Interesting shape, one of my favorite Corojo's. Medium bodied flavorful stick that draws well and burn was never a problem. I'll keep some of these fellas in my humidor, when I'm in the mood for a good Corojo.

The triangular shape is interesting. At first I thought it was just a marketing gimmic. Then I sat my cigar on the table and realized that not rolling off was useful. In any case, I didn't find draw or burn problems due to the press. These are quite nice looking, the corojo wrapper smelled great and provided a nice medium taste. The Cameroon was a lot smoother, but if you like a bit more taste in your cigar I would recommend these.