Review Notes: The first 1/2 inch perked my right up, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Started off very strong, but good, and gave way quickly to somewhere between mid-full flavor. It is fairly complex changing 3 or 4 times in strength and taste. I smoked it to the nub, I mean down to the last quarter inch. Burned for about 2 hours!! And burned even with a nice long ash. $8/stick, I bought the last 3 in the box. It reminded me alot of the Oliva Series V torpedo just box pressed and stronger and more complex at times