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St. Pete Cigar–Kristoff Cigar Smoker Event

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

It’s time for another cigar smoker event at St. Pete Cigar!

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The Kristoff cigar smoker event is this Friday, October 19th, from 5:30pm – 8:00pm. As always, there will be one day only deals, raffles, and free grub.

If you need more information, go to the St. Pete Cigar website.

See you there!

Kristoff GC Signature Series

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

I picked up a few cigars at the La Habana Cigar Club the other week. Included was the cigar up for review today. Cigar Aficionado rated this a 91! No, I don’t care either, and I don’t even know what that means. As you would expect, I have no information or story on the GC Signature Series. As always, I paired with fine Florida tap water (filtered), and got a pen and paper.

 

Wrapper: Brazilian Maduro

Binder: Cuban Seed Honduran

Filler: Cuban Seed Dominican, Honduran, Nicaragua

Size: 6 x 60

Price: Around $9.00

 

Pre-Smoke & Construction:

The wrapper was very oily, and it glistened as if it were wet. It was seamless looking, and had small to medium sized veins.  The smell of the wrapper reminded me of a chocolate candy bar. Since the wrapper overlaps the foot, obviously it was the same. The draw had resistance, but fell within my tolerance. The pre-light draw was dark coffee, mixed with earthiness.

The burn required three minor corrections, and ash held for about 1.5 inches.

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Flavor:

The first third started out earthy, and it took some time for the flavor profile to develop. Coffee slowly ramped up, along with an easy, sweet, peppery spice. As I moved out of this third, wispy notes of cedar appeared. The smoke feel was dry, but it didn’t leave me with cotton mouth.

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The second third kept my attention. The dominant flavor rotated, which kept things interesting. Mocha, earthiness, coffee, cedar, and spicy pepper. Each had their turn at the front of the line. At times, it was an even mixture of everything. The smoke feel became crisp, with a sweet spicy tingle.

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The cedar from before changed in the last third. I can’t describe what kind of wood it reminded me of, since my palate wasn’t up to the task. The changing flavor profile went away. A spicy, sweet pepper stood out over the woody flavor. Coffee was up next, but it faded into the background. The smoke feel remained dry and crisp, but didn’t leave me parched.

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Conclusion:

This was a good medium to full bodied cigar. From beginning to end, the changing flavor profile held my interest. I think it is worth the asking price as well. In the end, I can’t think of anything bad to say. I will revisit the Kristoff GC Signature Series again.

Kristoff Maduro

Monday, January 10th, 2011

I picked up this cigar from Ed’s shop. He recently started carrying them, so I figured why not. There isn’t a lot of information on the Internet about this thing. What made this cigar look appealing was it’s oily appearance, shaggy foot, and tight pigtail cap. As always, I paired this cigar with water.

!Kristoff Maduro

Wrapper: Brazil

Binder: Dominican

Filler: Dominican, Nicaragua

Size: Matador 6.5 x 56

Price: Around $8.00

 

Pre-smoke & Construction:

The wrapper had a dark, oily appearance with no visible flaws. The smell coming off of the wrapper and foot had a barnyard and woody odor. The cigar was pretty evenly packed, with only a minor soft spot or two. The pre-light draw had a little resistance, and had dark, somewhat earthy flavors.

The ash held for about 1.5 inches, and the burn required a couple minor touch-up’s.

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Flavor:

The first third brought one word to my mind: Smooth. The smoke feel was silky smooth. You could pass smoke easily though the sinus, which resulted in an easy mild spice. There were earthy notes way in the back ground. Woodiness and sweet co-co seemed to be dominant, but there was a nice coffee flavor in mixed in there as well.

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The second third saw in increase in coffee flavor. The woodiness decreased, and the sweet co-co/chocolate picked up in strength. Passing smoke though the sinus, there was minimal sweet spice. It was more of a sweet creamy flavor. There was a slight cinnamony  tingle left in the aftertaste.

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The last third had an increase in that sweet, cinnamon spice. It left a nice lingering tingle in the mouth and on the lips. The smoke became creamier, and resembled caramel. When passing smoke though the nose, the increase in strength was very noticeable. Coffee was up next, along with co-co or chocolate. The woody notes fell into the background, but would pop out from time to time.

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Conclusion:

Wow what a nice cigar. The combination of creaminess, sweetness, spice, body… everything about this smoke hit the spot for me. There isn’t really anything more I can say. Try this medium to full bodied cigar!

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