God of Fire Series B Toro Review
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God Of Fire Series B Toro
What we have here is a min-review of this fine stick. For those of you who like god of fires or are curious your in for a treat. The series B is another line of the God of Fire. I will first like to say that I enjoy both the Carlos and the Carlito GOF so going into the Series B was a no brainer. Now these sticks are a bit pricey but what you get is a fantastic smoke.
What makes the Series B so special? Well it uses a Broadleaf Maduro for one so naturally I really wanted to try it, as I enjoy maduros so much. Before I get into the review I want to say that I just bought this guy yesterday at the local shop so it's really fresh. In fact it was the 2nd to last one they had. Now some of you might be asking, well what about the robusto? Well I thought about buying that one too, however at 20 bucks and beings as I just got my box yesterday of the robusto's I figured why spend another 20. I mean sure I have the box but my wife won't let me open it as it is her Xmas gift to me so I have to wait till xmas to smoke it. But I will post up a review of that too just for giggles.
Onto the Toro~
I love the band on this guy, and it really looks good on this dark maduro. Now as far as construction, it's not bad. It's no padron, but it still looks nice. The foot was a bit messy, meaning it wasn't razor straight and was a bit pushed in. Not bad but not as I would say, worth the price for admission. At 24 bucks I expect perfection. Now the smell on this cigar is like any other maduro, a little sweet and a bit hay like - maybe barnyard. I let this guy sit out for a couple of hours then I used my large punch on the cap. A few dry drags brings out a bit of cocoa and sweetness.
Once lit I get a small amount of smoke and the flavor is a bit sweet, and there's some cocoa. Tobacco flavor is a bit mellow. After several puffs the thing gets more smokey and soon it's pushing out a bit of smoke. The aroma isn't too bad; it didn't make my wife angry.
The burn is a bit uneven and that may be due to my light or the foot issue I mentioned earlier but I can deal. After the 1/3, the cigar really opens up. At first it's rather on the mild side but soon it moves into medium territory. The flavors are all over the place. I get some honey/sweetness/cocoa/bittersweet chocolate/earthiness/a bit of a marshmallow on the retro hale. All and all very nice.
Moving into the 1/2 way point the little guy leans more to a fuller body however it never gets strong nor peppery. The flavors stay around the same however there are a lot of them. The flavor is very nice! One thing I should mention is the thing burns very cool and the after taste is very pleasant.
Near the end of the cigar I continue to get a nice cool flavorful draw. Smoke output isn't huge but I really don't care at this point, all I know is I'm really enjoying it. I finish around the hour and a half mark maybe a bit over.
Now how does this compare to the regular GOF? Well to me I enjoyed it more. I love maduros and I love GOF so this to me is almost perfect. It's more complex than any other GOF I have had and sweeter. Basically the maduro wrapper brings more to the GOF and in my opinion gives me even more anticipation on the robusto. Below I have some pics, enjoy.
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Great review Pheebs and thanks for finding those links bro'.