Kardus Superior Blend 2009

[chadizzy1]

ahhhhhhhh
best monday EVER

all smiles today

[justintempler]

My Getsnus says shipped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine too.
UPS is 3 days to my location from Bath, Pa.

[daruckis]

aghghghghhhh i hope mine comes tomorrow.

[MojoQuestor]

aghghghghhhh i hope mine comes tomorrow.

My psychic powers predict the day after tomorrow.

[lxskllr]

Sweet. What kind of wood is this year's box?

[chadizzy1]

Looks kinda like cedar, but I'm not sure.

[lxskllr]

Awe man. Cedar's my favorite evergreen :^(

It was oak last year. That's my favorite hardwood :^)

[texasmade]

That's my favorite hardwood :^)

thats what she said :twisted:

[lxskllr]

That's my favorite hardwood :^)

thats what she said :twisted:

She better be careful. Oak can sometimes get splintery :^P

[texasmade]

thats why they have rubber protection :x

[Liandri]

Well since chad got his northerner order in, I hope to get min in my tomarrow or the day after hopefully

[daruckis]

im starting to wonder whats up with my northerner order. do they email you to let you know your preorders shipped? cause in the crazy northerner sale week i preordered a gotland julesnus and am kind of thinking between their million sales that week that ill either get forgotten about or they wont ship the free N&J black.

[chadizzy1]

im starting to wonder whats up with my northerner order. do they email you to let you know your preorders shipped? cause in the crazy northerner sale week i preordered a gotland julesnus and am kind of thinking between their million sales that week that ill either get forgotten about or they wont ship the free N&J black.

Go on to Northerner.com, Log in, Click the "Orders" area, and that order will list as "Pending" or "Shipped".

[lxskllr]

I didn't get my N&J Black. I'm not worried about it though. I have a hard time getting excited about portions.

[NorSnuser]

I got my Kardus today and thought I'd post some first impressions. The box is nicely made and looks and smells like cherry wood. It feels and smells like it has a natural finish of maybe flax oil, or some other natural oil. Nice fit and finish. The inside red can seals well and had an initialed seal over the top.

On opening, the rum and dark tobacco aromas were immediately noticeable. The cut is nice and I hand baked a pris in under a minute and had no trouble inserting it. It's pretty juicy and I recommend licking the hand after baking.

It has a distinctive flavor, but comes on subtly and lasts a long time. I went two hours this first time, but I think one could easily go three hours plus. The pris molded well to my gum in about ten minutes and stayed very solid until the end. The long cut is milder, but seems to release flavor longer. I would say it is a bit above average in nicotine. It felt like it was around 10 mg. a gram and it had a sustained, even hit.

The first flavors are hints of rum and pure tobacco. At about thirty minutes it really starts to shine and puts off micro-bursts of flavor. A little salt, sweetish hints of rum, a subtle nut flavor, a hint of cocoa, subtle hints of fruitiness, with an underlying flavor like good pipe or cigar tobacco smells. At times it reminded me of Roda Lacket, at others Knox, then it would change and take on a new combination that was all its own. It went well with red wine and is easy to drink with.

This is excellent snus, but it is milder and subtler than other snuses. People used to heavily flavored snuses might be hard-pressed to taste the subtle flavor profile. It is truly a pleasure to taste high grade tobacco with a good complementing rum. To heavily flavor tobacco this good would be blasphemous. My wife tried it as well and we give it two thumbs way up.