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Asylum 13
Asylum 13 is a Nicaraguan puro topped with a dark Nicaraguan Habano wrapper and Cuban‑seed long‑fillers. The line favors earth, cocoa and espresso with black tobacco, sweet highlights and gentle spice; it's most often offered in large ring gauges and smokes in the medium‑to‑full band.
Sizes
- 20 Minute Toms — (4.0" x 48)
- 70 x 7 Box‑Pressed (7.0" x 70)
- 99 Problems — (7.0" x 38)
- Asylum 13 Maduro 880 (8.0" x 80)
- Oblongata Maduro variants listed (6.0" x 52)
Strength
Medium-Full
Wrapper
Nicaraguan Habano
Binder
Nicaraguan
Filler
Nicaraguan long‑filler (Cuban‑seed)
Asylum 13 is the brand's heavy‑gauge workhorse: a Nicaraguan puro that leans into dense mouthfeel and straightforward dark‑tobacco signatures. Expect chewy, high‑output smoke with espresso and dark‑cocoa notes up front, an earthy, woody midsection and peppered spice on the retrohale. Strength typically sits medium‑to‑full and climbs into full in the largest or most concentrated vitolas. The line is flexible—CLE experiments with maduro wrappers, Honduran Corojo runs, box‑pressed editions and very large gauges—so you'll find both yard‑stick monsters and compact, intense expressions that share the same dark, coffee‑and‑earth DNA. Construction on most releases is reliable; a few narrow vitolas have shown tighter draws, but overall the profile is built for smokers who like direct, tobacco‑forward power rather than delicate nuance.
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Articles & Reviews
Asylum 13 20 Minute Toms
This review focuses on the 4 x 48 '20 Minute Toms,' a Honduran Corojo puro that shows how Asylum 13 translates into a compact format. Expect earthy foundations with surprising sweetness on the cold draw, a forward pepper presence, and solid construction that tends toward a brisk but flavorful finish.
Asylum 13 70 x 7 Box-Pressed
This piece reviews the 70 x 7 box‑pressed edition and explains how an aggressive press affects flavor delivery and mouthfeel. Notes center on Spanish cedar aromatics, nutmeg and meatiness early, with white pepper and dry nuttiness asserting themselves as the smoke progresses.
Asylum 13 99 Problems
This review examines the limited 7 x 38 '99 Problems' lancero, noting how the narrow format sharpens the Asylum 13 signature into sweeter hickory and leather up front before a harsher pepper emerges. Construction is documented as slightly tight for a lancero, with intermittent chalky edges that affect mid‑smoke balance.
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