Asylum 13 6 x 80 The Asylum 13 6 x 80 is exactly what the name indicates – this introduces a 6 inch by 80 mm ring gauge vitola to Asylum Cigars’ popular Asylum 13 line. Prior to last year’s IPCPR trade show, we commented on the trend of moving beyond the 60 ring gauge […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum Straight Jacket
Asylum Straight Jacket Over the past few weeks, there has been word of a new limited production run line being launched by Asylum Cigars called the Asylum Straight Jacket. The Asylum Straight Jacket is being positioned as a very full-bodied offering. There were teasers on the Asylum Cigars Facebook page. Recently there was some additional information from […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum 13 to add 6 x 80 to Nicaraguan Puro line
Asylum 13 6 x 80 Asylum Cigars will be adding a 6 x 80 vitola to its core Asylum 13 line. This new vitola has been listed on various retailer web-sites. The 6 x 80 will be added to the Nicaraguan puro line of Asylum 13. We also reported a little over a week ago […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum 13 Corojo
Asylum Cigars is adding a Honduran puro with a corojo wrapper to its Asylum 13 line of cigars. First details of the new Asylum 13 Corojo were reported first by Cigar Aficionado. The Asylum 13 Corojo will mark the fifth blend to be a part of Asylum Cigars. This cigar joins Asylum, Asylum 13, Asylum […]
Cigar Review: Asylum 13 Ogre
Asylum 13 Ogre This past November, Asylum Cigars announced the Asylum 13 Ogre. This cigar caught the attention of many for three reasons. First up, the cigar is a barber pole. Secondly, this isn’t any barber pole, but this is a barber pole that uses candela as one its wrapper. Finally, this cigar is enormous […]
Cigar Review: Asylum 13
Asylum 13 The Asylum 13 is one of three blends that was a part of the launch of Asylum Cigars. Asylum Cigars made its debut around the time of the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The company was started by Tom Lazuka and Kevin Baxter. In addition, Asylum Cigars is partnering with Christian Eiroa and his […]
Cigar Preview: Asylum Cigars Ogre
Asylum Cigars is planning on launching a new 7 x 70 cigar called the Asylum Ogre. The Ogre will not only be a large ring gauge cigar, but it will be a barberpole. The unique thing about this particular barberpole is that it will consist of a combination of candela and maduro wrappers. This […]
Press Release: Asylum Cigars Kicks in the Doors With Inaugural Launch
Kevin Baxter and Tom Lazuka launch Asylum Cigars. Made at Christian Eiroa’s factory, the brand is going to market with three blends.