Asylum - 13 Cool Brew - 6x54 - Box of 25

Sitting between the quicker 5x50 Robusto and the longer 6x60 Gordo, this Toro gives the Cool Brew concept a middle-ground format: enough time for the mint, chocolate, and coffee flavoring to settle in and shift through its familiar arc, without asking for the full commitment of the largest sizes in the line.

The underlying blend stays the same across every Cool Brew size: a dark, undisclosed Honduran base under a sweetened, flavored cap, built to evoke a cold brew coffee experience with mint layered generously on top. At 6 x 54, the Toro's slightly narrower ring gauge compared to the Gordo, combined with its extra length over the Robusto, produces a session that generally lands around 80 minutes, long enough for the characteristic mellowing through the middle third and the strength increase near the close to play out clearly, but without stretching into the nearly two-hour territory of the larger vitolas.

As with every size in this line, expectations matter here. This is a genuinely flavored cigar built first around the mint-chocolate-coffee concept, with the Honduran tobacco underneath playing a supporting role that becomes more apparent as the smoke progresses. Smokers who enjoy that combination, and who go in understanding this isn't a traditional tobacco-forward smoke, tend to find the Toro a well-balanced way to experience what Cool Brew is trying to do.

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Flavor progression:

1. Opening: mint and cream lead immediately from the sweetened cap, with milk chocolate joining quickly
2. Mid-smoke: the mint and sweetness soften into the background, coffee and earthy tobacco notes beginning to surface underneath
3. Close: strength builds in the final third as the flavoring fades, the underlying Honduran tobacco becoming more present

Key Features

1. Brand: Asylum
2. Line: Cool Brew
3. Concept: Steeped/flavored cigar, cold brew coffee inspired
4. Founder/Blender: Tom Lazuka and Christian Eiroa, CLE Cigar Co.
5. Factory: CLE Cigar Co., Honduras
6. Country of Origin: Honduras (undisclosed specific blend)
7. Wrapper: Dark, undisclosed Honduran wrapper
8. Binder: Honduran
9. Filler: Honduran
10. Construction: Handmade, sweetened/flavored cap
11. Vitola: Toro
12. Size: 6 inches x 54 ring gauge
13. Strength: Medium, with an increase in the final third
14. Flavor Profile: Mint, milk chocolate, coffee, cream, earth, tobacco strength on the close
15. Release: 2023, launched at the PCA Trade Show
16. Smoke Time: Approximately 80 minutes
17. Box Count: 25 cigars
18. Price per Cigar: approximately $11.50