Master Sensei

This week on Flavor Odyssey, we start a two-part wildcard segment, beginning with Robby Ras challenging Randy Griggs to create a unique spin on his go-to cocktail: the Gin and Tonic. The audience is encouraged to create their own creative variation on the Gin and Tonic as well as finding the perfect cigar to round out the pairing. Pairings Randy: Gin & Tonic Variation & Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro 👍🏻 Robby: Gin & Tonic Variation & OpusX PerfecXion 8-8-8 👍🏻 Sensei: Gin & Tonic Variation & AVO Maduro 30th Anniversary 👎🏻 Jordan: Gin & Tonic Variation & Joya de Nicaragua Número Uno 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 54% Robby: 46% 🙋‍♂️ Audience Pairing Nathan Stweart: Gin & Tonic Variation & 22 Minutes to Midnight Connecticut Radiante 👍🏻

This week on Flavor Odyssey, your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs embark on a hunt for the elusive Sakasquatch as they continue their pairing journey up the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard. In this episode, they tackle Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, ranked as the 7th most checked-into brand on the Dojoverse. Be sure to join the show with your own DT&T pairing! Pairings Randy: Old Fashioned & Mi Querida Triqui Traca 👍🏻 Robby: Red Raider Cocktail & Mi Querida PapaSaka 👎🏻 Sensei: Henry McKenna (2009) & Muestra de Saka Nacatamale 👍🏻 Jordan: Henry McKenna (2009) & Muestra de Saka Nacatamale 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 73% Robby: 27% 🙋‍♂️ Audience Pairing Bill Powers: Revolver cocktail & Sin Compromiso 👍🏻

Oktoberfest is the world’s largest beer festival and a significant cultural event held annually in Munich, Germany, and this week, it’s coming to Flavor Odyssey! Yes, folks, that’s right—it’s a wildcard edition, and we’re donning our lederhosen to create the perfect Oktoberfest pairings. Pairings Randy: Warsteiner Oktoberfest & Quesada Oktoberfest 2024 👎🏻 Robby: Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest & La Palina Goldie 👍🏻 Sensei: Four Noses Oktoberfest & Quesada Oktoberfest 2024 👎🏻 Jordan: Crooked Stave Fest Bier & Quesada Oktoberfest 2024 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 44% Robby: 56% Audience Pairing Nathan Stewart: Paulaner Oktoberfest & Davidoff Aniversario No. 3

Flavor Odyssey is back on the beat, chasing down the most smoked cigars on the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard. This week, your hosts Robby and Randy dive into the best drink pairings with cigars from Protocol. Viewers are encouraged to grab a Protocol Blue, Red, Themis, or perhaps something from the Lawman Series. Bring along a well-paired drink and join the show. Pairings Robby: Protocol Tenure & Red Moon Over Manhattan cocktail 👍🏻 Scotty: Protocol Tenure & Tequila Sunrise 👍🏻 Jordan: Protocol Tenure & Tequila Sunrise 👍🏻 Votes Robby: 68% Sensei: 32% Audience Pairing Chad Tchad: Protocol Taser & Mezcal Mule.

Join Flavor Odyssey this week as your hosts “live loud and bold,” crafting the perfect drink pairings with cigars from Camacho. We’ve reached the TOP 10 brands on the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard, and we invite you to grab a drink that pairs perfectly with your favorite Camacho cigar. Pairings Randy: Camacho 5280 & Hazy Sour cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: Camacho 5280 & Hazy Sour cocktail 👍🏻 Jordan: Camacho 5280 & Hazy Sour cocktail 👍🏻 Audience Pairing Randi Harrison: Camacho Factory Unleashed & Black Walnut Old Fashioned.

At long last, we’ve entered the coveted TOP 10 on the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard, beginning with the fan-favorite Undercrown brand by Drew Estate. Your Flavor Odyssey hosts explore the best drink pairings for Undercrown cigars, and you’re encouraged to join along! Grab an OG Undercrown Maduro, an Undercrown Shade, or the Dojo’s own Undercrown DOGMA (or any other variant, for that matter), and find a proper drink to do your smoke justice. Pairings Randy: Undercrown 10 & Oaxacan Tail cocktail 👍🏻 Robby: DOGMA & Chocolate Almond Negroni 👍🏻 Scotty: Undercrown 10 & OF 100 bourbon 👍🏻 Jordan: Undercrown 10 & OF 100 bourbon 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 56% Robby: 44% Audience Pairing Jimmy Birster: Undercrown Maduro & World's Best Old Fashioned (Rare Breed).

This week, Flavor Odyssey returns to its journey up the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard. We will be exploring the best drink pairings with Perdomo Cigars. Champagne with a Champagne, or bourbon with a Bourbon Barrel-Aged Habano? Create your best Perdomo/drink pairing and join the show! Pairings Randy: Perdomo 12yr Sun Grown & Flor de Caña 12yr 👍🏻 Robby: Perdomo 12yr Sun Grown & Baby's First Bourbon cocktail 👍🏻 Scotty: Perdomo 12yr Connecticut & High West Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Jordan: Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel-Aged Connecticut & High West Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 73% Robby: 27% Audience Pairing Darrel Whitacre: Perdomo 12yr Connecticut & Dirty Martini

The heat is on! As summer temperatures soar across the nation, the Flavor Odyssey team is here to help you find the perfect cigar and drink pairing to stay cool. Hosts Robby and Randy take a detour from their usual script for a special wildcard edition of Flavor Odyssey. Pairings Robby: Patina Sumatra & Shipwreck cocktail 👍🏻 Scotty: Espinosa Laranja & White Trash Oaxacan cocktail 👍🏻 Jordan: AVO LE05 30th Anniversary & White Trash Oaxacan cocktail 👍🏻 Audience Pairing Randi Harrison: Perdomo 10th Anniv. Sun Grown & Tequila Highball (Cazcanes Still Strength Blanco tequila with Fever Tree Yuzu and Lime).

Celebrate National Tequila Day with Flavor Odyssey as we continue our journey through the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard. This week, we feature cigars from H. Upmann, one of the most iconic brands in the premium cigar industry. Help us find the best drink pairing with these distinguished cigars from H. Upmann.

Drew Estate’s Liga Privada line is one of the most sought-after collections of cigars on the market. This week on Flavor Odyssey, as we continue our journey through the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard, we explore drink pairings to complement these delicious cigars. Grab a Liga Privada, choose a drink pairing, and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Liga Privada Year of the Rat & Coffee Manhattan 👍🏻 Robby: Liga Privada Ratzilla & Big Chef cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: Liga Privada Year of the Rat & Russel Reserve bourbon 👍🏻 Jordan: Liga Privada Year of the Rat & Russel Reserve bourbon 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 58% Robby: 42% Audience Pairing Darrell Whitacre: Liga Privada H99 Papas Fritas & Panther Distillery's Small Batch Good F**king Boubrbon

Flavor Odyssey is back this week, as we continue our journey up the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard. This week, Robby and Randy tackle cigars from Crowned Heads, so make sure to pick one up and join the show. Pairings Randy: CH Yellow Rose & Ranger Buck RTD Cocktail 👎🏻 Sensei: CH Blood Medicine & Mezcal Manhattan Cocktail 👎🏻 Jordan: CH Blood Medicine & Mezcal Manhattan Cocktail 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 52% Sensei: 48% Audience Pairing Darrell Whitacre: CH Le Carême LE 2022 & Don Julio 1942 Añejo

Do you have your golden ticket? It’s a huge episode of Flavor Odyssey, as your hosts, Robby Ras and Randy Griggs, feature one of the most iconic brands in the premium cigar industry: Arturo Fuente. Fuente is next up on the list of the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard. Grab a Fuente, a drink pairing, and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Fuente Añejo No. 77 & Sazerac 👍🏻 Robby: Fuente Añejo & After Midnight cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: OpusX 20th & Maple Cinnamon Whiskey Sour 👍🏻 Jordan: AF Hemingway & Maple Cinnamon Whiskey Sour 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 54% Robby: 46% Audience Pairing Michael TX: Don Carlos & Afternoon Pick Me Up

This week on Flavor Odyssey, your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs tackle the next brand on the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard by seeking the best drink pairing with cigars from Nick Melillo and Foundation Cigar Company. Grab your favorite Foundation cigar and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Metapa & Nutty Swizzle 👍🏻 Robby: Metapa & Jane Russel 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 30% Robby: 70% Audience Pairing Patrick Velasquez: Olmec Claro & Orange Bourbon Orange Crush

Flavor Odyssey’s journey through the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard is back, and this week we find the best drink pairings for cigars from Alec Bradley. Create your own Alec Bradley drink pairing and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Left Hand cocktail & Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 👍🏻 Robby: Italian Cherry Whiskey Sour & Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 👍🏻 Sensei: Wild Turkey Rare Breed & AB Double Broadleaf 👍🏻 Jordan: Wild Turkey Rare Breed & AB Double Broadleaf 👍🏻 Votes Dojo Studios: 48% Robby: 52% Audience Pairing Randi Harrison: New York Sour & Alec Bradley Fine & Rare BCN-143

This week on Flavor Odyssey, it’s a wildcard episode featuring Flor de Caña rum. Your hosts, Robby Ras and Randy Griggs, will discuss the best cigar pairings with this amazing rum from Nicaragua. Pairings Randy: Flor de Caña 12 yr 👍🏻 Robby: Flor de Caña Ginger cocktail & OG Liga Privada Velvet Rat 👍🏻 Sensei: Hispaniola cocktail & Liga Privada Feral Flying Pig 👍🏻 Jordan: Hispaniola cocktail & Liga Privada 10 Aniversario Selección de Mercado 👍🏻 Votes Dojo Studios: 41% Robby: 59% Audience Pairing Nathan Stewart: Flor de Caña 12 Old Fashioned & Padron Family Reserve Natural

This week on Flavor Odyssey, your hosts, Robby Ras and Randy Griggs, focus on finding great drink pairings for one of the most decorated brands in the cigar industry: Oliva. As we continue our foray into the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard, grab an Oliva and a drink and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Oliva Master Blends 3 & Whiskey Mule w/ Root Beer Bitters 👎🏻 Robby: Oliva Master Blends 3 & Tombstone Cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro & Margarita 👍🏻 Jordan: Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro & Margarita 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 23% Robby: 77% Audience Pairing Bill CD: Oliva Serie V & Gold Rush

Join us on our journey to the land of lakes and volcanoes as your hosts, Robby and Randy, seek the perfect drink pairing with cigars from Joya de Nicaragua, the oldest continually operating cigar factory in Nicaragua. Our voyage through the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard continues, so and grab a drink and a JOYA and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Cinco Décadas & Cinnamon Bourbon Fizz 👍🏻 Robby: Cuatro Cinco Reserva Especial & Oaxaca Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Sensei: Número Uno & Tequila Ocho Reposado 👍🏻 Jordan: JOYA Ninjaragua & Old Forrester 100 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 33% Robby: 67% Audience Pairing Bill CD: Cuatro Cinco Reserva Especial & Maple Old Fashioned

Flavor Odyssey returns to its journey through the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard, featuring the thirty-two most checked-into brands. This week, your hosts Robby and Randy tackle AJ Fernandez and cigars such as: New World, Dias de Gloria, San Lotano, Bellas Artes, and more. Pairings Robby: New World Dorado & Revolver Cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: New World Oscuro & Coffee Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Jordan: New World Oscuro & Coffee Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Audience Pairing Randi Harrison: New World Dorado & Oaxacan Old Fashioned

This week on Flavor Odyssey, we take a break from our journey through the Dojoverse brand leaderboard and zero in on the new Drew Estate Blackened S84 Shade to Black. We will be joined by Izola Woods (aka “Izzy”), Drew Estate’s lifestyle ambassador, host on Freestyle Live, and Barn Smoker MC, who will be in-studio for this special wildcard episode. Pairings Randy: Blackened S84 & Blackened Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Izzy: Blackened S84 & Blackened Whiskey 👍🏻 Sensei: Blackened S84 & Blackened Whiskey 👍🏻 Jordan: Blackened S84 & Blackened Whiskey 👍🏻 Audience Pairing Darrell Whitacre: Blackened S84 & Iced Caramel Macchiato

Flavor Odyssey is about to take a trip through the tobacco fields of Pinar del Río. As we continue our journey through the Dojoverse all-time leaderboard, our hosts will find the best drink pairings for Cuban cigars. Therefore, if you have an authentic Cuban in your humidor, pull it out, pour a drink, and join the fun. Pairings Robby: Montecristo 520 EL 2012 & Rum Old Fashioned 👍🏻 John: Trinidad Fundadores 2011 & Ron Cubay Reserva Especial 10yr 👍🏻 Sensei: Ramon Allones & Tequilla Ocho Reposado 👍🏻 Jordan: Ramon Allones & Tequilla Ocho Reposado 👍🏻 Votes Robby: 35% John: 65% Audience Pairing Scott West: H. Upmann Magnum 54 & Martini