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Flavor Odyssey is back, and it’s time for a brand new four-week segment featuring emerging and trending cigar brands. Hosts Robby and Randy kick things off with Ferio Tego, a company spearheaded by industry legend Michael Herklots. Grab any Ferio Tego (including the Timeless series or even an older Nat Sherman) cigar and find the perfect drink pairing and join the fun! Pairings Randy: Timeless Prestige & Bourbon Maple Smash 👍🏻 Robby: Ferio Tego Elegancia & Old Cuban 👍🏻 Sensei: Ferio Tego Summa & Elijah Craig 18 Year 👍🏻 Jordan: Ferio Tego Summa & A&W Root Beer 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 53% Robby: 47% Audience Pairings Stephen Moses: Ferio Tego Generoso & Heaven Hill BIB Randi Harrison: Timeless Black TGS 2023 & Chocolate Cherry Pisco Sour

Flavor Odyssey goes off the grid for this episode as Randy leaves Studio Lot B and travels east to Dojo Studios for a special episode leading up to Rocky Mountain Cigar Festival. We will be pairing cigars with drinks and announcing the winner of the Brewery Bus ticket along with much more.

It’s a viral sensation… but does it really work? This week on Flavor Odyssey, it’s a wildcard episode and your hosts will be exploring the practice of frothing your tequila, whiskey, rum, or other spirit. Whipping your spirits with an inexpensive milk frother adds oxygen to the drink, and is said to smooth out and even make your spirit taste a tad sweeter. Grab a cheap milk frother and a few different spirits and try the experiment with us. Audience Pairing Randi Harrison: Frothed tequila, rum, & bourbon

This week on Flavor Odyssey, we seek the best cigar pairing for the Ginger Mint Paloma, which, on paper, appears to be a bit of a challenge. Your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs wind down their segment on emerging trends in the cocktail world, and will summarize what they have learned over the past several weeks. Pairings Randy: Plasencia Cosecha 149 & Ginger Mint Paloma 👍🏻 Robby: ROS Desert Rose & Ginger Mint Paloma 👍🏻 Sensei: Joya Ninjaragua & Ginger Mint Paloma 👍🏻 Jordan: Fratello After BurnR & Ginger Mint Paloma 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 27% Robby: 73% Audience Pairing Kevin O'Connor: Lost & Found 22 Minutes to Midnight Habano & Ginger Mint Paloma

Flavor Odyssey’s segment on emerging trends in cocktails contines, and this week, we explore a modern take on a somewhat modern cocktail. The Penicillin cocktail was invented in 2005, but we’re amping it up with maple syrup! On paper, this sounds like a perfect cigar pairing, and your hosts Robby and Randy dive head-first into the complex recipe. Pairings Randy: Espinosa Laranja & Orange Maple Penicillin 👍🏻 Robby: Liga Feral Flying Pig & Orange Maple Penicillin 👍🏻 Sensei: Illusione Original Documents Habano & Orange Maple Penicillin 👍🏻 Jordan: Blackened M81 & Orange Maple Penicillin 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 47% Robby: 53% Audience Pairing Bill Powers: New World Dorado & Orange Maple Penicillin

This week on Flavor Odyssey, Robby and Randy continue their journey into emerging trends in the world of fine cocktails. On this episode, we explore an interesting take on a Negroni that is made with Mezcal. Will this cocktail be an impossible cigar pairing? Tune in to find out. Pairings Randy: Tatuaje MBS FK & Mezcal Negroni 👍🏻 Robby: Ashton Symmetry & Mezcal Negroni 👎🏻 Sensei: Ferio Tego Generoso & Mezcal Negroni 👎🏻 Jordan: Illusione Epernay d'Aosta & Mezcal Negroni 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 55% Robby: 45% Audience Pairing Randi Harrison: Dunbarton Red Meat Lovers Club & Mezcal Negroni

Is it a contradiction to say “modern Old Fashioned?” Segment three of Flavor Odyssey season six is upon us, and for the next four weeks, we will be exploring emerging trends in the cocktail world. We will be looking at new cocktails and old cocktails with a modern twist, and that’s where we are going first—as your hosts Robby and Randy will be taking an Old Fashioned and bringing it into the modern age. And of course, we will also be seeking the perfect cigar match for this delicious libation. So grab a cigar and craft the drink and let’s have some fun on this episode of Flavor Odyssey. Pairings Randy: Winston Churchill Late Hour & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Robby: Tatuaje 20th & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Sensei: Alfonso Añejo & World's Best Old Fashioned Jordan: Camacho ISBA & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 38% Robby: 62% Audience Pairing Mitchell Santaga: Mr. Fahrenheit & Canadian Old Fashioned

It’s a wildcard edition of Flavor Odyssey, therefore, it’s joker’s wild (and by “jokers,” of course we mean your hosts Robby and Randy). As the Dojo team prepares for a week in Vegas for the PCA Trade Show, we are creating our own interpretation of what a true two-of-a-kind should look like. So channel your inner Rat Pack and join the fun! Pairings Randy: Winston Churchill & Martini Cocktail 👎🏻 Robby: Factory Smokes Shade & Pacifico Tallboy 👎🏻 Jordan: OpusX & Van Winkle Lot B 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 74% Robby: 26% Audience Pairing Nathan Stewart: BLK WKS S&R & Redneck Riviera Whiskey

It’s the final episode of Flavor Odyssey’s Emerging Cigar Trends segment, and on this episode, we explore familiar wrapper types that are grown in atypical regions. Cameroon from Honduras? Broadleaf from Nicaragua? Corojo from Connecticut? It seems that tobacco agronomists are getting creative these days, and your hosts Robby and Randy will be exploring drink pairings with these tobaccos grown far from their normal terroir. Pairings Randy: Aladino Cameroon & Dark Lager 👍🏻 Robby: Aladino Cameroon & Slowpoke Shandy 👍🏻 Sensei: Aladino Cameroon & Black Ship Cocktail 👎🏻 Jordan: Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf & Black Ship Cocktail 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 36% Robby: 64% Audience Pairing Kevin O'Connor: Protocol Eliot Ness Maduro & Bourbon Ball Cocktail

This week on Flavor Odyssey, we continue our journey into emerging cigar styles. On this episode, your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs explore Connecticut Shade-wrapped cigars combined with maduro binders. While this style certainly isn’t new, it’s gained a great deal of momentum with releases such as the Dunbarton Sobremesa Brûlée, Tatuaje Negociant, and our own Diet Sarsaparilla. The sweetness of the maduro binder might compliment the buttery/bitter notes of the CT wrapper, but what drink will round out the pairing? Tune in and find out. Pairings Randy: Sobremesa Brûlée & Coffee Old Fashioned 👍🏻 Robby: Sobremesa Brûlée & White Russian 👍🏻 Sensei: Diet Sarsaparilla & Daiquiri 👍🏻 Jordan: Diet Sarsaparilla & Daiquiri 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 48% Robby: 52% Audience Pairing Stephen Moses: Sobremesa Brûlée & Black & Tan

Love them or hate them, giant ring-gauge cigars are here to stay. This week on Flavor Odyssey, your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs seek to find great drink pairings for premium cigars that are 60-plus in ring gauge. Grab the most massive cigar from your humidor and join the fun on Flavor Odyssey. Pairings Robby: Mint Julep & NUb Double Maduro 👍🏻 Sensei: Habanero Whiskey Sour & Perdomo Inmenso 👍🏻 Jordan: Habanero Whiskey Sour & JFR Lunatic Maduro 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 16% Robby: 84% Audience Pairing Kevin O'Connor: Tatuaje Gran Cojonu & Rock Hill Farms Bourbon

Get ready for the newest segment in this year’s Flavor Odyssey journey, as your hosts Robby and Randy will be exploring trends in the cigar industry. This week, we tackle multi-wrapper cigars such as the barber pole (or even more intricately wrapped variations) and what drink will pair best. Pairings Randy: Black Label Neon Tiger & Lime Whiskey Sour 👎🏻 Robby: RoMa Craft CRAFT 2013 & Beggar's Banquet Cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: RoMa Craft Black Irish & Craft Black & Tan 👎🏻 Jordan: BLK WKS S&R & Craft Black & Tan 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 33% Robby: 67% Audience Pairing Bill Powers: All Saints Saint Patrick's Firecracker & Revolver Cocktail

Summertime and the livin’s easy. While technically summer hasn’t yet arrived, your Flavor Odyssey hosts Robby and Randy want to get you prepared for the heat. This week, it’s a WILDCARD edition of Flavor Odyssey, featuring favorite summer cocktails along with the cigars that pair best. Pairings Randy: Randy: Mojito Cocktail & Casa Fuente 👍🏻 Robby: Shipwreck Cocktail & Aganorsa Aniversario Maduro 👍🏻 Sensei: Gin Fizz & Davidoff Year of the Bull 👎🏻 Jordan: Gin Fizz & Alfonso Añeojo 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 70% Robby: 30% Audience Pairing Mike Smith: Espinosa Laranja & Grapefruit Shandy

What’s old is new again! It’s our final stop seeking great cigar pairings with emerging trends in the craft beer industry, and we dive feet-first into the American stout. That’s right, Flavor Odyssey hosts Robby and Randy immerse themselves into American stout-style beer, which, on paper, should make for a phenomenal cigar pairing. Pairings Randy: Faction Imperial Stout & Liga 9 👍🏻 Robby: Federation Low Boy Stout & Tatuaje Jason 👍🏻 Sensei: Malpais Stout & Liga UF-4 👍🏻 Jordan: Malpais Stout & Aganorsa Rare Leaf Maduro 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 44% Robby: 56% Audience Pairing Nathan Stewart: Murder of Crows Imperial Stout & EPC La Historia

Flavor Odyssey gets back on track, exploring the hottest beer trends in the industry. This week, your hosts Robby and Randy explore kettle sour-style beers. There is no doubt this will be a challenging style of beer to pair with a cigar. Make sure to grab a kettle sour and a cigar and play along with us. Pairings Randy: Glorious Guava Sour & ReviveR (2021) 👍🏻 Robby: Guava Dreams Sour & Patina Connecticut 👍🏻 Sensei: Goliath Pineapple Papaya Fandango Sour & Espinosa Laranja 👎🏻 Jordan: Goliath Pineapple Papaya Fandango Sour & Fuente Casa Cuba 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 76% Robby: 24% Audience Pairing Jimmy Birster: Cross Reference Sour & Undercrown 10

It’s Unicorn Season! That’s right, cigar hunters, this week on Flavor Odyssey, we smoke some sticks that you can’t get anymore, and give them the send-off they deserve. Hosts Rob, Eric, and Jordan each extract a cigar from the humidor they have been waiting for the right moment to smoke, because these unicorns ain’t coming around again! We invite the audience to find a unicorn in their collection and join the fun.

What beer style will you be drinking in the coming years? Flavor Odyssey is here to guide you on the upcoming beer trends, and this week, hosts Robby and Randy find the best cigar pairing for the Italian Pilsner. Snag one from your local liquor store and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Russian River STS Pils & 22 Minutes to Midnight Connecticut 👍🏻 Robby: Fort Point Sfizio & Warped La Colmena Unico 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 31% Robby: 69% Audience Pairing Kevin O'Connor: LongLive PVD Italian Pilsner & JDN Antaño CT

What the heck is a Cold IPA? No, we ain’t talking about temperature, folks, but instead the actual style of beer defined as a Cold IPA. Somewhere in between a West Coast IPA and an IPL, this crisp, fresh beer style is emerging as a popular new beer trend. Speaking of emerging beer trends, that’s what your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs will be focusing on with this segment of Flavor Odyssey. So grab a Cold IPA, find the best cigar pairing, and join the show. Pairings Randy: Cold IPA & Illusione Epernay 👍🏻 Robby: Cold IPA & Joya de Nicaragua Dos Cientos 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 77% Robby: 23% Audience Pairing Joe Machado: Cold IPA & Casa Fernandez Boheme No. 35

It’s time for number one! That’s right, folks, it’s the final episode of our Cigar of the Year segment of Flavor Odyssey, and hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs seek out the best drink pairing for the Drew Estate Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo, which took the top spot in our year-end list for 2022. Grab an H99 and join the fun. Pairings Randy: Randy: Liga H99 & Vieux Carre Cocktail 👍🏻 Robby: Robby: Liga H99 & Fieldwork Hot Chocolate Milk Stout 👍🏻 Jordan: Liga H99 & BCS Reserve 2021 OF 150th Anniversary 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 52% Robby: 48% Audience Pairing Craig Lee: Liga H99 & PB Eugene Coffee Porter

Pack your bags, kids, we are going to Flavor Town! Yes, that’s right, this week on Flavor Odyssey, your hosts Robby and Randy seek the best drink pairing for Guy Fieri’s Knuckle Sandwich Habano by Espinosa Premium Cigars, which snagged our number 3 spot on this year’s best of the best list. Pairings Randy: KS Habano & Old Fashioned Cocktail 👍🏻 Robby: KS Habano & Airmail Cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: New World Dorado & Gold Rush Cocktail 👍🏻 Jordan: New World Dorado & Gold Rush Cocktail 👎🏻 Votes Randy: 26% Robby: 74% Audience Pairing Kevin O'Connor: KS Habano & Treehouse Gose