Before we get into the thick of Flavor Odyssey Season 7, we decided to take a moment to celebrate the coming New Year with some bubbly! Grab some champagne and whip up a cocktail (or drink it as-is) to pair with a cigar that is fitting of the occasion.

Pairings

Randy: OpusX Angel's Share 20 Years & French 75 Cocktail 👍🏻

Robby: Davidoff Cigar Dojo Exclusive 2018 & Grand Cru Brut 👍🏻

Sensei: Perdomo Reserve Champagne Cigar Dojo Limited Edition 10th Anniversary & Plume Cocktail👎🏻

Jordan: Fratello Lunar Cameroon & Plume Cocktail 👎🏻

Votes

Sensei: 36%

Robby: 64%

Audience Pairing

Bill Powers: Illusione Original Documents Habano & Champagne Maple Cocktail

It’s the Season 7 premiere for Flavor Odyssey, and we are easing into the flow with a non-alcoholic wildcard edition. On this episode, your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs find the best cigar pairing with a Eucalyptus tea.

Pairings

Randy: Eucalyptus Tea & La Palina Goldie No. 5 👍🏻

Sensei: Eucalyptus Hot Toddy & Sobremesa Wagashi 👎🏻

Jordan: Eucalyptus Hot Toddy & HVC La Rosa Rare of Rare 👎🏻

Votes

Sensei: 50%

Robby: 50%

Audience Pairing

Steve Toth: Organic Eucalyptus Tea & 2016 Alec Bradley Post Embargo

This week on Flavor Odyssey, it’s a WILDCARD edition, and your hosts will be revisiting (and possibly refining) their favorite pairings from season 6. It’s been a remarkable journey this season, and we will be sharing our favorites and discussing our least favorite pairings that we have tried along the way.

Pairings

Randy: Liga Privada H99 & Vieux Carre 👍🏻

Sensei: Death & Co. & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻

Jordan: Liga Privada H99 Phineas Gage & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻

Votes

Sensei: 70%

Robby: 30%

Audience Pairing

Bill Powers: OG CAO Amazon Basin & Death & Co. Ranger Buck

It’s the final segment for Flavor Odyssey’s venture into Ready-to-Drink cocktails (RTD), and this week, we go all the way to the top with the best of the best in this arena. We’re talkin’ bougie, high-end, ultra-craft RTDs from companies such as Death & Co. Grab your favorite cigar and create your own pairing for the show.

Pairings

Sensei: Death & Co. & Davidoff Year of the Dragon 👎🏻

Robby: Death & Co. & Montecristo Especiales No. 2 (2018) 👍🏻

Jordan: Death & Co. & Davidoff Aniversario No. 1 LE23 👍🏻

Votes

Sensei: 72%

Robby: 28%

Audience Pairing

Nathan Stewart: DT&T Barba Amarilla & Trade Eights Ginger & Whiskey

Flavor Odyssey continues its segment featuring Ready-to-Drink cocktails (RTD); this week, we look at wine-based RTDs. Unlike spirit-based RTDs, this type of RTD can be sold at retail locations that only have beer & wine licenses. Your hosts Robby and Randy will investigate how these drinks pair with premium cigars.

Pairings

Randy: Randy: Blueberry Cosmo & BLTC Bishops Blend 👍🏻

Robby: Peach Mojito & My Father El Centurion H-2K-CT 👍🏻

Votes

Randy: 49%

Sensei: 51%

Audience Pairing

Mike Heykens: Next Round Strawberry Lime Rose Sangria & ACID 20

On this episode of Flavor Odyssey, we find the best cigar pairing for a Ready-to-Serve (RTS) cocktail. An RTS-style cocktail is a subset of the Ready-to-Drink (RTD) segment of this emerging trend in the liquor world. With higher ABV and premium ingredients, these are the closest thing you can get to a real cocktail from a quality bartender.

Pairings

Randy: Tatuaje The Bride & Knob Creek On the Rocks RTS 👍🏻

Sensei: EPC Pledge & High West Old Fashioned Barrel Finished RTS 👍🏻

Jordan: JC Newman Angel Cuesta & High West Old Fashioned Barrel Finished RTS 👍🏻

Votes

Randy: 29%

Sensei: 71%

Audience Pairing

Stephen Moses: Knob Creek RTS Old Fashioned & Espinosa Murcielago

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Joe Machado: Jalapeño Pineapple Margarita RTS & RoMa Craft Neanderthal

Ready-to-Drink (RTD) cocktails are the hottest thing in the liquor world, and we are diving into some trends within this next segment on Flavor Odyssey. The first trend is that the “big guys,” i.e. household name brands are staking their claim in the game. There are none bigger than Jack Daniel’s, and they have introduced their own Jack and Coke RTD with Coca-Cola. Your hosts Robby and Randy will be seeking the best cigar pairing with this drink, and invite you to create your own best pairing.

Pairings

Randy: Liga Privada No. 9 & Jack 'n Coke 👍🏻

Robby: Red Meat Lovers Club & Jack 'n Coke 👍🏻

Votes

Randy: 52%

Robby: 48%

Audience Pairing

Randi Harrison: Drew Estate Blackened M81 & Jack 'n Coke

This week on Flavor Odyssey, we take a little diversion, because it’s pumpkin season! Whether it’s pumpkin beer, pumpkin cocktails, or even a pumpkin spice latte, your hosts find the best cigar pairings for them. Join the show with your pumpkin-flavored pairing and partake in the fun.

Pairings

Robby: Pumpkin Spice White Russian & Tatuaje Shaggy Pumpkin 👍🏻

Sensei: Wiley Roots Pumpkin Spice Ale & La Palina Goldie No. 5 👍🏻

Jordan: Wiley Roots Pumpkin Spice Ale & Tatuaje The Tiff 👍🏻

Votes

Robby: 61%

Sensei: 39%

Audience Pairing

Mike Heykens: Pumpkin Old Fashioned & Tatuaje Skinny Monsters Hyde

It’s a wildcard edition of Flavor Odyssey, and your hosts Robby and Randy continue the emerging cigar brands theme. EXCEPT… this week, everyone picks their own brand and drink pairings. Do you have a cigar brand that you feel is going to be the next big thing? Tune in and join the fun.

Pairings

Cigar Surgeon: Powstanie SBC22 & Pumpkin Pie Milkshake IPA 👍🏻

Robby: Patina 5th Anniversary & French Connection 👍🏻

Jordan: All Saints Solamente & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻

Matt: HVC Hot Cake Golden Line & World's Best Old Fashioned 👍🏻

Votes

Surgeon: 57%

Robby: 43%

Audience Pairing

Mike Heykens: Fosforo Maduro & Vieux Carre

This week on Flavor Odyssey, it’s the final leg in our journey into trending and emerging cigar brands, and your hosts Robby and Randy will be exploring offerings from Rick Rodriguez and his West Tampa Tobacco Co. Pick a drink you think would pair best with a WTT White, Black, Red, or Attic Series and join the fun.

Pairings

Randy: West Tampa Red & Coffee Boulevardier 👎🏻

Robby: West Tampa Black & Bar Drake Manhattan 👍🏻

Sensei: West Tampa Red & Coffee Bourbon County Stout 👎🏻

Jordan: West Tampa Red & Coffee Bourbon County Stout 👍🏻

Votes

Randy: 30%

Robby: 70%

Audience Pairing

Kevin Acuff: West Tampa Red & 2019 Acacia Pinot Noir