Flavor Odyssey

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 & 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

Black Star Line Cigars out of Chicago have been turning heads over the past five years, and are clearly one of the trending and emerging brands in the industry. This week on Flavor Odyssey, your hosts Robby and Randy find the best drink pairings for Aric Bey’s BSL releases. Pairings Randy: BSL War Witch & Revolver Cocktail 👍🏻 Robby: BSL War Witch & Mocha Spritz Cocktail 👍🏻 Sensei: BSL Rosewood 1923 & Green River Wheated Bourbon 👍🏻 Jordan: BSL Dark War Witch & Elijah Craig 18-Year 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 69% Robby: 31% Audience Pairing Bill Powers: BSL Dark War Witch & Fireball Bourbon Cream

In this segment of Flavor Odyssey, we explore emerging and trending cigar brands. One of the brands that has caught our attention is Cavalier Genève. Sebastien Decoppet not only has produced some tasty cigars but also opened his own factory in Honduras. Grab a Cavalier and a drink and join the show. Pairings Randy: Cavalier Black Series II & American Dark Lager 👍🏻 Robby: Cavalier Black Series II & Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen 👍🏻 Votes Randy: 49% Robby: 51% Audience Pairing Kevin O'Connor: Cavalier Inner Circle & Caipirinha

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