Flavor Odyssey

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