Cigar Pairing With Gold Star from United Cigars

Flavor Odyssey · Feb 12, 2026 · 1h 13m

This week on Flavor Odyssey, Robby Ras and Randy Griggs find the perfect drink pairing for the Gold Star from United Cigars.

Our #18 cigar of the year (and in the Dojo’s ‘Cigar of the Year Sampler’ from Smoke Inn), it features an Ecuadorian Habano 2000 wrapper, Indonesian Sumatra binder, and fillers of Dominican Ligero, Criollo ’98, Corojo ’98, and Connecticut Broadleaf.

Pairings

Randy: Gold Standard cocktail & United Gold Star 👍🏻

Robby: French 125 cocktail & United Gold Star 👍🏻

Votes

Randy 67%

Robby: 33%

🙋‍♂️ Audience Pairings

Jeff Endrizzi: Gold Star Robusto & Maple Whiskey Sour 👍🏻👍🏻

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