Fig, Vanilla Bean & Gin Cocktail

[beedee]

Here is something I've messed around with for a while and got to a stage where I like it:

4.50% FA Fig Fresh (Flavour Arts)
- This is a great standalone (I use it at 5%)
4.00% Gin & Tonic (Flavormonks)
-  So is this (used at 8%)
3.00% SWEETENER (Perfumers Apprentice)
- OK it's a lot of sweetener, but see recipe below - this is meant to be sweet/sour - I tried it with 1 & 2% and it was a little bitter for my tastes
2.50% Vanilla Tahiti (Flavour Creative aka Flavour Arts)
- Tried this with Holy Vanilla at first, this worked better as it adds more sweetness
0.75% Pannetone (SolubArome)
- this and the G&T are the sour in the sweet and sour mix
0.30% Koolada 5% (Perfumers Apprentice) - This is 10% Koolada diluted by 50% - optional, obviously! 

Never tried the original cocktail but the recipe is: 2.5 parts gin, 2-4 parts tonic, 0.5 part Fig + Vanilla Bean Simple Syrup (made up with 6 fresh figs, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water,
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste), 2 dashes orange bitters (the Pannetone stands in for this) and ice.

For me it's got all the flavours coming through and the vanilla really enhances the fig flavour - it's an unusual vape.

Of course - there's a label:

[jtc]

The vape ain't to my taste but thanks for a great post and with explanations.
Love the label though

[beedee]

May 18, 2017 4:53:37 GMT jtc said:

The vape ain't to my taste but thanks for a great post and with explanations.
Love the label though

Thanks jtc, realise this will not be to most people's tastes. Will probably be posting more odd recipes as I'm in a bit of a cocktail phase in terms of mixing.

Nice thing is,  doing the labels is almost as much fun as creating and vaping the mixes!