A successful little experiment with Snake Oil

[Clivia]

the famous Red Astaire

and Pepperty - go for the snake oil - come on girl - let's vape it and compare it and discuss it and analyze it - oh yeah and hopefully enjoy it

[Pepperty]

I tried a little toke of halcyon haze gin addiction at Liverpool vape meet and that's lemony, liked it but didn't buy at the time.

...I keep spending my vape budget on mods and tanks but hopefully by vapefest I'll have spare funds for spending on premium juices now I've got my chosen gear sorted ( crosses fingers)

[Deleted]

@pep gins addiction is pretty damn good as well. Might revisit that one during a hit spell .

[Clivia]

May 20, 2014 20:35:00 GMT Pepperty said:

I tried a little toke of halcyon haze gin addiction at Liverpool vape meet and that's lemony, liked it but didn't buy at the time.

...I keep spending my vape budget on mods and tanks but hopefully by vapefest I'll have spare funds for spending on premium juices now I've got my chosen gear sorted ( crosses fingers)

 you don't believe that yourself - do you 

[tomj777]

Ah - snake oil, the wonderful snake oil.
Be aware that this juice more than any other changes characteristics as it ages. To work out constituent flavours you will need to try it repeatedly over time (with breaks in between - recommend at least a week over a period of about three months)... It's the breaks in-between that I find so hard

I suspect that the only way to get close to the constituents is to consider steeping time of individual flavours and compare

Through an order mishap, Simon once sent me a large bottle - an act of kindness I'll not forget. I've sent more samples over the last six or so months to friends as far away as Melbourne than I care to count - much more than Simon gave me - roughly two thirds really like it and three (perhaps more) are now vaping it on a daily basis (proof of karma, perhaps). Saying that, I've had strong negative reactions from some.

I tend to buy it in 100ml bottles and syphon off perhaps 20ml to set aside to steep (sorry - I can't send any - splurged the remainder).

I went off it for about three weeks in January but rekindled the affair afterwards. Not sure if the recipe has changed a little though.

I pick up aniseed, winter berries (blackberries), raspberry, I think cherry (responsible perhaps for the detergent remarks by some) and citrus. As it steeps it looses it's sharpness (zing?) and becomes ever so slightly cloying and takes on a thickness in the vapour (I want to say oily but not in a way that should raise alarm bells - no idea what's going on there). Others pick up hints of liquorice and I can see where you're coming from when you mention eucalyptus.

It will be interesting to see what others think.

[Pepperty]

edit: in reply to clivia ( as I didn't quote and post doh me)

*nods* I do! but it depends how I get on with my rba carto divers and prive tanks.... if I can't get to grips with them then I may panic!

[Mrsmac]

May 20, 2014 20:04:08 GMT chykensa said:

*bobs off to claim commission!* - it's growing on me, and I think I might have to try a free sample at a lower nic strength - this 18mg is doing my head in and I've had to switch to some much kinder 8mg Blackcurrant and White Chocolate in my Kayfun!

Not too sure about the snake oil but please... Tell me more about this black currant and white chocolate

[chykensa]

May 20, 2014 21:44:00 GMT Mrsmac said:

May 20, 2014 20:04:08 GMT chykensa said:

*bobs off to claim commission!* - it's growing on me, and I think I might have to try a free sample at a lower nic strength - this 18mg is doing my head in and I've had to switch to some much kinder 8mg Blackcurrant and White Chocolate in my Kayfun!

Not too sure about the snake oil but please... Tell me more about this black currant and white chocolate

Mrsmac - Here's the recipe, 2nd one down, called 'Black and White'. I own up to this recipe, and tinker with it from time to time. The White Choc takes a long time to steep into a rich sweet flavour, and can taste quite nasty for the first few weeks, so best to mix it and then forget about it for a month at least. Don't use too much Choc flavour either, like I did in the mix I've vaping at the moment, rather overpowers the Blackcurrant!

[Mrsmac]

Thank you I shall give it a go it sounds yummy!

[lairey]

Glad you like it chykensa and for being responsible for your nic overdose! Yep, lets do some brainstorming and see if we can't get a decent replica. I'm back on the 28th but not back to work until the 2nd, so have plenty of time to get some mixing in