Mixing phobia

[Clivia]

Feb 2, 2015 20:25:25 GMT lairey said:

hissie tank crackers are usually citrus, banana, aniseed, cinnamon, absinthe and some mints/menthols.

The only juice I have had that cracked a tank of mine was Joose Juice's spearmint.

A tip to lift a flat juice, add up to 5% vodka to the mix if you think it's missing a little je ne sais quoi

 do you use real vodka or a vodka flavour concentrate ? - thanks

and hissie - I was suspicious too at the beginning - just do it as suggested with one nice flavour I mix flavourless nic base - and then just add the concentrate - I generally mix on 20 % - so 10ml concentrate top up to 50ml - and I use measuring cylinders instead of syringes 
I still buy occasionally ready made liquid but the majority fo my liquids are home made now - it's fun fun fun 

[Perpetua]

Feb 2, 2015 23:38:43 GMT Clivia said:

 do you use real vodka or a vodka flavour concentrate ? - thanks

Real proper lovely Vodka Clivia . . . although it doesn't have to be the top drawer stuff.

[Clivia]

thanks - ok - shopping mission - vodka

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Feb 3, 2015 19:19:11 GMT Clivia said:

thanks - ok - shopping mission - vodka

Stop drinking vodka Clivia !!!!! 

[Clivia]

Feb 3, 2015 19:45:48 GMT @chris2005 said:

Feb 3, 2015 19:19:11 GMT Clivia said:

thanks - ok - shopping mission - vodka

Stop drinking vodka Clivia !!!!! 

I don't drink Vodka -   - am a white wine drinker - with occasionally some nice whiskey 

[hissie]

Wouldn't have the first clue about using vodka in the mixing process. I also wouldn't drink vodka if it was the last drink on earth lol.

[lairey]

Feb 4, 2015 22:03:16 GMT hissie said:

Wouldn't have the first clue about using vodka in the mixing process. I also wouldn't drink vodka if it was the last drink on earth lol.

Just treat it like adding another flavour at around 3-5% hissie 

[hissie]

Right lol. Doesn''t it water down the VG though?

[masteedman]

I find vodka/water reduces harshness of some mixes,started mixing on a whim and couldn't stop lol

[davetherayon]

Mix 10 ML at a time to start with, do 4 or 5 bottles of various sorts and let em steep (if not Red Astaire or similar immediately good to go recipes). Those that don't work, well it's only 10 ML of stuff, and you can refine your recipe accordingly. I keep track of my flavourite stuff on ejuicemeup, tweaking them now and again to see how a little more or less of this and that perform. Tweak and twiddle

[davetherayon]

Also, if you want to break your mixology duck with minimal fuss, try this. For 10 ML of unflavoured juice (yes unflavoured). Assuming you don't have a measured syringe, put 25 drips of 72% eliquid base in. If your base eliquid is different, adjust accordingly, for instance 36% base is half as strong so drip 50 drips. Top up with VG. Give it a good old shake. That's your unflavoured liquid, ready to use, right there. If you have a flavour, for 20% taste, before adding the VG pop in 40 drops of flavouring. For 10%, add 20 drops. And so on. Always leave the VG (or PG if you prefer) till last. If you want to try say, 50/50 PG/VG, put 70 drips of PG in, then top off with VG.

When you get comfy with 10ML, try 30ML, multiplying everything by 3. After a while you can look at ejuicemeup and start experimenting like the rest of us

You can probably see already it's a little faster with a syringe, but to start with, try this one out. Dave Dorn over at VTTV only ever toots these mixes, using 20% Ethyl Maltol, and similarly I make the stuff in 100 ML at a time bottles and it's a great one to have volumes of.

Edit : this will make a 9% strength juice, if you want to make it more poky like 18%, guess what? Adjust the base accordingly. 100 drips of 36% base instead of 50. And so on.

[archiecat]

I find the subtleties of flavours increases hugely after a half bottle of Vodie. just me of course.

[davetherayon]

archiecat I bought a bottle of voddy after being educated that it was great for thinning down strong juices. The night went like this. Measure out the eliquid, take a drink. Syringe some vodka, take drink. Mix the eliquid with the vodka, oops thats my glass, take a drink. Measure the eliquid out into the vodka, swear. Drink to cool off. Elquid the measure into the syringe with vodka, stare at it a bit, take a drink. Throw the syringe at the cat and drinka take.

[Pepperty]

I now make up a 10mg bottle of unflavoured base -- 200ml! 60/40 and when I fancy mixing I shove in required percentage of concentrate by eye and chuck in the unflavoured base in a squeezy measuring cup. yeah I'm lazy but I do like 'one shot flavouring' and its easy enough to work out 10-20% ish....

[Pepperty]

p.s I prefer my vodka orally......................