Ruy Lopez , Strawberry Variation v1

[miltiades]

Hello.

i've decided a while ago to try some recipes with Strawberry. I've used nearly everything available on the market. 
Inawera , FA , Capella , Loran , Atmos Lab , and others. Most strawberries have the flavor one-way or another but the aroma is strongly chemical 
and masks everything else , especially creams. The inawera one especially is doable but you need ages to kill the chemistry. My two definitive picks
on this recipe are the one from UKF and the one from TPA in a variation Strawberry and Strawberry Ripe.

My definitive method here in order to keep the flavors there is to go with three separate bases and then mixed together in order to avoid
the strawberry mask effect but also keep a strong flavor there.

The name of those variations come from a famous chess player from Spain , Ruy Lopez

First three different bases (all 50-50 and with 6% nic , though the latter is what everybody wants) , if you go more than 50-50 in the VG's side it needs a bit of 
uping the cream , though if you go to a higher PG % then slow down a bit the strawberry.

Base 1: 50-50 and around 7% strawberry if UKF , or 5% strawberry and 2% strawberry ripe from TPA
Base 2: 50-50 and around 10% of Bavarian cream and 3% vanilla tahiti from flavour art
Base 3: 50-50 and around 8% of Organic Brown Sugar from Nature's Flavors (it's the only one i have)


Notes: Base 1 should stay one night cup off to kill the chemical taste then let it steep. If you have Inawera go to as low as 4% , it's very strong and takes ages to clean.


Bases 2 and 3 need at least 21 days to settle down. 21-30 days you will start to find the smooth flavors of the cream , sugar and vanilla , earlier it's a waste IMO. Brown sugar certainly a month.

I've tasted all three bases separately in order to find the sweet spot. For me it was at 10-12 days from the strawberry , and 22 days for bavarian cream and 30 days for Brown Sugar.

At this stage (30 days) i've mixed them together and let them stay for 2-3 days.

Base 1 50% - Base 2 30% and Base 3 20% 


i believe(i hope not because this is something i've made) that for first time i've found those effect of multiple layers. You get a creamy strawberry - sweet like effect- on the inhale and
then you feel the brown sugar - a bit bitter - and just a hint of vanilla here and there... i was unlucky as that was one of my test batches and i had 10ml actually ended within a day... no i have to wait for the next...

Best regards...