when to drip taste?

[bunglebear]

hi all

so 1st batch made, couple of questions:

1 - how long after mixing can i test in dripper? do i need to steep to full maturity, or can it be sooner?

2 - if drip test reveals need more flavour(s) how do you do this and keep same percentages? so if i had 30ml mixed and wanted more of a flavor, should i calculate for 40ml and remix amounts?.....cos if just add flavor it will throw pg/vg/nic out......

cheers

[Tom]

It depends on what you have mixed.

Some fruits and menthols are pretty good to go straight away.

Some complex fruits take a few days.

Custards/Chocolats end to take at least a few weeks

Nothing wrong with having a few drops in a dripper for a preview though!

[lairey]

You can test it any time you like bunglebear, but I would hold off tweaking until it reaches maturity as the flavour really can change quite considerably over time.

Personally, if I'm developing a new recipe, I only mix in 10ml batches and if I think something needs tweaking, I make another bottle, calling it v2, v3 etc. Then I can compare each version, knowing what I've tweaked each time.

As far as knocking out the Nic and PG/VG ratios, for the amount of difference another few % of flavouring would affect it, I wouldn't care, but remember it will need re-steeping