This is my first "big" batch of juices. They were just in 4ml vials until I was able to dial in each flavor to my liking before stepping up to larger bottles.
Out these flavors, the ones that stand out the most to me is Pear-adise, Melonie, and Cereal Killer in that order.
So if you're so inclined to, here are all my recipes so far. All the flavoring I used was from The Perfumer's Apprentice unless noted.
Pear-a-dise
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1% Coconut (Extra)
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8% Pear
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4% Bavarian Cream
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2% Watermelon
Melonie
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1% Coconut (Extra)
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2.5% Dragon Fruit
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6% Strawberry (Ripe)
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5% Watermelon
Creamy Nanner
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4% Banana Cream (LorAnns)
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6% Banana Cream
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5% Bavarian Cream
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5% French Vanilla
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1% Banana (Ripe)
Nanaberry
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6% Banana Cream (LorAnns)
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6% Blueberry (Wild)
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1.5% Banana (Ripe)
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4% Strawberry (Ripe)
Orange Cream Dream
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1% Coconut (Extra)
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7% French Vanilla
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12% Orange Cream
Cereal Killer
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3% Bavarian Cream
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8% Blueberry (Wild)
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4% French Vanilla
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6% Strawberry (Ripe)
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2% Sweet Cream
Blooberry
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12% Blueberry (Wild)
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5% Bavarian Cream
I'm trying Blooberry today. Any recommendations on steep time? I ran it through 3x480s in my ultrasonic with hot tap water, and it seems good right off the hop, but wondering if it smooths out after a week or two? Great flavour on this @ 70/30. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I wouldn't know what to tell you since this was my first time making this recipe. All the others I made test batches for though.
Its good :) I dripped a ml or two right after mixing, one of the two is a little spicey off the hop, so I left the cap off for almost 24hrs now. Taste is great just need it to smooth out a bit. Fresh at mixing so this is helping me have a few good ones to mix larger batches of while I experiment. Thanks again for sharing!
Sounds interesting and good.
Thanks! I just mixed up all the 10ml bottles a few hours ago, and the two 15ml bottles yesterday. All of my juices received a two hour heat steep in a crock pot with their tops off to allow anything in the juice to evaporate off.
I know they all get better with a few days of natural steeping because I still have a tiny bit of each flavor from the test batches I made.
If you ever give out samples, let me know! :)
2 hours in a heat bath with the top off sounds like it would really really mute the flavor. But I am no expert If I am impatient, I will do a heat bath for an hour or 2. Never more than 4, and maybe take off the lid for a bit after, to let it breath. Never more than an hour. And I usually got pretty chill on the bath and breathing for fruity flavors like those. But I am no expert.
I've always heated my juices after mixing for long periods of times. All of my flavors, even subtle fruity ones, have amazing flavor. The issue with heat steeping is that it can chemically change the nicotine if you let it go over a certain temperature, and make it not produce the effects, but flavor shouldn't be affected.
Masking tape? Masking tape!!!! Thank you for this inadvertent solution to my problem.
It a good way to keep track of which juice is which, but doesn't look that pretty. I'm eventually going to purchase clear printable labels off of Amazon. It's like $10 for a pack that has 200+ labels to print on.
Then it'll make my juice look more professional.