So I started by trying to clone my ADV, a B&M near me makes a strawberry lemonade that I could not get enough of so I wanted to do this as my first clone. After about 15-20 variations I got it.
10% FW Lemonade
7% TFA Strawberry Ripe (Cap sweet strawberry also good (slightly more candy flavor))
1% Ethyl Mathol 10 % PG Solution
1 drop per ML Citric Acid PG Solution
To be more accurate: . 26g or approx .26 ml (assuming approx 1g per 1 ml pg) per 10 ml eliquid The. 26g was derived from weighing 10 drops 10 times and taking the average. I came up with the recipe prior to my switch to mixing by weight. This way kept the same ratio. I do not use a % because I add it to the end of the finished liquid similar to /u/Fizzmustard 's nana cream clone.
The great thing about this recipe is that you can sub in other fruits for the Strawberry. I have done Pomegranate, Pear, Pineapple, Peach, and Blueberry. They all work quite well and I am sure that other fruits would also be good.
Note: I know that the citric acid question comes up quite a bit. The 10% solution can be bought at Nude Nic already in the 10% solution for quite cheap. Or you can make it with pure citric acid powder (make sure it's pure, you do not want Ball brand canning powder, it has other additives) I get mine at Sprouts (similar to Whole Foods). You want 1/4 tsp (1.66 g) in 10 ml of PG
Let me know what you think or if you have any questions.
I have been enjoying this for a while so I wanted to share as you all have helped me so much.
Edit: added more accurate measurements for Citric Acid both in weight and volume.
Why the 1 drop per mil of CA? Drops are subjective. Can we get a % you are using?
Guessing 0.5% or so.
Most people assume its 20 drops per ml, but like you I hate the drops measuring because of the hundreds of various droppers one could use. I usually start at 0.1% and work up to 1% if I see people say 1-10 drops or whatever
EDIT see LippencottElvis's post below, I was mistaken and don't want to delete my post to make it look like I'm an idiot
Glad I'm not the only one. I find it so strange people invest in high quality scales and equipment that lets them measure down to the hundredth of a gram accurately, then post recipes with very specific percentages and toss '1 drop per ml CA' at the end. I got downvoted so hard when I questioned a very popular clone recipe on just this, as I believe my drops came to about 30-50% too much compared to whatever drops the creator was putting. Just seems to me that accuracy is so much more important when you are dealing with the ingredients that are very strong and in small percentages already.
Most drops are 0.02g to 0.03g each, and 1 per ml on 10ml comes out to roughly 0.25ml, or 2.5%. Assuming 1ml of PG is roughly 1g, which it basically is.
Of course that is on top of the base amount, so there is a slight dilution ratio, but it's close enough.
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I just picked up a bottle of FW lemonade and was looking for something to try with it. Much appreciated. Would also appreciate the CA by weight if you update.
Updated
I had some time so went ahead and mixed it with 2% as opposed to your 2.6%. Tastes great as I mixed it, but perhaps I'll go ahead and add the extra to a small bottle and see which turns out better.
I've been working on lemonades for close to two years now. Try adding maybe 4% of Inawera Shisha Lemon. NF's lemonade is probably the best, but it has Gum Arabic in it.
A bit of TFA Dragon fruit helps brighten and add depth, and stonefruits like apricot/peach lend body and sweetness (not a big fan of additives). A touch of something like Capella Cool Mint (1%) also adds body and sweetness.