Have you ever ruined a juice by cloning it?

submitted over 10 years ago by seratne

There's this one juice that I just loved, and I've been working on trying to clone it for the better part of two months. All the while it seems to be missing that one ingredient. I asked my wife to smell my clone and the original and see if she could tell what was missing between the two.

Grape.

Not that I hate grape, but now it's all I can taste in the original. All the blueberries and creams are gone. And it's just grape. I don't even want to finish my clone of it.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Comments

5 points

by sexi_korean_boiover 10 years ago

I made a bottle of fizzmustard's 'nana cream clone recipe and now I can't have the original without it tasting LA banana cream which is a flavor I despise and I don't wanna touch it. I used to really like 'nana cream too.

5 points

by abdadaover 10 years ago

Almost all my ADVs are ruined for me since I started buying and playing with the individual aroma volatiles themselves.

In fact, some of my favorite junk foods are also ruined as the flavor components are starting to pop out at me. It's really annoying.

On the flip side, I've come to really appreciate some of the more complex retail flavors that I just can't pick apart. I really like knowing someone either spent a LOT of hours blending a lot of disparate flavors, or had a serendipitous discovery.

1 points

by mrwillingumover 10 years ago

new to DIYing, what exactly do you mean by individual aroma volatiles?

3 points

by skiddlzninjaover 10 years agoFrugivore

Also referred to as aroma molecules, they are the actual chemicals that impart the flavor and aroma we experience in our flavorings. How we say flavoring is PG based, because it is a mix off these aroma molecules in solution with PG. If you want to learn more about the chemistry side of DIY, there is a post with all sorts of resources on /r/Deeper_DIY

1 points

by mrwillingumover 10 years ago

exactly what I was looking for, thank you.

1 points

by To0nMaNover 10 years ago

Individual components that make up flavorings. Each flavoring is generally made up of multiple chemicals.

1 points

by GMU_TheHulkover 10 years ago

Do you have an example of one of the retail flavors?

3 points

by shrine399over 10 years agoMixologist

Looper... not ruined but not as astonished by it.

6 points

by Enyawreklawover 10 years agoMixologist

This. When I first had it I was enamored. Then after I tried cloning it, and kilo's cereal milk, they all just taste like pledge to me now

1 points

by YummyKissesover 10 years ago

I've been looking for a good looper clone. You happen to have a link for one you recommend?

1 points

by shrine399over 10 years agoMixologist

There's quite a few floating around, just search for them, I'm on my phone right.

3 points

by slow_blinksover 10 years ago

My girlfriend had this juice that she loved for a while. I vaped it and instantly said it tasted like grape cough medicine and now that's all she can taste. Also Root Beer tastes like Colgate toothpaste.

3 points

by _EatTheRichover 10 years ago

Funny, I've always thought Colgate tastes like root beer

2 points

by BreakyNinjaover 10 years ago

Its the wintergreen

1 points

by The_Mosephusover 10 years ago

never tell a rootbeer lover that wintergreen is used to flavor it unless you want to potentially ruin rootbeer for them

1 points

by Criterion515over 10 years ago

Purple drank? If so that's exactly what it's supposed to taste like.

2 points

by mentiveover 10 years ago

LOL ignorance is bliss my friend. Hope you share the finished version!

2 points

by joshualeetover 10 years ago

Anything with TFA Ripe Banana. After DIYing with it in MINUSCULE amounts (a single drop in a 30mL bottle where all other flavors make up ~20%), it's banana juice. Every time no matter what.

1 points

by marf_lefoggover 10 years ago

I would love to know your grape. I have been trying to clone Ruthless Grape Drank for the past 3 months and have missed the mark. While I have made some even more delicious, I still want to get my clone down.

1 points

by leddheddover 10 years ago

MBV Faux Hawk was absolutely one of my favorite flavours, hands down ADV, i ended up buying enough concentrate to make about 250ml of the stuff, then i read somewhere about it having a licorice flavor to it (which i hate, aniseed and licorice make me vomit thanks to a nice childhood memory) and now that licorice-y aniseed-y hint is all i can bloody taste. none of the fruitiness and freshness. it isn't COMPLETELY ruined and now and then after i have vaped creams for a while it comes back and pops, but every now and then it jumps out at me and makes me sad.

1 points

by WhiteEnvelopesover 10 years ago

I was trying to clone Kerry's Berries. Gf told me it tasted like nyquil. Went back and tried the original...ruined.

1 points

by PCnerd73over 10 years ago

Haven't really "ruined" a flavor yet, but I used to be SUPER addicted to Innevape's Heisenberg. I'd vape a whole bottle in less than 2 days.

I haven't even started my DIY projects yet, but over the course of the last couple weeks and mixing random flavors I had together to eliminate bottles, Heisenberg just doesn't have the same appeal anymore.

I guess that's what happens when the local store runs out, I'm broke and bored. lol

1 points

by ragekage23424over 10 years agoPâtissier

My friend had this one juice a while back (I forgot the name) that tasted like a fruity gum of sorts. One day one of his other friends tried it and he said it tasted like broccoli beef. When I was told the same, the gum flavor was gone, and all I could taste was broccoli beef.

1 points

by 405Kingover 10 years ago

It's like when something was awesome as a kid, then you learn how it works and it's not so awesome anymore.

1 points

by JKCIOover 10 years ago

Pluto by space jam.

I saw a clone recipe on here and made it and it tasted so bad.

Now I don't want it at all.