FLV Butterscotch

submitted over 9 years ago by CheebaSteebaFrugivore

##FLV Butterscotch##

Summary
I like this butterscotch a lot, to me it reminds me of a mix between a butterscotch candy and a butterscotch drizzle. You get a nice deep buttery note to give it good body, a dark caramelesque sweetness, and a bit of an astringent bite to it which I find helps cut through some of the more thick or dense vapes. It's not quite as creamy as I would like a butterscotch, but makes for a great butterscotch, caramel, or sweet-buttery accent to a mix. It really benefits from another cream or creamier butterscotch/caramel, in particular FW Butterscotch Ripple for a super decadent butterscotch.

On the Nose
Butter, prominent dark sweetness, slight alcohol note.

Recommended Usage
Stand alone: 3%. Decent but needs help.

In a mix: 1-2%

Throat
Moderate

Pairings
Other caramels/butterscotchs, creams, banana, vanilla, tobacco, coffee.

Avoid
Bright fruits, melons, citrus.

Steep
3-4 days.

Quick Recipe: Butterscotch Banana Frozen Custard
Ratio: 20PG/80VG
Steep: 1 week

TFA Banana Cream @ 4%
HS Banana @ .75%
FLV Butterscotch @ 2%
FW Butterscotch Ripple @ 3%
TFA Vanilla Bean Ice Cream @ 3%
CAP Vanilla Custard @ 2%

This is my go-to butterscotch vape. Butterscotch & Banana pair surprisingly well. As a decadent profile, it lends itself extremely well to super decadent vapes.

In this mix, FLV Butterscotch's role is to reinforce the butterscotch note and kind of cut through the heavy creams from the Custard, VBIC, and Ripple to offer that buttery dark sweetness you're looking for in a butterscotch. Without it, the butterscotch profile isn't as noticeable as you want it to be, and is a bit too creamy (as if that's possible).

While very tasty and decadent, I don't recommend making something like this your ADV unless you want to snack on your lungs during the movies.

Edit - Sub Ideas: I know a lot of people won't have HS banana if they want to mix this up. It's job here is to just bring the banana flavor a bit more forward. You can try bringing the TFA Banana Cream up a bit more, subbing with FA Banana (1-1.25%), leaving it out, or using your favorite banana in its place (I did try TFA Ripe Banana and was not a fan of how it turned out.)

Comments

3 points

by Apexifiedover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Love that you include a recipe in these reviews. I've gone through about 60ml of the Melon Mix recipe from your Wild Melon review. Not sure how I'm gonna mix up this one, though, considering it's 20pg/90vg. ;)

Luckily my HS Banana is in the mail from BCV, so I'm not suffering from the one-flavor-off blues.

3 points

by CheebaSteebaover 9 years agoFrugivore

Hahaha, woops! Let me fix that. I figure HS Banana will be missing from a lot of people's inventory so I'll throw some sub ideas in there, but HS Banana does the best job from my experience.

3 points

by avtomat5150over 9 years ago

When you say astringent bite, do you mean in the same sort of way that TFA Caramel original does?

2 points

by CheebaSteebaover 9 years agoFrugivore

It's kind of like an alcohol note. Without making a tester of TFA Caramel to refresh my memory, my nose and drop-on-back-of-hand test lead me to believe it's a similar astringent bite.

3 points

by avtomat5150over 9 years ago

Oh, that is very good to hear. I mostly get the astringency on the back-of-hand test as well, and I absolutely love the savory note that seems to translate to in a mix. FLV Butterscotch is an absolute for sure in my next order.

3 points

by ohm-societyover 9 years agoMixologist

I use FLV Butterscotch much in the same way. I find it lacks on sweetness, creaminess and also mouthfeel.

To not take away from it's own butterscotch note, I pair it with TFA Brownsugar for sweetness and mouthfeel, and CAP VC for butter, cream and also mouthfeel.

Recipe example:

Butterscotch Tobacco Custard

Steep time: 4 wks

Butterscotch (FLV) 3.3%
Brown Sugar (TFA) 1.2%
RY4 Double (TFA) 5%
Vanilla Custard (CAP) 5.5%

2 points

by ID10-Tover 9 years ago

Just want to add my endorsement to your sub ideas edit. FA Banana does a great job of keeping the banana flavor in TFA or LA Banana Cream from getting lost in a mix. If using this sub, might want to just a little higher on the FA, like 1 to 1.25%.

2 points

by CheebaSteebaover 9 years agoFrugivore

Yes! Very good point, forgot to mention that. Thank you sir

2 points

by ID10-Tover 9 years ago

For an excellent example of FA Banana being used in this way, check out /u/Philosaphucker 's BANAMANAYA recipe in this month's monthly recipe thread. Now that I think about it, it has worked for me in a banana pudding-type thing with TFA Banana Cream in the past, but his recipe is very much better than that one and was what immediately came to mind when I read your edit and thought "yes, that will do nicely, but with maybe just a smidge more FA Banana."

Also:

> Butterscotch & Banana pair surprisingly well.

Maybe "surprising" to you, but the only thing surprising to me is that I haven't thought to do it in an e-juice recipe yet. But then, I worked in a Dairy Queen for a few years as a kid and couldn't resist getting creative with the sundae toppings. If you're not watching your waistline, try a banana split but replace the usual chocolate, strawberry, and pineapple toppings with all butterscotch, or maybe one shot of caramel in the middle and butterscotch on either end.

2 points

by CheebaSteebaover 9 years agoFrugivore

Ooh, nice, I'll have to check that one out. Haven't seen too much use from FA Banana. Probably going to mix up a few things from the monthly thread this weekend.

> replace the usual chocolate, strawberry, and pineapple toppings with all butterscotch

You can do that?!?