Setup: Recoil w/ flavor barrel, Dual 15 wrap 26g 3mm Nifethal 70 coils @.18 ohms. 60w power, 450F temp limit. Full Cotton Wicks.
Testing: FLV Marshmallow Treat @ 3%, 70/30 VG/PG, Steeped 21 days.
Flavor Description: Really weird rice krispies treats. Moderately fluffy malty inhale with a dry medium sweet exhale. Not quite a vanilla note on the exhale. I wouldn't call it marshmallow exactly, either. It doesn't taste overtly artificial, just odd. Higher wattage and heat doesn't really help this out or make the concentrate work any better, it just pushes the off flavors higher in the mix and makes them stronger.
Off-flavors: The krispies part of this has a strong cardboard vibe. Lingering subtle sweet anise or stewed basil taste after exhale on the marshmallow.
Throat Hit: 4/10. A little dry and a little harsh.
Uses: I'm struggling with thinking of a use here. To use it as a base for rice krispies treats you would need to reinforce the rice krispies, and the marshmallow, and some buttery richness. At that point, this concentrate would be unecessary. The only possible use I'd come up with would be as a malty texturizer, although you'd be better served just using something like FW Rice Krispies or what ever they are calling it now.
Pairings: Your guess is as good as mine. It would work with sweet stone fruit or juicier berries. Maybe sweeter chocolates. Creams.
Notes: This is just weird, and not particulary effective. The concentrate itself instantly turned my pg/vg mix kidney failure yellow and opaque when mixed. It's just full of off-flavors. It's vapeable, just not pleasant or useful as far as I can tell.
Man, this is depressing. Not even because I Wanted this flavor per-say, but because FLV seems to have dropped the ball with A LOT of these newer flavors. I have some of there and I really love them, but a lot of the new ones I was stoked for I haven't seen a lot of good about.
But hot damn I've been digging their tobaccos so I give them props for that
Yeah, this was one I was really pulling for. Seems obvious, but doubling their line based on an arbitrary FDA deadline led to some serious QC issues. I've found a couple good ones that I didn't see reviews on beforehand, but not a lot of it has been essential like some of the stuff they actually had time to nail (rampant speculation there, but the results seem to be obvious.)
I just recently have started to mix tobaccos and I am appreciating the hell out of connecticut shade and red burley though, so that's good.
WoW /U/ConcreteRiver stumped, Hey man Appreciate it, was thinking other day about how a rice krispy treat vape. Keep em coming saving me from wasting money. Great review.
This one is tough. It's not actively bad, just not good at what it's trying to do. I was hoping for a good base for something like Pinky Swear but it would need so much reinforcing that it just seems like a waste of effort. I just want more from it. It's like a blurry photocopy of a rice krispies treat. Running it hotter sweetens it up a bit, but you still have really flat / cardboard note and the weird take on marshmallow.
Good review. You should review the flavors from liquid barn. I just got my order tonight and so far I'm very impressed
Dude, i've blown my flavor budget til sometime in 2018. I've got to figure out a way to actually use all of this flavorah now. With that said, reviews would be helpful and you just so happen to have some... I'm going to nominate you.
Since this is literally my first diy purchase, that's a bold move haha. If I can find some free time later this week, I'll take a crack at it.
Hey, single flavor tasting is an awesome way to get to know what you are working with. Believe it or not, there are no actual qualifications for posting these reviews, besides a general level of handsomeness of the reviewer. I'm still under 15 total reviews and just the process of diving in and going for it has improved my ability to break down and realize what I'm actually tasting. It's a cool exercise, and your notes are useful to everyone.