Setup: Velocity clone; dual twisted 24awg Ni/28awg kanthal @ .27Ω; cotton wicks; 45 W
Testing: Inawera Gold Ducat @ 3%; Aged: 27 days
Flavor description: Medium bodied lightly spiced tobacco that tastes much like a fine cigar smells before it's lit. The tobacco carries some distinctive woodsy tones, and is complimented by a rather syrupy blend of nuts, caramel, molasses, with maybe raisins or prunes, and a slightly smokey note in the deep background. Kind of reminds me of my days when I chewed fresh Levi Garrett from a pouch.
Off-flavors: Nothing to report here.
Throat hit: 6/10 robust, yet pretty smooth
Uses: Good as is, but would work in a blended tobacco base too. Honestly, this flavor is pretty good after a couple days steeping. I know it's cliche to let tobacco flavors steep a while longer than normal, but I think this one could be easily enjoyed either way, as the raisins and syrup do die down a bit after a while.
Pairings: I can't even imagine pairing this one with much besides other preferred tobaccos. Maybe something that's already in it that you want to accent like nuts, caramel, maple, raisin?
Notes: Due to it's complexity, I recommend to definitely try this flavoring alone before deciding what to add to it. I'm going to bet Inawera intended this flavor to be enjoyed standalone.
Bonus Recipe
Ingredient | Percentage ---|--- INW Gold Ducat | 3-4%
Link to all of our flavor reviews in the wiki
Edit: Included steeping notes.
Totally off topic, but the first time I looked at this at the title, I seriously thought someone on the Star Trek sub was highly confused and/or near illiterate. Lol.
Gold Ducat... Gul Dukat...
It's fantastic that tobacco flavours are becoming viable now, A few years ago the standard response to someone who wanted to stop smoking was "Forget about tobacco, it's vile".
Now there are some really good ones, and thank you for the reviews Mr wh1skeyk1ng.
I still feel that NET is king though, and RIP my coil.
It's funny... You have the people who ONLY want tobacco because they are just getting off smoking... Then the other people who want anything BUT tobacco because they are just getting off smoking. My dad was one where we tried so many different tobacco flavors because he didn't want "fruity shit"... and Andromeda (very fruity) is what ended up getting him off cigs...
I'm really enjoying this flavor, though I find it is a bit sweet. I've got it in a mix with INW Flue Cured, INW Dark Fire, AP, and DNB. The shake and vape test was really sweet, but reminded me of the smell of a fresh pack of Camel Turkish Silvers. But of course, you can never judge a tobacco by a shake and vape. The single flavor mix I made at 5% got really good after a couple weeks. Might see the final version in the January recipe thread!
Edit: this inspired me to run down to the lab (my basement bar) and give that mix a 4 day taste test. As expected, it's getting really good. A lot of that initial sweetness is toned down and the tobaccos are shining through. Gave the single flavor a 3 week taste test and I'm picking up that plum or raisin flavor in the background. Pretty happy I pulled the trigger already on a bigger bottle.
Can I get the recipe homie? Even if not finalized I'd love to get something going with Gold Ducat. So far I've tried it in only one mix. Was nice but need to get to know it more.
Sure thing!
All INW except for the Acetyl Pyrazine (TFA)
Gold Ducat- 3.5% Flue Cured- 3% Dark Fire- 1% AP- .5% DNB- .5%
It's still a bit sweet, but not bad for a 4 day steep. Probably take a week or 2 to finish.
Quick edit: I was considering maybe swapping the Dark Fire with Dark for Pipe, but I think I'm gonna let it ride for now.
Do you get a distinct honey note off it? I got that from 1-3 day steep. Vaped it all before it could age properly so don't know if that honey fades.
My thought was that this would mix really well with Kentucky Blend and Native Tobacco by Flavorah. Native definitely has a honey note way in the background.
So... I heard good things about this tobacco flavoring. So I made sure I got it in my vape mail about a month ago, while visiting the US (INW flavorings are prohibitively expensive to get here in Mexico). I followed the suggestion given here, and I mixed 4% INW Gold Ducat, 80-20 VG-PG, 3mg nic. I tasted it the day afterwards. I'm lousy at describing what flavor notes can be perceived on a tobacco. I can only tell if something tastes like roasted peanuts or smoked bacon, but other subtle notes are lost to me, like prunes, or wood, or whatnot. Well, it was unbearably perfume-y after a day. So, I put the bottle back in my steeping place.
And now, 17 days later.... wow. It's like it was just another blend. Soft, smooth, and yet it's a tobacco, no doubt. I'm noting this down as a success, and add it to my rotation!