Purilum Vanilla Nut Brittle

submitted about 8 years ago by mysticrosell

Percentage Used: 6%

Equipment Used: Troll RDA with a single Kanthal .3 ohm Staircase coil at 27W. 24g kernel with 32g wrap, cotton wick.

PG/VG: 30/70

Steep Time: 9 Days

Aroma: Caramel, brown sugar, butter, nuts.

Flavor Description: Sweet and rich brown sugar caramel or toffee is right up front. It's not like caramel candy, definitely more brittle hard candy. Pretty equally balanced with the candy is toasted nuts, not raw, I think peanuts but I'm not positive. Maybe a nut mix. Back notes of butter a darker vanilla, similar to bourbon vanilla.

Off Flavors: None

Throat Hit: 3/10

Pairings: Cookies, cakes, creams, custards, nuts, tobaccos, danishes, coconut, doughnuts, chocolate, coffee.

Notes: Moderate strength at 6%. I'm thinking for a full flavored brittle I'll push it to 7-9% for single flavor. Probably 1.5-4% in mixes.It's a well layered complete flavor. This is making me want a vanilla cupcake with mocha frosting sprinkled with vanilla nut brittle. Yummy.

Comments

2 points

by chewingpaintchipsabout 8 years agoOne of "The Damned"

Wtf is a staircase coil?

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by meatballpokingabout 8 years agoYellow Cake Apologist

Had me wondering, too.

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by mysticrosellabout 8 years ago

Yep...that's the one. Thank you!

1 points

by mysticrosellabout 8 years ago

If you google it in images it will show you.

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by chewingpaintchipsabout 8 years agoOne of "The Damned"

So its just a fused clapton with ribbon wire? I could have swore google was just going to show me spiral staircases..lol..

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by mysticrosellabout 8 years ago

No, not a clapton. "The core consists of two regular kanthal wires parallel to each other. Around these wires is a wrap of flat ribbon wire, spaced in such a way as to resemble a spiral staircase."

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by twoambienabout 8 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Does it taste like Butterscotch at all?

You're describing the ingredients in Butterscotch (brown sugar, butter, vanilla)

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by mysticrosellabout 8 years ago

Maybe a hint? Since the caramel, butterscotch, and toffee are so very very close it's sometimes hard to find the differences. It tastes like toffee, which is butterscotch cooked to the hard crack stage. Once it's cooked to that stage, the flavor goes beyond butterscotch for me personally. It becomes darker flavored similar to caramel and the white sugar caramelizes into more of a brown sugar flavor to my taste buds.