Dearest Mixing Community,
2020 fucking sucked. I said it, but we were all thinking it. And yet, despite all the craziness, hardships, and political turmoil we carried on, growing to 60k+ subs. It is time for us to use the 2020 hindsight vision to look back and celebrate the work done by our community to create and share recipes with each other!!!
This thread is for you to nominate and vote on the "Best Recipe of 2020!" It is a great honor for me to write this up and present it for you. If you have been sitting on trying some, check out the 2020 Recipe Roundup and mix some up before the month ends.
Prior Years
Please note, that here we do not nominate your own creation. At the end of each year, we celebrate the best recipe by others that you found on this site (or on our official Discord) from 2020 only. Possible entries range from what became your latest ADV or something unique/unusual that you think showed real creativity and blew your mind. PLEASE FOLLOW THE SUBMISSION FORMAT to make it easier for others to follow!
Format:
"Recipe name" by /u/username
<Flavor> (<Vendor>) @ x%
<Flavor> (<Vendor>) @ x%
<Flavor> (<Vendor>) @ x%
Or if you'd like to use a table copy this:
"Recipe Name" by /u/username
Co. | Flavor | %
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A1 | A2 | A3
B1 | B2 | B3
Or just switch to Fancy Pants Editor and make your life easy.
Please include:
(1) Your description of why you love this recipe or why you find it worthy of recognition
(2) Any alterations / substitutions you made to the recipe (ideally none, but if you did change it it's important to note).
The winner (the one who created the recipe) gets a special flair, our undying admiration and bragging rights for the next year. Contest mode is enabled; top level posts not meeting submission rules will be deleted. Winner announced at the end of the month, when the post will be locked from further comment and contest mode disabled.
Also, since we only get two stickied posts, here is a link to the January recipe thread.
humbly,
- i
"Gruber Grapve V2" by /u/Foment_life
FLV | Beer Nuts | .15%
CAP | Concord Grape With Stevia | 2.5%
WF | Croissant SC | 2%
TPA |DX Peanut Butter | 5.5%
INW |Grape | 1.5%
FW | Hazelnut | 1%
FLV | Starch Base | .5%
FW | Sweetener | .5%
Link to recipe : https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/share/fb43cea1-849c-4ca1-a47d-7304e7461aee
Reason: cracked the secret code to a PB&J sandwich, and is a delicious vape, you get a grape on in the inhale and a hint of peanut butter and bread on the exhale that just reminds you of a perfect PB&J
+1 and it's /u/Foment_life
I don't know how that slipped by me, I updated the post with the correct name.
+1 to this.
Not just a recipe. It's a white whale in which a dedicated subreddit was created back in 2016 for the sole purpose of figuring out.
Shoot, it’s really that good, huh? I’ve been hesitant in ordering all the stuff for it that I need. I suppose I need to bite the bullet!
100% . . . this!!!
Yep, this /u/gamebeatter guy or gal beat me to my Recipe of the Year nomination. Gruber isn't just an awesome recipe, it's an achievement. I don't know where I'll find the time but I think I'm going to have to make a post about it.
I even spend this morning looking back over all the recipes I tried over the past year to see if I could find something else I wanted to nominate, and kept thinking, "yeah but Gruber..."
(Also found that most of the recipes I tried in 2020 were actually posted in 2019, oops. Probably there were lots of amazing recipes were created in 2020 that coulda been contenders for me if only I'd mixed 'em up).
I think that the proposal in the flavors of the year 2020 of u/apocalypticdiynewb nominating VIVA La COLA is a great idea.
Here the recipe Viva La Cola of u/VIVAVAPE
Blood Orange (FLV) @ 0.8%
Citrus Soda (FLV) @ 1.5%
Rich Cinnamon (FLV) @ 0.1%
Root Beer (FLV) @ 2.4%
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I am still impressed looking at the incredients what a delicious cola this is.
This is just great mixing submitted to the #DevelopedFLV contest by Flavorah .
Shoutout to u/NaCHeF for providing the recipe with a good name.
Thanks for the nomination. I‘m very impressed by the positive feedback I received so far. This is my first recipe being noticed by the diy community and I‘m happy that you like it. Thanks a lot!
For more informations about the characteristic, you might like to check:
https://youtu.be/yH0ZyHNyKUY Starting at 57:33
https://youtu.be/rCIBLcMCKIo Starting at 14:18
This recipe was reviewed by Nachef, as one of the best recipes of the #DevelopedFLV contest by Flavorah. Here is what Nachef said about it:
»...it blew my mind.« »This is crazy, it´s very different from all other recipes I tried." »It feels very full, very well balanced and flavourful« »...this is a really good Cola flavour." »...it´s crazy and it´s super well ballanced and it blew my mind!« »...this is amazing!« »Congratulations!«
Full review:
VIVA La COLA was reviewed at the »Midweek Critique« of DIYORDIE. Here is what Wayne said about it:
»Wow, this is pretty good...« »I like this, this is good...« »...I think this is excellent« »...its pretty fucking accurate...« »It tastes great... I’m not getting any offnotes“ »It’s super accurate“ „These are the type of recipes, I want more submitted like this.“
It wasn't my intention to create an accurate Cola eJuice. My main goal was to create something special with Flavorahs root beer. I made some experiments with different and unusual FLV flavor combinations. Root beer and citrus soda was a very interesting combination and I remembered that one day I made a note, that root beer might fit very well with an orange flavor. I tried Blood Orange and it was a wonderful addition, but by adding »Rich Cinnamon«, I finally reached the next and final level of my mix. Honestly I didn’t expect the root beer turning in this direction, but at the end, I‘m more than happy with the result and I hope you‘ll enjoy it as much as I do.
ATF https://alltheflavors.com/recipes/206787#viva_la_cola_by_vivavape
ELR https://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/3757524
VAPEDIA - German DIY eJuice community: https://discord.gg/zgkx7yT
Thank you for sharing such a fun recipe! I've torn through almost 50ml in the past three days and loved it. Seriously, it's really, really good. I don't know about "recipe of the year" good, but wonderful.
I'd love to argue with Nachef and Wayne about it, though. As great as it is just being itself - so full bodied and flavorful and delightfully different, not to mention terrifically effervescent - I think it's strange to call it "super accurate" to anything people actually consume, except maybe people who go up to the soda machine and press several buttons at once. The reviews had me convinced I wasn't going to get any root beer from it - that the additions that make it so full and hitting on all cylinders across the spectrum also somehow completely covered the FLV Root Beer and made it just some kind of super-cool cola. And it is a super-cool cola, but the wintergreen taste of root beer is still prominent and recognizable enough that it screams root beer to me, just a very different, brighter and deeper, take on root beer. I guess what I'm saying is I don't get this talk of "super accurate Cola ejuice" - unless maybe it's a mix of root beer with cola? Maybe some kind of "wintergreen cola" that doesn't exist but almost certainly should?
But that's not really important, talking about what it is or isn't accurate to. The important part is that I don't regret giving it a try, in fact I might make some more, which is something I rarely do. And of course the even more important thing, that you enjoyed it and entered into that contest so that we could, too.
One of my favorite liquids. From the taste profile, you does not think that root beer is an ingredient. Thanks to the low percentage of aroma use, it always works.
/u/isuamadog's Arab Mom's Butter Cookie
Brand|Flavor|% --|--|-- FLV| Arabian Tobacco| 0.3% WF|Caramel Butter|1.5% FA| Cardamom|0.2% WF|Hazelnuts and Cream|1.5% FLV|Smooth Vanilla|0.1% CAP|Sugar Cookie|4.0%
My justification for this nomination is really just, what I wrote in on ATF as a review:
From the very first rip on this it’s a brilliant melange of spice and bakery. It’s not terribly sweet, more like a spiced bread, or a near-savory cookie to me. The cardamom and tobacco are distinctive and definitely carry the recipe as a whole The hazelnuts and cream and the caramel butter would be something I would have feared might make this too wet, but I’m not seeing that as an issue here.
I really love how much this tastes like a lightly sweetened spice bread, the tobacco isn’t overpowering, this isn’t a “tobacco” recipe. This is a recipe that just so happens to use a tobacco for the spice notes inherent to it. This is a spectacular recipe, such that there’s not really much I can say about it. There’s really so much good stuff going on that tearing it apart to figure out exactly how and why everything works almost feels like doing a disservice to this recipe. It’s brilliant. It’s not my typical profile by any means, but dammit if it isn’t a great recipe. You’ve got me at a loss for words here doggo.
i was humbled by y'all's response at the time when i submitted it, even more so to see it here in this thread amongst these great mixes. Looking at that recipe, i can tell you the mixer behind each flavor that got me hooked on it. I kinda just kept layering them into each other until i made something that i thought was delicious with a hint of weird, but i was still surprised when that feedback was so strong. Thanks for the kind loss of words :)
You’re always talking about ~~FW~~ WF Hazelnut & Cream, like a lot. Been in my buy list last year, this is going in my first buy for this year
"Custard Now, Loaded" by /u/EdibleMalfunction
Co.|Flavor|%
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INW | Custard | 2%
FA | Madagascar (Vanilla Classic) | 1%
CAP | New York Cheesecake | 3%
CAP | Sugar Cookie | 2.5%
WF | Vanilla Cream Extra SC | 1%
I was really surprised with the original Custard Now -- tasty, SNV custard. But when Edible first posted this I couldn't help but mix it up. Everything that I didn't know I was missing from Custard Now was all of a sudden apparent. Sure, takes a couple of extra days of steeping, but is still by far the fastest custard around and one of my favorites for 2020. Excellent job of making a great recipe even better.
Rhino Cream by u/kittybit8 & u/Zany1337
FA Cardamom .5%
FLV Sweet Coconut 1.5%
FE Sweet Rice 1.5%
VT Thai Sticky Rice 4%
FLV Vanilla Pudding 2%
TPA Whipped Cream 1.5%
I pick this as recipe of the year because it really changed the way I looked at recipe. I can appreciate a straight-forward recipe that tastes good, but when someone can make something so strange taste so good then I’m all in. I believe boundaries need to be pushed and dumb ideas can become great things. Dico and Kitty did just that.
disclaimer I would like to motion that if this recipe does win that Kitty receives the banner, not Dico.
there were a few recipes this year that were unique or exciting or just plain weird that I really enjoyed. Pank Milk by u/ID10-T was all three.
Pank Milk
|%|Co|Flavor| |:-|:-|:-| |0.75 |HS |French Vanilla Icecream | |2 |CAP |Hibiscus | |2 |FA |Milk | |2.5 |FLV |Pink Guava | |1.5 |CAP |Sweet Cream |
It comes across like a bad joke that spiraled out of control and ended up making something that is really fucking interesting. And tasty. This recipe is playful and weird, strikes me as ID's version of a Fiestas and Fiascoes, strangely smooth and delightful and incredibly pink. He's even put in the write up a dare to mess with it and I hope it spawns a flurry of recipes that are equally as weird. If you haven't tried it, you really should.
What fun links you have there!
I hate that something I just mixed together, tasted, and said, "Yup!" should be nominated over something I really put in work to craft, but I do love the way that one turned out. And the review by ATF user Rsi that called it "so wrong it redefined what 'right' is" just absolutely made my whole year as far as sharing recipes is concerned.
I’m sure someone will support that work with integrity. Pank, to me, really captured the essence of fun in a mix. I still give a chuckle at u/Apexified’s description: “It's stunningly pink and I spent several minutes caught in a sudden bout of synesthesia just trying to force myself to identify it as a flavor rather than a color.” That’s brilliant and true.
+1
This is to pink as Grack is to purple. I like strawberry milks like Mothers and Unicorn, but pink milk? I thought Pepto Bismol... and with that much FA Milk figured it'd be chalky like Pepto. But it's definitely not, it's smooth like you say, creamy and has enough fruity, creaminess and just uniqueness to keep it in rotation since last summer.
I sometimes add fruit or more creams or even WS-30 for even more variation.
WCSB by u/glasschalice468
- FLV Apple Filling: 1%
- INW Cactus: 0.75%
- CAP Sweet Guava: 4%
- WS-23: 0.5%
Let alone the fact, that I didn't get to write down a review for this in the mega recipe review thread pains me. So I have decided to nominate it for ROTY instead.
Reasons: It does exactly what Prickly Victory failed to execute. Deserve to actually be good and be something with a bit of "oomph" to it.
Now I appreciate a simple recipe that does something. Even more I appreciate when a mixer can bend concentrates, that aren't obvious, and still maintain it to be good. That is exactly what this is.
A masterpiece no less.
I second this one. Mixed it up last week (why didn't I do that earlier?) and it is... hard to describe what it is exactly. If you look at what's in this, you'd probably say "yeah, no, that is not gonna work at all!". But there is some weird magic going on here.
What I get is a cold, wet and a little spicy grapefruity thing. If I didn't know better, I'd would say there is some FLV Pink Guava in there.
I don't like to use WS-23 much, but it fits here. I would recommend not leaving it out if you don't like cooling, it adds something extra to this mix.
Very well done recipe.
I'm a bit late to the game, but better late than never, right?
I want to nominate King Bling (Vanilla Custard) by u/xGRANITEx (Silky).
- FA Custard Premium - 2.5%
- INW Custard - 1.75%
- VT Vanilla Buttercream Frosting - 1.5%
- FA Vienna Cream - 1.25%
- INW Yes, We Cheesecake - 2.5%
- FLV Milk & Honey - 0.5 %
My justification is that I have tried many custards over the years, and hated most of them for their addition of CAP Vanilla Custard. It has a weird rotten taste to me. This custard, however, shines where others fail, it's just SO DAMN DELICIOUS.
The only downside to this recipe is that the FA Custard is kinda hard to get, at least in the US, for reasons beyond my understanding. If you manage to get it, mix this up and give it a try. Link to original post.
I would like to nominate Viva La Cola by u/VIVAVAPE
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- FLV - Blood Orange - 0.8%
- FLV - Citrus Soda - 1.5%
- FLV - Rich Cinnamon - 0.1%
- FLV - Root Beer - 2.4%
The reason is because it is the best cola vape I've ever tried, not only for its accuracy, but also because how satisfying it is compared to other recipes on the same profile and the hard work and dedication it takes to balance this flavors to bend them into something totally different.
This recipe was submitted for the FLV Assignment we did on Developed and it is a perfect example of what you can make when you are forced to be creative with the restrictions of this kind of chanllenge. Congratulations!
"Peyote" by /u/heimsins_konungr
<Aurora> (<FA>) @ 0.75%
<Cactus> (<INW>) @ 1%
<Dragonfruit - Pitaya> (<INW>) @ 1%
<Hibiscus> (<CAP>) @ 0.5%
<Honeydew Melon> (<JF>) @ 2%
<Lavender> (<FA>) @ 0.75%
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_eJuice/comments/ewhsbu/peyote/?ref=share&ref_source=link
I adore this - if you like cactus/florals/unusual vapes give it a go.
Refreshing, light, works as an ADV or simply a palate cleanser between heavier recipes. As an added bonus - it holds up pretty well in pods too.
I'm nominating:
Wombat's Sweet Georgia Sunrise by /u/wombatred27
Juicy Lemon (CAP) @ 1.00%
Peach (Juicy) (TPA/TFA) @ 6.00%
White Peach (FA) @ 2.00%
Sweet Tangerine (CAP) @ 4.00%
Super Sweet (CAP) @ 1.00%
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This is a super easy, super satisfying, delicious fuzzy navel type with a little kick of lemony delightfulness. It is a sweet reminder of summer afternoons, munching on juicy, dripping peaches, in the backyard, as a kid.
Can not emphasize how yummy this is. It is like biting into a perfectly ripe, soft, fuzzy peach with a hint of OJ and lemon zing to kick you in the tongue. Such joy.
I found this by accident, one day, on eliquidrecipes.com and thought it sounded yummy. My husband and I haven't yet put it down. We started on it, in March of 2020 and can't leave it alone!!
BTW, no alterations are necessary. It is perfect as it comes!!