Greetings Gremlin Fans new and old
This weeks Free Friday will REALLY go back in time when we had guests join us in some chats. With the recent sad news that one of our LONG time vendors having to close shop because of the unfair state of things, I would love to extend a warm welcome to long time rival and friend, u/_Bombies
It was a great time in our history when the people took back control over their lives and decided to quit smoking and go with a healthier safer method of enjoying life. We saw it all start with vape gear that would be considered museum pieces now, but were quite cutting edge at the time. And flavors... Oh, all the flavors! We all had our specialties I think. The Gremlins were all about the custard and Sweets, and Bombies was the place to go for world famous Nana Cream. (Amongst others for sure)
I'll be making the attempt at doing this "Cross Post" as although I (Gremlin Juice) am in the DIY crowd now with all the original Gremlin flavors in DIY form, Bombies is going out on top as a premier commercial juice business.
Cross Post is going to make this interesting as first off, I don't remember how to do that... LOL but also because the Free Friday recipient this week will be selected in about 6 hours and it will be someone that makes a comment on this thread. The recipient this week will enjoy 8 one ounce bottles of Gremlin Solos (One Shots if you will) to enjoy.
So, if you would like your chance to have some free DIY flavors, speak up!
Any questions for Gremlin or Bombies you would like answered? What's your favorite flavor? Was there another brand from "back in the day" that you enjoyed?
Today should be a lot of fun. I enjoy hanging out here meeting everyone. Good luck to all,
Happy Free Friday!
Apologies for the delay in response /u/gremlinjuice as I am terribly behind on orders. I know it's just friendly banter, but I have never viewed Gremlin as a rival. Rather, I have always looked up to Rich and his outstanding level of customer service as a hallmark on what my business should have been based on. Free Fridays were the precursor to Giveaways, and in those days, the community truly got together and discovered the the wonders of vaping, together.
For my contribution to Free Fridays, I will provide 1 Gallon of a custom flavor Capella Flavors curates for me, Banana Cream, to Gremberry Farms. /u/GremlinJuice can give it away in any way he chooses. Rich, I will mail it to your address today.
Now back to orders, I am sorry if I do not respond accordingly.
WHAT. Is this possibly the secret to 'Nana Cream? The "definitely not LA BC" banana cream?! Or maybe even the banana cream used in Kiss The Ring?!! My life will be complete either way.
Respect to you guys, and I know I am going to be spending even more time lurking here then ever going forward to learn, and I'm appreciative of this place... as I said in another comment, while I totally respect and will be more in the diy scene then ever, I am just so damn bummed about some of the great companies and artists we have lost over the years with this nonsense.
u/gremlinjuice ... So back in the day with these 'museum piece' devices, did your style of DIY differ a lot from today? I'm sure flavors didn't come through as much with older atomizers. How did you get around to pulling good flavor from devices that put out small wisps of vapor? Also, I love what you're doing with this weekly giveaway! It's really motivational to us newbies. It's really appreciated
I think one of the biggest things is we mixed at 20% flavor. The VG we used was a big part of it too, I overpaid for the VG I used in mixing, but it was such a wonderfully smooth and sweet flavor you could vape just the VG and be perfectly happy. :) The same mixes now I have recommended starting at 10% and I have been hearing back that 12 to 13% is the new "sweet spot". Oh, and stay with Palm Derived VG for sweetness. (And thank you for the nice words! I appreciate it!)
I've been trying to develop good recipes for old school mtl and keep finding myself in this confusing cycle. Basically, I have heard that you need higher flavor percentages, just like you said. But I've also heard that I need to keep the total number of individual flavors low. So how would I be able to hit this 20% total flavor with only 2-3 individual flavors? Because most individual flavors start tasting muted/terrible at higher percentages
Something that might help is to make yourself a 30ml bottle of just flavoring. Not anything vape ready, but just 100% flavoring.
Let's make a fruit punch. I know I'm going to want some strawberry and guava, mango is a must, and vanilla to smooth it out. Strawberry is a bit weak, so I'm going to fill half of the bottle with that, and split the mango and guava, so 20% of each and the last 10% Vanilla Overload for the creamyness of it. So now we have
Strawberry Ripe 50%
Guava 20%
Mango 20%
Vanilla Overload 10%
This makes a total of 100% for your flavor. If this mix works and you are happy with it, make a larger bottle of it. A 4oz bottle of your flavor, mixed at 20% is going to make 20 ounces of juice.
Anyway, the point is you now have a bottle of flavoring. Call it what you like, and now you can add 20% to your VG and have the same flavor every time without trying to measure .6% of this and 2.4% of that every time. :)
As for keeping the individual flavors low, I agree and disagree. I keep the number low because I don't think anyone is going to notice if I put 5 drops of kiwi in the 4 ounce bottle or not, so why do it? I just like simple.
Was the VG you used from Silver Fern Chemicals? I heard from a friend that you guys stocked that, I'd actually sent you an email trying to buy some last fall or summer. I know people say you can't tell a difference between different VGs, but I can tell with theirs!
Yep, it was. I paid too much for it, but it was just so good! I hope someday I'll get Gremlin back to enough profit per month to be able to get more. I still think it was our "secret ingredient" that made our juice so good. I at least need to see if I can buy it from them a gallon or two at a time.
Alrighty then. 1:00 has come and I have all the names of the folks that have written something in both subs, (28 of you) and the names are in a spreadsheet, alphabetized and numbered. Google is used for a random number from 1 to 28...
And the winning number is...
#12 which makes u/kee-mosabe our Free Friday recipient today.
All you need to do for me is head over to GremberryFarms dot com and register an account. I will use that info to send your Gremlin Solos first thing Monday morning!
Congrats! (I will also ask in private, if you would like to wait a few extra days, I'll also include some of the Bombies Banana Cream that they are sending!)
And I'll be here on and off through the day if anyone has any questions or just feels like trading texts for a bit. :) Thank you Bombies for everything through the years.
Woo-Hoo! Thank you for the win! Shoot ya I'll wait for some Banana Cream. Account's up and signed in. Thanks again.
The two of yous were my favorite reddit juice companies. I actually just ordered from both of yall. And while I'm here. What's the percent of gremlin custard for diy? Thanks for all both yall done.
Percentages are difficult now as there are so many devices, but when Gremlin was E-Liquid, it was mixed at 20% flavor. I suggest though, start at 10% and go up as required. A lot are finding a happy place around 13% but don't be afraid to play with that 20% mark to see if it works for you.
And thank YOU for all the years.
Bombies. Will you release recipes?
I'd love some basic tobacco flavors myself.
I'll answer for him. That will be a no for at least the time being. If the world ever gets over itself, the classic companies could come back into being. If they all released the recipes, they are done forever. That kind of finality is hard to come to grips with as a business owner.
/u/bombies - Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
From the last post from him it seems like they plan on coming back. A special coin comes with your order if you order before the cut off. If they ever come back you can trade that coin in for something special.
My vape gear is the same for 6 years. 16 subtank pluses , along with 21 nib pt2's and some loose ones. they work for me so I feel no need to change. quit a 46yr 3pk a day habit with vaping. I'll say it has kept my COPD to a minimum . My pulmonary DR agrees and is all for vaping. back then banana cream pie was my favorite . to me you guys in the juice business HAVE saved my life. so THANK YOU wholeheartedly.
And /u/project_twenty5oh1 , You need to be here answering questions too! :) Who else... I wish I still had my list of user names handy. I think it's time to call out ALL the old "Agents of the Juice"
1.3k comments. Wow. I was cleaning my office the other day and I still have a couple of those boxes! THAT was a fun time in my life!!
Anyone page abdada? I can't remember the exact spelling and not sure if I want to awaken him.
I almost went straight to diy, bought a “quit smoking” kit with 5 different e-liquids andtge Eleaf Ijust 3 kit. They were all unbalanced, over flavored and with way to much sweetener for my taste. After testing those flavors I did some research on diy and ended up here. My first mix was Mustard Milk - Simple Strawberries and Cream
Hats of for your contribution with free Friday!
Perfect! Now you can start to play and make it truly yours.. :) A dash of Vanilla Overload to bump up the vanilla flavor, maybe add a little Banana Ripe (TPA) to get some tropical flavors going... It really is like making your own candy! Let your imagination go nuts! (Oooh, A little Peanut Butter in that flavor mix to try for a Peanut Butter Jelly flavor)
I might try and remix it for old times sake( haven’t mixed this one since January 2019).
I have recently ventured into tobaccos, I desperately missed a cigarette to my morning coffee, some 18mg tobaccos in my mtl rta fixed that issue.
LOL It was a customer comment that led me to create Brett's Breakfast Blend. He asked for a flavor he could vape with his morning coffee and the odd but somehow wonderful mix of Waffles, Vanilla and Tobacco worked. And still does but it's now just Breakfast Blend)
Love your breakdown on how to make a one shot. Any preference on flavor brands? Or is this just a subjective thing and I need to figure it out on my own?
I've never had Gremlin Juice, so I'd love to get me some one shots.
They ALL have strengths and weaknesses. It is highly subjective as well. The biggest thing is getting to know the strength of the concentrate. If you use 3% TPA you're not going to taste it, but also if you use 15% Flavorah, you are going to choke. :)
I like TPA the most because of selection and price,
CAP is wonderful but it can start to add up in the cost department, and
FlavorWest is a great brand as well but can be very overly sweet (It IS made for candy after all)
Flavorah is one of my favorites all around. It may seem expensive, but you only have to use a very small amount so they last forever. (I have a 15ml bottle of Rich Cinnamon on my desk for my coffee and I've been using it for 2 years!)
Wonder Flavours has some delicious flavors and good prices
I suppose I can go on for a while with this, but it is only my opinion which may or may not align with anyone else.
Oh and all Mango is not created equal. LOL Every brand has mango and every one is completely different from all the others.
Also the guitarist guy and panda. Anyone remember their names? I miss the ongoing battle between those two. Pretty sure a company made a panda juice called salty tears or something.
/u/pandaeatsrage I think crappy guitarist deleted his account.
Rip /u/crappy_guitarist You won't be missed you pissant
And yes I honestly cant remember the company as it feels like years ago. But Salty Tears was a vape juice named after his misery. And it tasted just like his misery. Bitter, salty, disgusting
Edit: Confirmed he did delete his account. Hope all is going well with him. He will honestly be missed.
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Ohh man my top 5 juices of all time been vaping them for years now are as follows:
- Vanilla Custard
- Vanilla Overload
- Nana Cream 3mg, thanks for the opportunity!
- Snowdrift
- Amalfi
Gremlin has me covered with the one shots. It's sad that all these companies are forced to close but I am holding out hope that down the road Bombies and Bigglesworth will release one shots like Gremlin. I know Jay released Snowdrift recipe, but their store version tastes better to me, maybe it's a different menthol he is using.
It is fast approaching noon here on the west coast... I'm going to have another hour putting the last of the packages into the outgoing post office run, then I say we pick a winner of those Gremlin solos. Hopefully u/Bombies will make an appearance today too. :) I never sent a reminder, maybe he forgot. :(
1:00 Pacific Time we will know who gets free stuff.
Would love to (finally) try Vanilla Overload! Been meaning to order from you guys for a long time, guess no time like the present! So sad to see these long-time, honest, decent vendors have to close their doors. It hurts my heart. Thanks for decent and kind when many aren’t!
Was anyone around for the huge secret Santa debacle? The dude that organized it had like 75% of the people send to him. I can't remember who figured that mess out. I remember signing up to send packages to a few people that got screwed.
/u/lestermagneto you were around in the hay days. Join the party. 🥳🎉
Am I too late?
Sorry, yes. I didn't plan enough time I think. I may have to do a drawing style giveaway again sometime but next time have at least 24 hours for everyone to have time to join in. If you happen to place an order with me be sure to let me know in the comments that it is you and I'll be sure to add an extra bottle of something for ya
No worries. I went down a reddit rabbit hole last night after coming across Bigglesworth's farewell post. Then I found the Bombies post, which was especially sad because I purchased Bombies like clockwork for 4 years right up until the NY flavor ban. And that post led me here, but just a little too late.
Dude I recently placed an order with you and you're such a rad dude. Even though I didn't buy a lot you still through in 2 free bottles and doubled the size of 2 of the ones I got. Customer for life.
Have you tried the Pink Sunburst or Potion yet? I'm hoping I made good choices for ya. :) (And EVERYone needs extra Vanilla Overload. You will get used to adding that to everything you make that needs a little extra vanilla!)
Ahhhh! You're so awesome. I went straight for the Melon , Purple Gremlin, and Banana Cream Pie since I've heard a lot of good stuff about them. I've been looking for a good melon and 10ml into it I'm already planning on grabbing a bigger bottle. I think I went a little too low on the Purple so I'm gonna add a little more to it but it's still killer. Super stoked about the Vanilla Overload because I've been looking for a really good vanilla to use. I'm also really excited you did extra banana cream pie because it's literally my favorite style of flavor, and that one's really good as well. The Sunburst and Potion were ones I was eyeballing heavily as well so I can't wait to try them too. I'm still doing really basic mixes and this is such a cool and easy way to add complexity to my stuff. It's really encouraging. Seriously, I can't thank you enough.
I just want to say that you guys are both amazing & thank you for confirming that DIY is in fact a community. I've only been a part of this sub for about a year; took me 7 months or so of lurking before I bought my own supplies & took the plunge in Sept of 2020! I'd absolutely LOVE an opportunity to try out some of that Bombies CAP flavor if at all possible (shipping on me!)
I'm devastated to see Bombies go, Nana Cream was my first ADV around 2015 after trying tons of juices I couldn't ever finish. I still have a few of their stickers posted around too.