In my order of Memory Lane l did get a new flavor for free and without me knowing anything about the flavor or that I was to be getting it. I have not seen the flavor on the site, so I won't mention the name just yet. What I can tell is that it's some sort of creamy type of berry (the berry part is in the title). After a few days of letting it sit, this little 10 mL is not going to last much longer. I dig this flavor! I jokingly mentioned Fruit Loops earlier, and I don't know if this is that, but it *might* be. This new direction from Ahl is a bit unexpected (to me at least), but this is in fact where the industry is headed and what the consumer base is looking for -- so I guess it should be no surprise.
Also, my bottle of Memory Lane is nowhere near as bad as it was the first day, but it's still mostly a miss. I even went so far as to go get some of Nestle Strawberry Milk mix to see what it should be like (my memory was not meeting up with Memory Lane! LOL). Oddly enough, the Nestle Strawberry Milk is pretty strong on a funky/sweet strawberry (much like *TFA's Strawberry Ripe). ML did not gross me out today like it originally did (I just had to try it again), so that is a step in the right direction. I wonder if, like Pineapple Brulee, these newfangled creamy flavors from Ahl just need a few days? And yes, there is something symbiotic between this and Pineapple Brulee (I forgot who mentioned the connection). I'd actually be stoked to come back here and say how my poor initial impression of this liquid was not how it ended up to be. If only that strawberry would just come out!
* With the Nestle Strawberry Milk I got, I made a glass and gave it to my wife to smell (she won't come close to drinking it). I then handed her my bottle of Strawberry Ripe concentrate from The Flavor Apprentice and she remarked, "Wow! That is the exact same smell." Unfortunately, Memory Lane does not smell or taste too much like either, but the liquid is a tinge on the pink side, so it stands to reason that strawberry is in there -- somewhere. Maybe? Anyway, I'll keep you all posted about the liquid changing if it does.