Steeping Southern Classic?

[cloudykitty]

My Southern Classic arrived yesterday and today I am puffing on it. It seems to have a fruity, floral taste to it instead of the flavor profile described on the Halo site. It seems like a steep is in order for this guy. The lid is off for now and i will retry it in a couple days I guess. This is my first Halo that has asked for a steep.

 

[430Cruz]

Indeed, had to let mine steep for a few weeks before it went to it's described flavor.

 

[cloudykitty]

Ack! That is a long time! Thanks for the info though.

 

[wheezal]

generally, more fruity flavors like Voodoo or SC need a good steep to really mature.

they cant all be perfect out of teh bottle like Kringle's Curse

 

[cloudykitty]

TJ, BC, and Hx3 seem to be perfect straight from the mail too. Although I might steep my Hx3. I'm not getting much of the menthol, mostly just slightly sweet tobacco.

Did anyone find that Tribecca needs a steep too?

Lazy me wishes there were a stickied thread of which flavors should be steeped and for how long.

 

[wheezal]

the more pure tobacco flavors rarely need a steep. Halo does pre-steep their jooses, but if they get real busy, then sometimes you get one that needs a tad more aging.

 

[misterholidayhouse]

I had a bottle for six months and it never changed.

 

[cloudykitty]

That is a bit of a bummer to hear, mister.
If my bottle doesn't get any better, than I guess it will be time to try one of the new flavors Halo's coming out with.
Guess? Who am I kidding? I'll be on those new flavors in an instant!

 

[wheezal]

yeah, the only real dilemna i have is if i'll play the "will i or won't i" game with myself before buying, or just skip teh conflict resolution process altogether and load up my cart the moment its available.

in the end, i always buy, i'm weak like that. i'm weak in a lot of other ways too, thanks to general laziness and luv of bacon, but those never give me pause.

 

[sadock]

Wow. I never thought of "steeping." Is that when you leave it open to air out? During my initial run through of Halo's flavor catalog (28 at the time, I believe), there were only two flavors I found so revolting they went in the garbage immediately: Southern Classic & Midnight Apple. SC was revoltingly sweet to me, and MA tasted like rotten fruit IMO.

I didn't even try to mix those two flavors with others because they were so awful. I figured it would be a lost cause. Maybe they just needed to steep. This was before I even found you guys. Cest la vie. Live and learn.

 

[cloudykitty]

Yes, @sadock you have the right idea about steeping. Take the lid off the bottle and let that baby sit. Put the lid on and shake the bottle once a day. I give my bottle a good sniff every few days or so to see if I detect any flavor changes.

My Southern Classic has now been steeping since 14 June and it seems like the overwhelming fruitiness of it is dying out some but I'm not ready to put it into a tank again just yet. I thought I was really going to like SC but it's going onto my reject list.

I've been thinking about getting Midnight Apple on my next order.

 

[wheezal]

MA is a love it or hate flavor. i personally, really like it. it's not syrupy or artificial tasting to me and did not require a steep before i enjoyed it. SC on the other hand, took about a month steep before it was tolerable. Too clovery for my tastes.

 

[DaveOno]

MA is a love it or hate flavor. i personally, really like it. it's not syrupy or artificial tasting to me and did not require a steep before i enjoyed it. SC on the other hand, took about a month steep before it was tolerable. Too clovery for my tastes.

I agree!!

Midnight Apple is a good vape, I rather like it. Southern is at the bottom of my Halo list. Just don't like it at all.

 

[BLTinFLA]

Since I never had a bad juice from Halo, I was dumb enough to order SC and HX3 during the July 4 sale. MA is one I probably wouldn't order again. It's good, but not great.

I also ordered a couple other juices during the sale.

 

[cloudykitty]

I'm probably going to miss getting anything during the 4th of July sale but am hoping there will still be Hx3 and TJ when we have more funds available.

 

[BLTinFLA]

Got SC and HX3. SC is not bad. I might order some more while it's still half price. HX3 seems to not know whether it's a menthol or tobacco flavor and fails at each. I have a bottle of chocolate eliquid from a local store that I am using to mix with HX3 (I don't want to waste my Belgian Cocoa on it). It's much better with it.