A quick review of Backwoods Brew Malty, 0 mg of nicotine:
I’ve been cutting my nicotine since October. I started out at 36 mg/ml and here I am at zero. Finally.
During this journey, I wondered how cutting nicotine would affect the flavor of various juices, but I also wondered how terrible the cravings would be.
Don’t get me wrong, about once per day I still have a completely irrational desire to go buy a pack of smokes. I call this junkie-like craving irrational because I have had a cigarette since I started vaping. It was awful. I almost tossed cookies right there, and that’s no exaggeration. Armed with the logical knowledge that smokes taste revolting, it’s easy to shrug off the desire.
Still, going to 0 nicotine after 15 years of having the stuff flow freely through my veins is not something I take lightly. I know my clever little brain can and will invent all kinds of excuses and reasons why I should just go back to smoking. This is why I need certain flavors in my arsenal, to combat that annoying little addict voice until such time that it’s thoroughly silenced.
One flavor I keep around for that purpose is BWB’s Cinnamon. It can quiet a craving faster than you can Shake and Bake. But this is not an all day vape for me. It’s too strong and the flavor hangs on forever.
While I generally prefer coffee vapes, they don’t always satisfy. Occasionally they become cloying, and the texture that made me fall in love with them becomes the very thing I can’t tolerate.
With that conundrum in mind, I solicited advice from ECFers for a nice, neutral flavor. I wanted an all day vape for when my usual go to juices weren’t performing. The overwhelming suggestion was ECOpure. Unfortunately, I never could find ECOpure Fresh in any nicotine dosage less than 10mg/ml. Pretty much killed the idea of purchasing it.
Someone had suggested Backwoods Brew Malty. Usually the stuff is out of stock, and I had purchased Malty Toffee and been turned off by the artificially sickly sweet flavor. However, while browsing for my usual coffee fare, I saw Malty was back in stock and figured, why not?
I vape on a stock Riva510. Malty is a 70/30 PG/VG mix, 0 nicotine mg/ml and costs $6.50 plus shipping for 10ml.
Malty reminds me strongly of BWB’s Casablanca.
Yeah, yeah, I can hear some of you in the peanut gallery already. “That’s crazy, they’re nothing alike.”
You’re correct, but so am I.
On the inhale, I get the same slightly sweet kick from both flavors. I believe this is the VG showing through. There is a tickle on the throat, but like many flavors, the fireworks are saved for the exhale.
The exhale on this is jalapeno pepper. I’ll grant you, it’s a very slight pepper flavor, but it is there nonetheless. This is the same pepper additive that is used in Casablanca to simulate tobacco. (As a side note: it is different than the ‘chemical’ pepper additive used in BWB’s Maple Tobacco.) While Casablanca has a very nutty with pepper exhale, Malty is far more subtle.
Malty has a very delicate taste. I’ve read reviews where some people claim to taste nothing at all. If I had to guess what ingredients are in Malty, I’d say the bulk is pg/vg with small hints of pepper and raspberry. Sounds totally revolting, but it’s not. This is a juice I can use not only as an all day vape, but to squash cigarette cravings in a hurry. My guess is with a higher nicotine dosage, the peppery flavor would become more pronounced. In my opinion, nicotine has a pepper like flavor.
Now I see why the d@mn flavor is sold out all of the time.
I would like to try ECOpure if I can find it in 0 nic, but for now, Malty will do the trick.
I would purchase again.
I would recommend this flavor.
I’ve been cutting my nicotine since October. I started out at 36 mg/ml and here I am at zero. Finally.
During this journey, I wondered how cutting nicotine would affect the flavor of various juices, but I also wondered how terrible the cravings would be.
Don’t get me wrong, about once per day I still have a completely irrational desire to go buy a pack of smokes. I call this junkie-like craving irrational because I have had a cigarette since I started vaping. It was awful. I almost tossed cookies right there, and that’s no exaggeration. Armed with the logical knowledge that smokes taste revolting, it’s easy to shrug off the desire.
Still, going to 0 nicotine after 15 years of having the stuff flow freely through my veins is not something I take lightly. I know my clever little brain can and will invent all kinds of excuses and reasons why I should just go back to smoking. This is why I need certain flavors in my arsenal, to combat that annoying little addict voice until such time that it’s thoroughly silenced.
One flavor I keep around for that purpose is BWB’s Cinnamon. It can quiet a craving faster than you can Shake and Bake. But this is not an all day vape for me. It’s too strong and the flavor hangs on forever.
While I generally prefer coffee vapes, they don’t always satisfy. Occasionally they become cloying, and the texture that made me fall in love with them becomes the very thing I can’t tolerate.
With that conundrum in mind, I solicited advice from ECFers for a nice, neutral flavor. I wanted an all day vape for when my usual go to juices weren’t performing. The overwhelming suggestion was ECOpure. Unfortunately, I never could find ECOpure Fresh in any nicotine dosage less than 10mg/ml. Pretty much killed the idea of purchasing it.
Someone had suggested Backwoods Brew Malty. Usually the stuff is out of stock, and I had purchased Malty Toffee and been turned off by the artificially sickly sweet flavor. However, while browsing for my usual coffee fare, I saw Malty was back in stock and figured, why not?
I vape on a stock Riva510. Malty is a 70/30 PG/VG mix, 0 nicotine mg/ml and costs $6.50 plus shipping for 10ml.
Malty reminds me strongly of BWB’s Casablanca.
Yeah, yeah, I can hear some of you in the peanut gallery already. “That’s crazy, they’re nothing alike.”
You’re correct, but so am I.
On the inhale, I get the same slightly sweet kick from both flavors. I believe this is the VG showing through. There is a tickle on the throat, but like many flavors, the fireworks are saved for the exhale.
The exhale on this is jalapeno pepper. I’ll grant you, it’s a very slight pepper flavor, but it is there nonetheless. This is the same pepper additive that is used in Casablanca to simulate tobacco. (As a side note: it is different than the ‘chemical’ pepper additive used in BWB’s Maple Tobacco.) While Casablanca has a very nutty with pepper exhale, Malty is far more subtle.
Malty has a very delicate taste. I’ve read reviews where some people claim to taste nothing at all. If I had to guess what ingredients are in Malty, I’d say the bulk is pg/vg with small hints of pepper and raspberry. Sounds totally revolting, but it’s not. This is a juice I can use not only as an all day vape, but to squash cigarette cravings in a hurry. My guess is with a higher nicotine dosage, the peppery flavor would become more pronounced. In my opinion, nicotine has a pepper like flavor.
Now I see why the d@mn flavor is sold out all of the time.
I would like to try ECOpure if I can find it in 0 nic, but for now, Malty will do the trick.
I would purchase again.
I would recommend this flavor.
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