Castle long clone recipe? Anyone?
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Hello all,
Just wanted to put out a big THANK YOU to everyone who put in the time on this thread. Its been a great read. I've been vaping since late 2010 and few months ago got turned on to Castle Long Reserve. DAYUMM ! Its been my go to juice ever since and I have been going thru about 40 - 50 mil a week. I have been wanting to try DIY for the longest time but always talked myself out of it knowing I didnt really need another thing to obsess on. I have my hands full with Business and racing !!
This thread pushed me over the edge and I put in a nice sized order with Drew over at Bull City who was getting high marks thruout this thread. So now I'm all set. Just made my first batch last night using the Final CL recipe posted here... Of course I did a shake and vape just to check it out and wow ! NICE ! Looking forward to see how good it gets after a proper steep.
Can anyone point me towards the Ultrasonic unit thats working well for them and is deep enough to handle at least a 30 ml bottle standing up ?
Thanks again everyone... nicely done !
Just wanted to put out a big THANK YOU to everyone who put in the time on this thread. Its been a great read. I've been vaping since late 2010 and few months ago got turned on to Castle Long Reserve. DAYUMM ! Its been my go to juice ever since and I have been going thru about 40 - 50 mil a week. I have been wanting to try DIY for the longest time but always talked myself out of it knowing I didnt really need another thing to obsess on. I have my hands full with Business and racing !!
This thread pushed me over the edge and I put in a nice sized order with Drew over at Bull City who was getting high marks thruout this thread. So now I'm all set. Just made my first batch last night using the Final CL recipe posted here... Of course I did a shake and vape just to check it out and wow ! NICE ! Looking forward to see how good it gets after a proper steep.
Can anyone point me towards the Ultrasonic unit thats working well for them and is deep enough to handle at least a 30 ml bottle standing up ?
Thanks again everyone... nicely done !
Been awhile since the last post on this thread but hopefully someone can offer an opinion on whether this final version with the flavors from different vendors, of which I've made many a ml of and absolutely love, is that much different than the one with the flavors all from TFA as originally posted?
because it's really difficult to find all the flavors from all the various vendors in stock in one place say, bull city, in the amounts needed for large batches all at the same time. Seems like one or more flavors are always on backorder making you go back, wait till available and therefore pay for shipping yet again.
TPA is never out of stock in whatever quantities desired.
Thanks for anyone's opinion or comments on this. It's a great thread and one of my favorite liquids is Castle Long, the clone, found here.
because it's really difficult to find all the flavors from all the various vendors in stock in one place say, bull city, in the amounts needed for large batches all at the same time. Seems like one or more flavors are always on backorder making you go back, wait till available and therefore pay for shipping yet again.
TPA is never out of stock in whatever quantities desired.
Thanks for anyone's opinion or comments on this. It's a great thread and one of my favorite liquids is Castle Long, the clone, found here.
There are SO many variations of the CL clone.
While the basic flavor profile (stated on the Five Pawns website) is basically the same in all the clones,
the subtleties are in the exact concentrates used, and the exact balance of stated (and unstated) components
used by Five Pawns. I'm not stating anything anyone doesn't already know...
That being said, Castle Long & CL Reserve was one of my favorite vapes since it was released.
I started working on the clone a few days after. My final recipe is very similar to the various recipes
listed in this thread. I'm a big fan of FlavourArt flavors, and I always get better results using FA in more
complex recipes, as this one is. Using FlavourArt, the percentages change dramatically. Of course
FA does not provide all the ingredients needed in my rendition of this clone.
When vaping a CL clone, you should be able to tangibly tell there is more than one vanilla and the right
amount of brown sugar will accentuate, and not subdue, the vanillas. (was one of my common mistakes in the beginning)
I nixed the TFA "Coconut Extra" from my recipe and upped the % of FA Coconut. Much better end result.
If any of you start playing with percentages and you get a severe "chemically" taste, it's most likely the
TFA Coconut Extra. That stuff is extremely useful, but a juice killer at higher amounts.
Instead of Vanillin (a generic vanilla on steroids), I've opted to use FA's Vanilla Classic and a Vanilla that
I actually make myself in the lab. Lots of mortar & pestle work & slow heated for 2 days at 120 degrees
before actually "boiling" it down into a concentrate. Filtering and suspension in PG is another PITA, but there
is NO substitute (IMO) of a properly produced extract made from a quite hard to find vanilla bean...
What I love about this thread: All the clones here taste great. One of the clones here WILL taste better than
the original, just find & tweak it to your palate!
tl;dr - great work on all the CL clones everyone
While the basic flavor profile (stated on the Five Pawns website) is basically the same in all the clones,
the subtleties are in the exact concentrates used, and the exact balance of stated (and unstated) components
used by Five Pawns. I'm not stating anything anyone doesn't already know...
That being said, Castle Long & CL Reserve was one of my favorite vapes since it was released.
I started working on the clone a few days after. My final recipe is very similar to the various recipes
listed in this thread. I'm a big fan of FlavourArt flavors, and I always get better results using FA in more
complex recipes, as this one is. Using FlavourArt, the percentages change dramatically. Of course
FA does not provide all the ingredients needed in my rendition of this clone.
When vaping a CL clone, you should be able to tangibly tell there is more than one vanilla and the right
amount of brown sugar will accentuate, and not subdue, the vanillas. (was one of my common mistakes in the beginning)
I nixed the TFA "Coconut Extra" from my recipe and upped the % of FA Coconut. Much better end result.
If any of you start playing with percentages and you get a severe "chemically" taste, it's most likely the
TFA Coconut Extra. That stuff is extremely useful, but a juice killer at higher amounts.
Instead of Vanillin (a generic vanilla on steroids), I've opted to use FA's Vanilla Classic and a Vanilla that
I actually make myself in the lab. Lots of mortar & pestle work & slow heated for 2 days at 120 degrees
before actually "boiling" it down into a concentrate. Filtering and suspension in PG is another PITA, but there
is NO substitute (IMO) of a properly produced extract made from a quite hard to find vanilla bean...
What I love about this thread: All the clones here taste great. One of the clones here WILL taste better than
the original, just find & tweak it to your palate!
tl;dr - great work on all the CL clones everyone
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