DIY Flavor Shack Flavors - What percent are you mixing?

[Holbie]

I recently got an order from dawn at DIY Flavor Shack and am curious what percentages other DIYers are mixing her flavors at and also looing for some recipe ideas, I have tried a couple out without much luck so looking to get some guidance from more experienced folk. I am using 100% VG for my base so I am also curious about how much if any Distilled water to use to cut with.

Peanut Butter Exp
Chocolate Exp
Perfect Peach Exp
Brown Sugar
Holy Vanilla
Cafe Napolean
Sugar Cream
Bourbon
Strawberry

I also have some EM and menthol crystals also lemon juice (I read it supposed to help with fruit flavors?)

 

[Levitas]

Well, I think some of those mentioned flavors are PG-Based, so, depending on how much flavoring you actually use, you may not have to use (as much) distilled water to dilute the blend.

As for recipes, I find it to be disappointing at times (though not always) following the instructions of someone's recipe. I might recommend that you try each flavor by itself first, then do some test runs on a couple of flavors together to see how they come out.

An easy way to do a preliminary testing with two individual flavors: Drip equal amounts of each single flavor into one atty, and if they taste good together, then mix a bottle with the flavors intertwined. This will save you the frustration of making 5-10mls of what you may later come to believe as useless juice

One more thing from me: I would try and avoid using extra ingredients (EM, sweetener, etc.) unless the blend simply isn't working, and you wish to try them out to improve the recipe. I say this, because, I personally don't think it's necessary a great deal of the time to add additional ingredients. So, in a nutshell, keep it simple! If possible...

 

[Holbie]

Thanks for the advice Levitas. I popped my only atty last night ( :-( ) while cleaning but I still have some cartos to use, just makes it hard to taste a little at a time. I've given it a little dabbleing and think I finally got a few things figured out

 

[dannyv45]

The rule of thumb is not to exceed 20% combined for all flavors. Expecially true with tobacco whch I see you have none of. Start small 1 - 2 % for each flavor and work your way up until your satisfied.

 

[Levitas]

The rule of thumb is not to exceed 20% combined for all flavors.

I'd agree with this for my own personal use, however, there is really no rule to flavor limitation. I've read that some people enjoy some recipes at 30%+

In fact, there is one very popular juice that is supposedly close to 50% in flavoring (Boba's Bounty).

 

[Holbie]

Thanks for the help! my atty recently popped on me so i'm using cartos right now. would it be better to try and thin the juices out a bit for the cartridges versus DD?