does e-cigarette liquid need to age?

[CharlyB]

I bought a few e-liquids from two different companies. The ones with the 'born on" dates on them which is very recent have very little flavor, while the ones without a date are very flavorful. I'm just wondering if they need to sit a while like wine Both companies were highly recommended in the forum, and the difference is so huge I was just curious if I needed to let the less flavorful ones sit a while.

 

[Jim Bob]

Some will- others do not need to age/steep. IF you're not happy with some, sit them aside and re-visit them in a few weeks, if still not great wait a month- if still not good - probably that joose is not for you (trade it in classified section on here someone may love it)

 

[nansc]

Most of them do.The only ones I have found good right out of the bottle are from The Vaper Room.

 

[DaveP]

Some are good right out of the mailbox and others benefit from steeping. I order from Awesome Vapor | Electronic Cigarette | E-Cigarette | E-Cig | The Electronic Cigarette | The E Cigarette | Las Vegas. They give you a sample 3ml bottle of your choice with each 16ml bottle you pay for. If you order 3 10ml bottles with the same juice for each sample, they throw in another 10ml bottle and you get 4 10ml bottles.

I can buy juice cheaper from other vendors and I do that for things they don't carry, but it's nice to have 3 bottles to age while you go through the first one, as opposed to one 50ml bottle. That, and the fact that they are in my state. I order one day and it's in my mailbox the next.

 

[CharlyB]

The ones that were good right when i got them are from Elite Vaporworks. The ones with a "born on" date (which i appreciate!) are Backwoods Brew.

 

[ctourtelot]

Most of BWB liquids are better after steeping, but I haven't found one of their flavors yet that I didn't like right away. The mixes are complex and like a good homemade chili, taste better when all the flavors have time to blend

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

I can't know which juice you bought from whom, but the distinction you're seeing is likely between a Chinese import and a liquid mixed stateside.

Between time spent in warehouses and container ships, imported juices have had plenty of steeping time before they ever see an atomizer. Liquids ordered from domestic, mixed-to-order vendors such as Backwoods Brew or FSUSA may have been in existence for just a few days.

It's safe to guess the bottle with a born-on date is among the latter variety.

 

[base234]

Congrats, Charly! You figured it out right away. It took me a long time to come to the same conclusion.

 

[CharlyB]

Thank you base234 I have an advantage though, I live in wine country

 

[ogredog]

Some say no, some say yes. Big debate over that. It has been my experience they do. I can tell which ones do immediately by the smell. I can't tell u how many juices were perfume/soapy/chemical tasting and put them away in the junk pile and revisited them when I was getting low on the good stuff to find they were good after all. Sucks though

 

[Coil]

Backo style juices need to steep for a bit to get a full flavor out of them. Don from Backwoods recommends if you don't get the flavor you're looking for right away to let them steep for a while. Casablanca and RY4 from BWB steeped are good examples. Both pretty good outta the mail but after a couple weeks all the flavorings have time to blend together really well and are fantastic juices IMO.

Let those babies steep!!

 

[SuperLuckyLady]

Well, it's not really like wine - as far as I can tell, there are no chemical reactions going on.

What we have is a mixing problem. The flavorings do not easily mix with the solvents (PG and, especially VG).

The mixing occurs over time, depending on the storage conditions. The higher the temperature, and/or the more movement the juice sees, the faster it will occur.

Me? I stick the sealed bottles in a warm water bath, shake, stick back in, shake, stick back in. Longer time and warmer temp for VG because it's thicker.

I'm not saying that the juice will still not get somewhat better over time, but this process should get you a tasty and vapeable juice.

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

Well, it's not really like wine - as far as I can tell, there are no chemical reactions going on.

If the color deepens over time—which it does, sometimes dramatically—there's something chemical going on.

 

[SuperLuckyLady]

If the color deepens over time—which it does, sometimes dramatically—there's something chemical going on.

Agreed. But color is deceptive. It takes a very small amount of colored stuff to darken a large amount of liquid. I was always amazed when I used to purify stuff in the lab. Used to start with liters of dark liquid, and end up with liters of clear liquid and a couple of drops of dark goo.

So, to correct my first post, as far as I can tell, very little is happening chemically. If much reaction is going on, you would see gases coming off. Has anybody seen that?

 

[Jim Bob]

Whether we use chili, soup , or wine as an example the point is that many juices do improve over time (some in major ways) the more complex a flavor is , the more this holds true For ME.

I am not interested with any possible risk(s) in heating those plastic bottles in hot water,(or otherwise) but hey that is "just me"

 

[SuperLuckyLady]

Whether we use chili, soup , or wine as an example the point is that many juices do improve over time (some in major ways) the more complex a flavor is , the more this holds true For ME.

I am not interested with any possible risk(s) in heating those plastic bottles in hot water,(or otherwise) but hey that is "just me"

Yep, whatever floats your boat is the right thing to do! I decant all my stuff into glass bottles - don't trust plastic for stuff going into my lungs.

 

[Jim Bob]

Well, I would venture that most keep them in the bottles they come in

 

[SuperLuckyLady]

Backo style juices need to steep for a bit to get a full flavor out of them. Don from Backwoods recommends if you don't get the flavor you're looking for right away to let them steep for a while. Casablanca and RY4 from BWB steeped are good examples. Both pretty good outta the mail but after a couple weeks all the flavorings have time to blend together really well and are fantastic juices IMO.

Let those babies steep!!

Yeah, that makes sense. The more complex the flavor, and I love that about BWB, the longer it will take.