I found a bottle of sweet carolina in my drawer and it's over 6 mos old. should I toss it?
does juice expire?
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Many juices are marked for 1 year shelf life, they don't exactly "expire" as much as they degrade. Flavors change over time, nicotine levels lower, the juice will change color and sometimes become thicker or harder on your coils. 6 Months shouldn't be an issue, but don't be surprised if it isn't the same flavor as when you first put it in your dresser. Good thing is that it was kept out of the light and heat, which have the biggest impacts on juice degrading.
I've had juice "expire" after sitting untouched and forgotten on the desk in my sunlit office for 3 months. It turned dark brown and permanently stained the inside of its bottle. Same thing has happened to juice in attys that got lost behind piles of stuff and sat forgotten for months on the same sunlit desk.
Haven't yet had a liquid do the same thing in my "juice vault" (top shelf in my pitch black closet). I've had juice sitting in there for 8 months and, other than turning a tad darker due to oxidation, it's fine. If your Carolina has been sitting in the dark, and it hasn't taken on a "dirty motor oil" shade of brown, it's probably fine too.
Haven't yet had a liquid do the same thing in my "juice vault" (top shelf in my pitch black closet). I've had juice sitting in there for 8 months and, other than turning a tad darker due to oxidation, it's fine. If your Carolina has been sitting in the dark, and it hasn't taken on a "dirty motor oil" shade of brown, it's probably fine too.
I don't think it'll be a problem...
I still have a couple bottles laying around nearing the 2-year mark and are still fine.
The color and flavors have changed and the nicotine impact has weakened but they didn't go "bad".
I still have a couple bottles laying around nearing the 2-year mark and are still fine.
The color and flavors have changed and the nicotine impact has weakened but they didn't go "bad".
The shelf life of nic is about 1 year in open air oxidation, flavors will eventually loose their potency but won't really ever go bad (I think). I've some old stock flavors I'd love to try out and plan to actually, I don't suspect that they degraded any but that's what testing is about.
To reaffirm the others, as everyone above is right -- it'll depend on the flavorings used (oil based, etc.) as to whether or not they can actually go "bad" but in general it'll just lose some flavor, nic potency and be a bit darker.
I have a couple of bottles left over from when I started vaping in 2011, which are still fine. They were in the veggie drawer in the refrigerator for most of that time, though.
Expiration date on Mayonnaise = heed the warning!
Pretty much everything else... Right on KKahmann!
I just kept buying juices that I read about / heard about here on ECF when I was still "Green"... I'm sure you know what I'm talking about! 
I eventually dropped down in nicotine strength and some of those old bottles just sat unused. Every once in a while, I'll drip a bit on top of my 0mg juice for the fun of it... I still like the feeling of the nicotine calming rush I get from them.
I just cannot handle 24mg anymore but I can't seem to let them go either...
I eventually dropped down in nicotine strength and some of those old bottles just sat unused. Every once in a while, I'll drip a bit on top of my 0mg juice for the fun of it... I still like the feeling of the nicotine calming rush I get from them.
I just cannot handle 24mg anymore but I can't seem to let them go either...
I just kept buying juices that I read about / heard about here on ECF when I was still "Green"... I'm sure you know what I'm talking about!
I eventually dropped down in nicotine strength and some of those old bottles just sat unused. Every once in a while, I'll drip a bit on top of my 0mg juice for the fun of it... I still like the feeling of the nicotine calming rush I get from them.
I just cannot handle 24mg anymore but I can't seem to let them go either...
Have you considered thinning them out with some unflavored PG or VG, depending on their base? You'll get a flavor dilution, but hey.
I have unflavored base liquids around, but I generally drip my 24mg "Perique Black" on top of my 0mg Perique/Tobacco blends when I'm feeling a little, shall we say, adventurous?!?
I still love my nicotine, I never had any intention of giving it up. But over the last couple years I just can't vape it regularly anymore... ya know!?
Older PG/VG can have undesirable effects upon inhalation.
Had some older PG (not expired) and found it irritating.
Always get the newest, furthest out expiry dates now to give my mixes
longer life on my shelf.
The older stuff may not "bother" you, but it did me.
Had some older PG (not expired) and found it irritating.
Always get the newest, furthest out expiry dates now to give my mixes
longer life on my shelf.
The older stuff may not "bother" you, but it did me.
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