Has anyone tried making their own "hot" whiskey flavour?

Twiggy1995

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I was looking at some flavorings, and I saw that The Flavor Apprentice has a burbon flavour, a cinnamon flavour, and a red hot cinnamon flavour.

I was thinking of maybe mixing the burbon and cinnamon red hot flavours together, and making a spicy whiskey flavour.

has anyone done this before? and what percentages/ratios of burbon to cinnamon would you recommend? I am originally thinking 80/20, 80% burbon, and 20% cinnamon red hot.
 

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From my experience, the Red Hot Cinnamon from TFA is quite strong and can easily overpower other notes. 20% might be a bit too much you could end up with mostly cinnamon and hardly any bourbon. I’d personally start lower, maybe around 5–10% cinnamon red hot and the rest bourbon, and then adjust depending on how strong you like it.
 

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I was looking at some flavorings, and I saw that The Flavor Apprentice has a burbon flavour, a cinnamon flavour, and a red hot cinnamon flavour.

I was thinking of maybe mixing the burbon and cinnamon red hot flavours together, and making a spicy whiskey flavour.

has anyone done this before? and what percentages/ratios of burbon to cinnamon would you recommend? I am originally thinking 80/20, 80% burbon, and 20% cinnamon red hot.

Way back in the day I delved into Cinnamon Mixes using Water Based Cinnamon flavorings. StiffJiff is absolutely Correct. Cinnamon can Easily Overpower even Strong/Dominate Flavors.

I would start using Low Single Digit Percentages. Or perhaps even Drops.

Once again, I'm talking about Water Based Cinnamon Flavorings. And NOT Oil Based Cinnamon. Which I Wouldn't consider Safe to vape.
 

zoiDman

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I was looking at some flavorings, and I saw that The Flavor Apprentice has a burbon flavour, a cinnamon flavour, and a red hot cinnamon flavour.

I was thinking of maybe mixing the burbon and cinnamon red hot flavours together, and making a spicy whiskey flavour.

has anyone done this before? and what percentages/ratios of burbon to cinnamon would you recommend? I am originally thinking 80/20, 80% burbon, and 20% cinnamon red hot.

BTW - If you haven't Purchased any Flavorings yet, when you do get a bottle of Flavor Apprentice or FlavorArt Cherry and TFA Sweetener also.

With it you can make Cina-Bomb and Atomic Cinnacide. Both are a Must for any Cinnamon Lover.
 
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I was looking at some flavorings, and I saw that The Flavor Apprentice has a burbon flavour, a cinnamon flavour, and a red hot cinnamon flavour.

I was thinking of maybe mixing the burbon and cinnamon red hot flavours together, and making a spicy whiskey flavour.

has anyone done this before? and what percentages/ratios of burbon to cinnamon would you recommend? I am originally thinking 80/20, 80% burbon, and 20% cinnamon red hot.
Fireball:
Bourbon(Kentucky)-fw-3%
Cinnamon red hots-tfa-1.5%
Milk flavor-fa-2%
Rum(Jamaica)-2.3%
Sweet cream-fw-2%
The first time I mixed this, I used 2.5% cinnamon red hots. It was too strong for me, maybe start cinnamon red hots at 1% and go from there.
 

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Thanks.

I will be holding off on the hot whiskey idea for a while, so I can calculate a good percentage.

I like strong flavors though, very strong.

I did buy this off amazon last night, lorann oils super strength cotton candy.


To test, I will just make 4ml worth, so I am thinking 1ml flavoring, 1ml pg, and 2ml vg. for a 50/50 mix to use with my MTL nautilus 3 tank and coil.

Does anyone know how long I should let it steep for, or is that not really needed with a super strength?


P.S: I don't use nicotine, so thats not an issue for me.
 
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