My first diy recipe problem

[fiddleshe]

I just tried one of my recipes I had great hopes for. http://..................../recipe/847226/Apple Jacks and Milk I let it sit and steep for 2 days after 3 hours in the crockpot and mixing it with a frother. It is ok. I'll vape it but it isn't to die for. Mostly I don't taste a strong Apple jacks taste. Will it get stronger with time or will that not matter? I only mixed 15ml worth. I'm vaping it right now trying to figure out what to do with it. Maybe the next batch I should increase the Apple jacks flavoring? I don't know. Ideas?

 

[fiddleshe]

Hmmm it didn't let me share the link.

 

[Darth Omerta]

Recipe isnt showing...that site isnt available through ECF. What are your percentages?

 

[fiddleshe]

Nicotine 24%
Pg 10.93%
Vg 50%
Acetyl pyryazine 0.5%
Apple jacks7%
Berry cereal 2 %
Cream fresh 2%
Dairy milk 1%
Marshmallow 1%
Meringue 1%

 

[Darth Omerta]

Looks pretty decent to me. I wouldnt up the Apple Jacks too much. Maybe some good old fashioned aging might help.

 

[fiddleshe]

I definitely taste the milk and it's good but I don't taste the apples or cinnamon much.

 

[fiddleshe]

How long should I let it steep?

 

[dannyv45]

Try giving it another 2 hours in the crock pot.

 

[SteveS45]

I have found it is better to just pop the bottles in a cup/pan of hot water that is under 150 degrees and to change out the water as it starts cooling then to wait up to 5 hours for a crock pot. In my opinion the crock pot takes hours to get to 140-150 degrees and is a waste of my valuable time. When I do a mix it gets popped into hot water for up to an hour and that is it.

 

[ckquatt]

Anything bakery like that I give at least 3 weeks aging time before I give it a go. Eliquids like bakery or tobacco flavors take longer than simple fruits and such.

 

[Maestro]

Those recipes are very hit and miss. I've tried some of the highest rate ones and there are some I love and some that are horrible. If you hate it now, you'll probably hate it later. Just make small batches, keep good notes, and build up your favorites through trial and error.

 

[tazzle]

If it were me, I'd try a new tester without the Acetyl pyryazine (or maybe way less) just because, for me, it's a flavor that can easily really wreck a recipe. I'd leave the original to steep for a couple of weeks and then taste and compare. You might like the original more after a longer steep, or you might like it just without the AP -- steeped or less steeped/unsteeped, or you might find you just aren't too keen on this mix, period.

 

[dobroeutro]

Recipe looks ok to me. I would give it a little more time, maybe a week, before I made any adjustments...

 

[fiddleshe]

What about increasing the Apple jacks to 10%

 

[bwh79]

What about increasing the Apple jacks to 10%

Only way to know is to find out. Maybe (some of) those flavors just aren't for you. Have you tried them all individually? I don't usually do it either, but most people here would recommend that we do. Sometimes a flavor just won't taste, to a particular person, what it's supposed to taste like. For example, most strawberry flavors taste kind of "spicy" to me, TFA's "cinnamon roll" tastes like old bread dipped in old beer, and their "brown sugar" tastes just like the smell of fresh-cut lumber, but everyone else seems to love these flavors and no one ever mentions these "other" tastes like I get from them. Perhaps it's the same way, with you and Apple Jacks.

Also, 0.5% is actually a lot for AP. I posited a recipe with something like 2% or 5% once; someone recommended I cut that down to 0.5 and it still had an overwhelming "corn nuts" taste that overpowered everything else in the mix. If I ever use it again, I'm gonna cut what I have with 9 parts PG (and it's already only 10% so I'll have a 1% mix when I'm done) and then use that at the "recommended" percentages.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Why make just one test sample? For one, I would have different amounts of the AJ. If the milk is so prominent drop it a percent.

For a butterscotch I made 5 x 5ml samples.

Just ideas.

 

[fiddleshe]

Why make just one test sample? For one, I would have different amounts of the AJ. If the milk is so prominent drop it a percent.

For a butterscotch I made 5 x 5ml samples.

Just ideas.

I only had 5 bottles at the time to work with. My order of bottles finally came. Now I have 30 bottles to play with.

 

[fiddleshe]

Well I went to test this recipe again today and the bottle won't open. The childproof part is stripped so when I push down to engage the childproof release it just spins. I am bummed. Time to find my vice grips. Lol. Maybe I'm meant to not have this recipe.

 

[fiddleshe]

Ok got the bottle opened. Now it's barely vapable. It tastes on the verge of rotten milk. I may vape it a little while longer but right now my urge is to pour it down the sink.

 

[Rickb119]

I'd try it again but leave out the AP, cream and milk. If it taste good that way, add a drop of AP into the *tank* (not the bottle). If that's good, add a drop of cream, etc.

Some flavors don't mix well together and some manufacturers flavors are just plain terrible. Whereas, other manufacturers of the same flavor are terrific.

On second thought, I'd probably add the AP last. It may be what is turning the cream/milk sour. Don't know, just a guess.