I actually had a momentary bout of insanity---not a senior moment, but rather a JAS attack (
Juice
Acquisition
Syndrome)---and considered buying 15ml bottles of Smugjuice NET-based
RY4 and
RY4 Extra to review for
The Big RY4 Roundup thread, but my wallet remained sane and vetoed that plan.
So, instead, I whipped up a DIY NET-based RY4:
Hearth&Home Burley Kake RY4. Took me a long time to master making good RY4s from scratch. I worked at that for more than a year of failures before the successes began to accrue, but by George I think I've done it! This one required all of three minutes to make, and it's both rich and
deeeeeelicious. Here's the recipe:
7% H&H Burley Kake extract
5% Natures Flavors Caramel
5% Natures Flavors Caramel Cream
5% Natures Flavors Bavarian Cream
I made a bottle of 12mg, 50/50 PG/VG. Man, oh man, the slightly nutty bass notes of the Burley provide a wonderful anchor for the Nature's Flavors organic caramel and vanilla. It's terrific. By itself, the Burley Kake is good, if a bit tame, what with the dominance of the mid-range and bass, but it's perfect for RY4s. I think I'll try another bottle adding a bit of Perique for spice and Virginia for brightness, but it'll be hard to top this one.
I can't say that NET-based Custom RY4s have ruined me entirely for synthetic-tobacco-based Classic RY4s---they are, after all two very different kinds of creatures, and Classic RY4s are, well,
classic---but natural tobacco RY4s have taken me down that road quite a ways, and this delightful Burley Kake RY4 is yet another vote toward winning me over to the NET-based Custom RY4 camp. The fact that I can make it myself is icing on the cake.
