Need validation for my next obsession...frenilla

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CorallineAlgae

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Frenilla is a 100% made in house French vanilla flavor. You simply will not find a better vanilla. Clark actually extracts the flavoring himself from actual top quality whole vanilla bean pods (as I understand it). I keep whole Madagascar vanilla beans in my cupboard for making homemade custards and rice pudding. Nothing else compares. It's shocking how unbelievably rich Frenilla gets after it ages a couple of months but it's killer from the first day it arrives. I don't even count it in my top eliquids list. It has a classification all it's own. When I want to indulge myself with a special treat I take out some well steeped Frenilla.

It's also the best mixing flavor in existence.
 

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The short of it is...

I start a batch of our in-house vanilla bean steep. After 45-60 days, it completes. I start a second batch of vanilla extract at the same time the first batch completes.

I take some portion of the first and make CLS/CB/Doodle/H1N1/Radioactive with it for another 45-60 days (while the second batch completes). Once the second batch completes, I take whatever remains of the first batch and it goes into Frenilla.

As a %, Frenilla contains considerably more extract as compared to CLS/CB/Doodle/H1N1/Radioactive. Significantly more... so much more that I can't leave Frenilla up all the time or we would run the risk of totally depleting the vanilla bean extract.

The extract that goes into Frenilla is much more intense as compared to the stuff I put into CLS/CB because it steeps an extra 45-60 days.

It's a DEEP STEEP. The current batch of finished liquid was mixed on 4-1-2014. It will be released next week, but we don't consider it "ready to vape" until (at a bare minimum) 5-1-2014. The longer you let it steep, the better it gets. Since it only comes around every 2 months or so... most of the new folks make a huge buy on the first run they buy (think, 300ml+) (basically, twice as much as you want to vape in 2 months). Then they buy half that ammount (like, 150ml) every time it pops up... and they generally vape the oldest liquid first (unless they cherry pick a bottle out for a super deep 6-8 month steep.

One 50ml bottle of Frenilla from the August batch sold in January for $65.

Sans H1N1, many believe it's the best liquid I make... the only reason it didn't crush the Best of ECF 2013 is because it's so erratically available.
 

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Well put Coralline, Frenilla exceeds and surpasses any other vanilla on the market. It's a true indulgence of rich French vanilla sweetness without being heavy or overpowering. Many people mix this with some of Clark's bakeries and tobaccos alike; I myself could easily have it as an adv. I found a coffee juice I have that is decent and add a little Frenilla to pick up the flavor profile. It will do until Clark caves and releases WIR, poor guy every where he turns WIR is posted. We the obsessed juices monsters is the product of our master craftsman, in a way us Nicoheads are Clarks own Frankensteins. Don't hesitate on the Frenilla just mass order and enjoy it at all stages of its' steeping.
 

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Wow, game on friends. I'm ready. :) Sounds amazing! How big of a bottle is 500ml? I'm trying to picture it but really can't. Is it like a 20ounce soda size? It probably doesn't come in 500 though huh? Now I just sound greedy. :evil:

16.907 ounces, plus overfill ;)
 

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The short of it is...

I start a batch of our in-house vanilla bean steep. After 45-60 days, it completes. I start a second batch of vanilla extract at the same time the first batch completes.

I take some portion of the first and make CLS/CB/Doodle/H1N1/Radioactive with it for another 45-60 days (while the second batch completes). Once the second batch completes, I take whatever remains of the first batch and it goes into Frenilla.

As a %, Frenilla contains considerably more extract as compared to CLS/CB/Doodle/H1N1/Radioactive. Significantly more... so much more that I can't leave Frenilla up all the time or we would run the risk of totally depleting the vanilla bean extract.

The extract that goes into Frenilla is much more intense as compared to the stuff I put into CLS/CB because it steeps an extra 45-60 days.

It's a DEEP STEEP. The current batch of finished liquid was mixed on 4-1-2014. It will be released next week, but we don't consider it "ready to vape" until (at a bare minimum) 5-1-2014. The longer you let it steep, the better it gets. Since it only comes around every 2 months or so... most of the new folks make a huge buy on the first run they buy (think, 300ml+) (basically, twice as much as you want to vape in 2 months). Then they buy half that ammount (like, 150ml) every time it pops up... and they generally vape the oldest liquid first (unless they cherry pick a bottle out for a super deep 6-8 month steep.

One 50ml bottle of Frenilla from the August batch sold in January for $65.

Sans H1N1, many believe it's the best liquid I make... the only reason it didn't crush the Best of ECF 2013 is because it's so erratically available.


Yes, I will be ordering this lol.
 

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I'm vaping Frenilla right now in a Kayfun 3.1 clone, but not straight Frenilla. I was vaping Strawberry Frosting from Thunderhead Vapor (I turn 40 on the 26th, so I'm breaking my normal rule that at least 80% of what I vape is DIY - this month, it's 100% good stuff 24/7), and when it got really low, I added some Frenilla to it, then when the strawberry taste started to vanish, I added Strawberries & Cream from Lucky 7.

Frenilla + strawberry e-juice = awesomeness...I can't imagine what a Nicoticket Strawberries & Cream would taste like!

I liked Frenilla immediately upon arrival, but there's no question about it getting better with steeping...I got 50ml and typically use it as an additive rather than vaping it straight - it lasts longer that way, whether doctoring up vapes that need it or making good ones even better.
 

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I'm vaping Frenilla right now in a Kayfun 3.1 clone, but not straight Frenilla. I was vaping Strawberry Frosting from Thunderhead Vapor (I turn 40 on the 26th, so I'm breaking my normal rule that at least 80% of what I vape is DIY - this month, it's 100% good stuff 24/7), and when it got really low, I added some Frenilla to it, then when the strawberry taste started to vanish, I added Strawberries & Cream from Lucky 7.

Frenilla + strawberry e-juice = awesomeness...I can't imagine what a Nicoticket Strawberries & Cream would taste like!

I liked Frenilla immediately upon arrival, but there's no question about it getting better with steeping...I got 50ml and typically use it as an additive rather than vaping it straight - it lasts longer that way, whether doctoring up vapes that need it or making good ones even better.

Happy birthday Sed! ...and yes... great mixer, great fixer. I haven't found anything it doesn't mix well with in some ratio (sans Gravity, I don't mix that stuff with anything... and I think I am adding Hummingbird to that list... lychee don't play with vanilla for me personally)
 

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This one sounds right up my alley, love Uber vanilla flavor! Jeez quite a slippery slope, thinking about 3rd order now the day after I got my first.

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I'm anxious to see if the CLS and CB perk up for your KB... your bottles are comparatively fresh.
 

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Because I ONLY drip Frenilla (mine will NEVER see a tank....!!!;))....I've still using some "Born On 10/31/13".....
Haven't even tapped my "1/20/14" (OK...I lie....I DID drip it ONCE, FOOB......then, "back to bed"....!!:D)
Those who have never tried Frenilla....latch onto your laptops or camp out next to your PC when it "arrives".....!!:)
Amazed (but not surprised!!) at how fast Raz Cup flew out!!:blink:
Happy (vaping) Trails!
 
I think I'm going to have to start hiding bottles in my office. That way I don't have to explain to *someone* at home who checks the mail first as to why I spent $250 on a bottle of ejuice. Now, in my cartman voice I say "whateva, I do what I want."

Some would even have their packages delivered at their jobs ;) The home front never needs to know :p
 

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So, I'm obviously *NOT* asking for any trade secrets or anything, but I've long made my own vanilla extract because I bake a lot and am also a bit of a hippie. I have some that I used great beans for and good quality vodka (360) for that has been steeping since Sept. 2013. Can I just add a little of that to some VG and use it? I get that it totally would be nothing like a juice created by someone who knows what they're doing, since I obviously don't, but now I'm really curious! (And if this question is totally out of line, I'm so sorry!)
 
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