Sweetness of VG

[Cannondale]

Whoa! Two threads in one day. I'm on fire..

I'm new to this stuff (as the category states). For a month I've been using flavorless 70%VG/30%PG. This ratio is sweet spot for me.
I tried some flavored liquids from friends but I realized it is not for me. However I like the mild sweet taste from VG and I like to strengthen it a little (really little) bit.

I read upon for sweeteners but I'm not sure using any of them. I really don't know if that's what I'm looking for.

What I want to ask is, at sweetness of VG, does brand matter? Or do they all taste same?
Should I try different brands or just go for sweeteners (like this one for instance)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[suprtrkr]

I don't think you'll find a lot of difference in flavor in different brands of VG. Most of it used is better than 99% pure, and is thus pretty much the same stuff. FWIW, I have had good luck with the sweetener from Flavor Apprentice.

 

[Cannondale]

@suprtrkr I live in a country where liquids from overseas by mail are forbidden .

I found one domestic shop that sells MT Baker's imported sweetener . I guess that's best I can get..

As I don't want very sweet taste what ratio should I use for sweetening it? I though may be 1% or 2% will be enough.
And do I need to steep liquid afterwards?

 

[suprtrkr]

@suprtrkr I live in a country where liquids from overseas by mail are forbidden .

I found one domestic shop that sells MT Baker's imported sweetener . I guess that's best I can get..

As I don't want very sweet taste what ratio should I use for sweetening it? I though may be 1% or 2% will be enough.
And do I need to steep liquid afterwards?

I'd start with 1 or 2% and see what you get. Make small batches, like 10ml, so you can test without suffering through huge quantities you don't like. Once you get the ratio you like, then you can make whatever quantity seems good to you. As for steeping... I don't really know. I wouldn't think so. Steepping is usually used to marry complex but dissimilar flavors, to smooth out the roughness. All you want to do is sweeten up something already sweet. I'm sure the Mt. Baker flavor will be fine. They tend to do quality work.

 

[jaba62]

I use sweet cream flavoring from mt baker vapor, works for me.

 

[BrotherBob]

Liquid sucrose or stevia are good sweetening choices. You might want to do a little research regarding liquid types of these sweeteners to avoid/obtain.

Might want to try the search function in upper right hand corner of this post. Could type in "liquid sweeteners".

 

[this is my name]

Well I was going to suggest TFA sweetener as well. But since you can't get it let me just add a " Welcome to the forum" here instead! Hope you find all the advice you're looking for, good peeps with good info are plentiful here.

 

[Cannondale]

I've been reading on sweeteners for a while to see if that's what I'm looking for. But I realized that reading doesn't taste So I have to try sweetener for once at least.

MT Baker's sweetener is "Sucralose Artificial Sweetener, Propylene Glycol. USP Kosher Grade Flavoring" so I think it's ok.

Thanks for all replies and one welcome