The Milder Side of NET's

Another order from pipesandcigars.com has been placed ! Using the menu for Pipe Tobacco Brands and choosing Bulk Tobacco (1 oz. packages), I was able to "Filter" by Profile (Mellow-Medium), Flavor Intensity (Mellow), and Customer Ratings (4 stars and above). This narrowed my choices from over 400 to 100. Easier to get a closer look that way.
Several old favorites like Decatur Black Cherry, Peter Stokkebye's 84 Turkish, Scotty's Honey and Chocolate, H&H Louisiana Red, and H&H Virginia Spice. I also included Sutliff's Stoved Black Virginia just to see how it would compare to McClellan's Stoved Virginia.
And, of course, a few new flavors. Sutliff's Christmas Spice, Creamy Butterscotch and Golden Cavendish, Lane's Limited BCA and Mac Barons Golden Extra. I also wanted Cornell and Deihl Yorktown, but I have to settle for a back order for that one.
Should be in late next week, begin cold maceration then, and fresh supplies by May !

 

Not yet. I am still relatively new to this. It didn't take long for me to figure out that I prefer milder NET flavors, though.
I have found a sweet, clean Virginia pressed cake called Briar Fox. My first few blends will undoubtedly contain this. Mixed some Burley and Bright earlier this week. And Mac Barons Golden Extra on the way. Maybe one of these Burley, along with Briar Fox could be a 'base' for blending.... ?

 

I don't care for PG either, acute sinus allergies if I vape above 30%. I do 30/70 PG/VG because of it.
The links are to pipesandcigars.com where I buy my tobaccos in one ounce "Bulk" packages. One ounce of tobacco, a 1/2 pint mason jar and top off with maybe 100ml of PG. Then let sit 8 to 12 weeks.
I Vape almost exclusively with REOS Mods. Durable "wash and wear" mech mods. The RBA's and RTA's I use get cleaned about once a week. 5 to 7 minute soak in 91% Isopropanol, 5 minute soak hot water, and Q-tips. Then just wrap a new coil and add new cotton. 20 to 30 minutes on a lazy Sunday afternoon is a small price to pay for clean gear and delicious vapes. Maybe vape 10ml week each in my "At Work" mods, less in my at home gear.

 

Hearth & Home Signature Anniversary Kake - Pipes and Cigars

Extracted (cold maceration) winter of 2016
Mixed at 10% (30/70 PG/VG @10ml Nic) February 2018

I am thinking I should have tried this one earlier....
Anniversary Kake is a VaPer (Virginia - Perique) blend that comes across very mild and smooth. Home & Hearth claims they ordered red Virginia, but received a mix of various Virginias from yellow to brown. Then they added Arcadian Perique, heated and pressed it into a "Kake".
My impressions - the Virginia is neither sweet or grassy, but rather a smooth blend of light tobaccos. The Perique is blended into the flavor, slightly less than say Louisiana Red. Neither flavor takes center stage, but compliments one another. Neither sweet or tart, just a light and smooth clean tobacco flavor
I wish I had ordered more ...

 

Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening - Pipes and Cigars

Extracted (cold maceration) winter of 2017
Mixed @10% (30/70 PG/VG) 10 days ago.

MAPLE !!!!! as in Aunt Jemima, Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth. Maple Syrup.
I mixed up a small 10ml. bottle to give this selection a try, and waited about a week and a half. C&D describe their product as Red Virginia Cavendish with a top note mixture of maple, vanilla, citrus, and liquor.
What I am getting is MAPLE ! The maple syrup flavor is front and foremost, and dominates the vape. I am picking up a slight vanilla tone underneath that only sweetens the maple flavor. Buried somewhere under the casing is an occasional slight tobacco flavor. The Virginia Cavendish tries, but it's just too mild to keep up.
Maybe letting this one steep a little more would help the flavors to balance out. As it stands now, if you are the kind that pours maple syrup over your pancakes, this is a must try (though you may need to mix it a little stronger). But this is a very mild, sweet flavor.

 

I have been vaping this H&H Anniversary Kake everyday for about three weeks now, and it does not disappoint. And I am vaping it in a Vapefly Galaxies BF RTA, and get to have any issues with gunking. WINNER !

 

Gawith & Hoggarth Kendal Toffee - Pipes and Cigars

Sweet vape. Advertised as a "darker, more mature Virginia", the single tobacco is richer, and not grassy like some Virginia tobaccos. The Toffee flavor blends with this tobacco, and together they provide a sweet yet rich flavor that marries well together, though nowhere near as sweet as Molto Dulce. The toffee gives a hint of glazed, or burnt sugar at the end of the exhale, but not so much as to be unpleasant.
More of a dessert vape than an ADV, but something I have enjoyed none the less.

 

Before this thread 'locks', I should review a few more flavors later this month ...

 

Press down with my hand. Slow, steady pressure for a couple of minutes.
I do use the paper filters that come with the Aeropress for the initial filtration, but the final extract needs to be cleaner than that. That's why I cut filters from 2.5 macron lab filter papers.
@Str8vision has an extensive explanation of filter papers, and why they are so critical. Somewhere. I am sure of it.

 

Gawith & Hoggarth Burley & Bright - Pipes and Cigars

Extracted (cold maceration) winter of 2017
Mixed @10% (30/70 Pg/VG Jan 2019

Dull and boring. Maybe I didn't add enough extract. Maybe I waited too long. Maybe it's just dull and boring.
Very light flavor, almost like smoking an ultra light cigarette. What is there tastes almost stale, barely sweet enough to not be bitter. G&W promotes this as having a slightly nutty taste, but I don't find any flavor notes of the sort. Using a REOS VV Woodvil, I can slowly bring the wattage up to 15W, and there is a slight flavor increase to emphasize just how barely sweet and boring this is. Think Orlik Golden Sliced little sister. Only weaker.
Maybe someone using 40W+ would get more of a light, sweet tobacco flavor, but I don't vape like that.

 

This post got me to thinking (Mamaw says I get in trouble doing such things)

Maybe 2/3 Molto Dulce and 1/3 Burley and Bright.... that way the Molto Dulce might not be so sickeningly sweet ....

 

From 1 ounce of tobacco and maybe 100 ml of PG in a half pint Mason jar, I usually get around 50ml finished extract. At 10% mix, this gives me 500 ml of e-liquids, at 15% maybe 330ml, so on and so forth. Stored in brown glass bottles in a dark, cool place (top shelf of bedroom closet) they are protected from sunlight, and pets. I use Pint Mason jars to filter into. Warm water rinse and a clean paper towel after each use to prepare for next use. Between old tobacco and paper towels, I just commandeer the trash can as well as the kitchen counter and sink while filtering.
It is important to get a good filtering of the extract. Otherwise the e-liquids are gunky and will turn coils and wicks almost immediately.