Okay...I'm back...And I didn't die or have to call 911!
I think we may be on to something!
Okay a little back story on my test...
I have been trying to replicate some of the top shelf RY4s for quite some time. I've had very POOR results to date. I can mix one helluva Dekang RY4 though. That full rich flavor of the top shelf RY4s has been very elusive though. Some of them use
tobacco extract and I'm not trying to replicate those yet. One of the flavors in the top shelf RY4s that I couldn't master is a smooth burnt sugar flavor that I taste in them. I think I may have found it! That is why the mix I am about to describe to you WILL sound really weird! I wanted to test a theory that has been bouncing around in my head for a while now. This is nothing like I usually mix because I was going for the Pro Version RY4.
What I did...
5ml base:
1ml 100mg NIC/PG
1.5ml PG
2.5ml VG
Okay, that's a fifty-fifty mix.
To that I added:
Ethyl Maltol in PG Dilution 15 drops
Caramel Color in PG Dilution 10 drops
The color of the resulting mix is VERY dark brown or BLACK. It looks like Pepsi or Coke.
Loaded it up in my test atty tonight and tried it...
WOW! Nothing like I thought it would taste like by the appearance! It tasted like BURNT SUGAR ALMOST CARMELLY!
Chased down the beautiful Mrs. Pinellaspete and had her give it a try.
Mrs. Pete: That's pretty good, what is it a RY4?
Pete: No, but tell me what it tastes like.
Mrs. Pete: I don't know, I taste some caramel, it tastes pretty good.
There you have it! For the first go around I think it went well!
The reason I decided on making this mix is because of all the research I have done in the past month or so. Ethyl Maltol has a burnt sugar flavor in large quantity. Caramel Color has a burnt sugar flavor in large quantity. If you used either EM or Caramel Color by themselves your resulting mix would be either very sweet or very acid. By using them together they balance each other out and the resulting
juice doesn't taste sweet or acidic! But it does taste like burnt sugar! And it is quite vapable by itself!
I'll post where I bought the Caramel Color in a few minutes.
Anybody have any other ideas where the Caramel Color should be tried?
Pete