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Hillbilly Pig

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This is the recipe for my third favorite juice, and the best one I have made.
My top two is a peach yogurt and a juice that my buddy had made(he hasn't given me the go ahead to share it.) All advice on how to improve it further is welcome.

.5% blackberry FA
1% forest fruit FA
1% lime tahity distilled FA
.5% raspberry FA
Steep time ~2 weeks

It's enjoyable after two weeks, but it's best after 3 for whatever reason. The original had strawberry, but at best I couldn't taste strawberry, at worst it brought the rest of the juice down.
 

Hillbilly Pig

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FA is alot more concentrated than other flavor mixes. I find I don't have to go over 2% of a flavor on most occasions. It helps cut down on how much I have to buy. That and FA is the best in my opinion.
 

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Sounds decent, never had a juice at such a low percentage though
It probably works just fine for people who were lucky enough to have their taste buds return ... not mine though.
There are very few flavorings I can use at such low percentages, no matter who the company is... believe me, I've tried them all, in the last 5 years.
Just no hope for me I guess... too bad, cause it sounds good.
 

Hillbilly Pig

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It probably works just fine for people who were lucky enough to have their taste buds return ... not mine though.
There are very few flavorings I can use at such low percentages, no matter who the company is... believe me, I've tried them all, in the last 5 years.
Just no hope for me I guess... too bad, cause it sounds good.

You can up the flavor strength, try doubling them see if it helps. What happened with your taste buds if I can ask
 

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You can up the flavor strength, try doubling them see if it helps. What happened with your taste buds if I can ask
56 years of smoking is what happened :(
I got very little return of olfactory (smell or taste) senses after I quit.
I kept hearing how great the improvement was for everyone else who quit, but I gave up looking for improvement after the second year.
It's not like I don't have any ... just not much compared to others.
I got so tempted by HIC's recipes, and I tried quite a few, a few years back.
I kept doubling, and re-doubling but got mostly nothing taste wise, while everyone else was drooling.
But, I've found a LOT of flavorings that are strong enough to use.

Example of what I would have to use (solo) to taste caramel:
CAP 16% ..NF 16-18% ...FA 6-8% ...German 6% ... FW 15% ...so I use the FA, and gave away all the others.
I also tried and gave away the VZ, HS, IWA, and TFA Caramels... they weren't good at any % to me.
It's taken a few years, and a lot of wasted $$ to find the flavors I want, and can use.
I have a limit on how high I will go with the %, so that eliminates a lot.

On your recipe, I would have to use, .. (levels I use of these flavors to taste them)
Blackberry 2-3% (different company)
FA Forest Fruit 6-8%
FA Lime Tahiti 5%
Raspberry 4% (different company)
So, my combo would total 17-20% ... to much for me to try it, but it still sounds good :p
For me, any of these flavors solo, but combo-ed with a cream or bakery flavor is about as fancy as I get.
I very seldom combo more that 3 flavors, at the most.
 

Boogenshizzle

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In order to keep the recipe balanced, instead of raising each individual percent, take the recipe and multiply the total amount of flavoring by 20% or so. see how that works for you. There is an option on ELR for just such a thing if you don't feel like doing the math.
 

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In order to keep the recipe balanced, instead of raising each individual percent, take the recipe and multiply the total amount of flavoring by 20%
I have several ways of getting around it that works sometimes
Like ... I just mix up a fair amount of the flavorings called for in the % called for, (as a base flavor), and then use that as the flavoring for my PG,VG,and Nic.
It works some times. :rolleyes:
 

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