Mangled with a strapple

Hello folks

Ive been trying to recreate a version of Gwar bloodbath without much luck recently and wound up with this combination that I found absolutely delicious.

FA strawberry 3%
FA Mango 2%
CAP Golden pineapple 2%

Very smooth, fruity and reminds me of a tropicana twister
Hope you enjoy it

Don't have the caps golden, but I do have FA pineapple. Think it would work in this?

Only one way to find out....

Teresa P said:

Don't have the caps golden, but I do have FA pineapple. Think it would work in this?

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id do a lower % to start with on fa pineapple and work up. Try at .5% then 1%

I havent had any luck with FA pineapple in any of my recipes so i switched to Capellas. If you do want to try FA pineapple, I agree with Daintanee, start at .5 or 1% . The pineapple isnt an up front flavor in this recipe, but it adds a really good tropical sweetness to it.

Teresa P said:

Don't have the caps golden, but I do have FA pineapple. Think it would work in this?

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Please post your results if you do try this with FA Pineapple--it sounds so lovely, but I have had terrible luck with pineapple in general. Even using EM and very low percentages, it upsets my stomach or something. I'm reluctant to give it a go myself.

lirruping said:

Please post your results if you do try this with FA Pineapple--it sounds so lovely, but I have had terrible luck with pineapple in general. Even using EM and very low percentages, it upsets my stomach or something. I'm reluctant to give it a go myself.

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It generally gives me heartburn, but I love it. I just keep Tums on standby. Lol!

FWIW, while I do like FA Pineapple, it seems to give me a little indigestion so I would agree with everyone that suggests starting @ low percentages with it. I still use it but try to prepare myself by keeping some tums nearby lol. IMO the taste is more like a pineapple before it reaches full ripeness so it has more bite and less sweetness.

ETA: Haha, Teresa beat me to the Tums suggestion!

Tried this with FA pineapple .. whew! strong pineapple flavoring it seems to me... put together a batch at

FA strawberry 3%
FA Mango 2%
FA pineapple .5%

pg/vg 30/70 no nic- shake n vape .. the FA pineapple seems to take control of this mix even at that low ratio.. not getting much strawberry either - will update if this changes per steep/day if not will maybe try a light blast of creme and or some citrus to maybe catch the strawberry - if not then will keep it till i can try the cap G Pineapple..
Thanx @vettemn86 for sharing!

Oh man...watch out for that FA Mango, too! I love Mango so much, but I've made several mistakes with it lately. I don't think I would dare put FA Pineapple & Mango together --unless possibly in minuscule amounts. With lots of other stuff.

haha.. yep yep .. am seeing that that seems right.. having slept on this and am thinking citrus is really already there as well.. so that won't be added at this point lol - thanx Lirruping!

returning to this semi forgotten thread: @lirruping - 'conundrom' so am now getting the mango pineapple full throttle .. it's good tho.. i ended up chain vaping it for like an hour after posting last night.. lol Still not feeling the strawberry.. but here is the rub... no nic in this so handed it to the wife and she tastes the strawberry but not the pineapple... !! (perhaps my tastebuds are strawberry deficient? ;p) anywayz.. can't quote ya on this but did see you post re the spearmint/v.cream = FA strawberry enhance..(Thats right! I caught that little trick!) think i will try adding that tonite to see if it brings up the StrawB for me.

lirruping said:

I don't think I would dare put FA Pineapple & Mango together --unless possibly in minuscule amounts. With lots of other stuff.

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on hindsight .. prob very good advice! hahaha

Foggz said:

returning to this semi forgotten thread: @lirruping - 'conundrom' so am now getting the mango pineapple full throttle .. it's good tho.. i ended up chain vaping it for like an hour after posting last night.. lol Still not feeling the strawberry.. but here is the rub... no nic in this so handed it to the wife and she tastes the strawberry but not the pineapple... !! (perhaps my tastebuds are strawberry deficient? ;p) anywayz.. can't quote ya on this but did see you post re the spearmint/v.cream = FA strawberry enhance..(Thats right! I caught that little trick!) think i will try adding that tonite to see if it brings up the StrawB for me.

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Oh, man, be careful taking my advice. I'm not sure how or why that happened with the spearmint, but I wasn't able to replicate it with FA spearmint. (Not to say it isn't possible--I only made one try). Just make sure you start super low.

If you're thinking of adding it to your mix above - this one:

FA strawberry 3%
FA Mango 2%
FA pineapple .5%

and you don't want to really taste the mint, you could try 0.1%. If you have a small batch, you might estimate that amount using a toothpick--dipping it into the concentrate, then into your mix. I'll be interested to see your results if you try it.

Looks delicious, thanks for sharing

vettemn86 said:

I havent had any luck with FA pineapple in any of my recipes so i switched to Capellas. If you do want to try FA pineapple, I agree with Daintanee, start at .5 or 1% . The pineapple isnt an up front flavor in this recipe, but it adds a really good tropical sweetness to it.

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Yeah. As much as I love Flavour Art in general, I do not like their Pineapple. You may get away with TFA Pineapple at a LOW percentage but I don't think FA Pineapple would have the same effect but if you like FA Pineapple... who knows.

lirruping said:

Oh, man, be careful taking my advice.

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hmm so if I take this advice NOT to follow your advice .. I'm then Taking your advice... but if I don't take this advice to follow your advice .. then I'd still be taking your advice...LOL .. all good as long as 'careful' got it!!

lirruping said:

I'm not sure how or why that happened with the spearmint, but I wasn't able to replicate it with FA spearmint. (Not to say it isn't possible--I only made one try). Just make sure you start super low.

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OK so your saying when you org did this it wasn't with "FA" spearmint .. rather was a dif brand?

lirruping said:

and you don't want to really taste the mint, you could try 0.1%. If you have a small batch, you might estimate that amount using a toothpick--dipping it into the concentrate, then into your mix.

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Sooo .. all quoted now ;p .... yes being kinda strawberry deficient to me I jumped on this with one drop of FA spearmint (Thin tip dropper- small quantity for sure) in a 10 ml batch ... ok ok.. about 9 ml's at that point - Hit it a couple times and didn't taste any difference so decided to let it sit for a day or so. It's now a 'a day or so' and the flavors seem to have calmed down a bit but still seems a tad pine/mango heavy to me. I'm gonna add some v.cream and one more drop of the spearmint.. I think that I will be chasing that spearmint thing for a while if I can't get it to replicate here .. haha.. only cuz I WANT it to work!! .. anywayz .. having fun with it.. next order fest for me I think will include mamaj's / HICS / and some dif strawberrys.

I've NEVER been a fan of strawberry flavor'd things .. Love strawberry's but for some reason flavored foods never cut it for me .. all these recipes here make me WANT to find one I like .. lol Thanx so much for your help on this .. I will definitely update ya if I find something good with it!

Rin13 said:

Yeah. As much as I love Flavour Art in general, I do not like their Pineapple. You may get away with TFA Pineapple at a LOW percentage but I don't think FA Pineapple would have the same effect but if you like FA Pineapple... who knows.

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yet another thing to consider .. I am finding the FA flavors to be very good, guess just have to keep in mind to keep trying different flavors if one or another don't seem to do the job.. This may be a case for me .. where the type of pineapple flavor just isn't right or may need another 'type' of pineapple flavor (i.e. sweeter / more candylike etc.) alone or in tandem with it..

@Foggz, lol, you have unraveled the riddle of my obscure prose and caught the contradiction!
Seriously, if I am of any help I'm glad. To answer you, it was FA Spearmint where I was able to add a relatively small amount (yet still ten times more than I would've thought) and have it seem to amp up the strawberry. I don't know if you remember from the original posts about it, but the combo was of a solution of spearmint mixed with the following long-steeped (months-old) solution:

strawberry 3%
custard 2%
vienna cream 1%
f. cream .33 %

This was one of my first ever stabs at an "original" recipe. (Strawb & cream hardly original, I know, but the proportions were my idea). The ratio of custard and cream to strawberry in the above was such that the strawberry didn't shine properly. Too much cream. If I were mixing it again, I'd probably just use 3-4% Strawberry and 1.5% Custard (creamy, lemony) and maybe 0.5%- 1% vienna cream. I find that creamy flavors sometimes suck up the primary flavors in a mix. Fresh Cream, especially...it's like a thick creamy blanket over delicate fruit flavors if I'm not careful. I remember that HeadinClouds writes somewhere about a ratio of FA fruits-to-Custard for a gelato effect. It's not its own thread and I can't find it atm, but you might want to search for it. HIC's notes are like diy gold, in case you hadn't noticed yet.

Anyway, I think what happened with my spearmint/strawberry mix may have been a fluke. And it may have had something to do with the long steep time. Maybe the bit of lemon in the custard in the mix interacted with the bit of mint to spring the strawberry back to life.

Considering my tummy issues with both mango and pineapple, and just how potent those flavors undeniably are, if it were me, I'd remix with lower percentages and conduct the same experiment. Maybe side by side with the one you have going.

I'll look forward to hearing what happens with your mango/pineapple-heavy mix and the spearmint. You have really great enthusiasm. I've no doubt you'll learn a lot no matter how it turns out