DIY Menthol/Mint Recipes

[RichJB]

I've been pleasantly surprised by TFA White Chocolate, I used it in Wayne's Peppermint Bark (he used FW but First Rule) and it was lovely and creamy. I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't taste pepper notes, though.

Andre's White Mate sounds like a slightly more complex version of Peppermint Bark so I'll definitely mix it. I haven't had any joy with dark chocolate recipes so that leaves milk chocolate. When my TFA White Choc runs out, I'll restock with FW. That seems to be the one that everyone uses. Although I reckon that, much like VBIC, the two white chocs can be subbed freely without dramatically affecting the recipe.

 

[MiNeM]

Huge fan of spearmint/mint flavored juice (exclusively only vape them)

Been smoking Vape Elixer "Qalactin Hypermint" for over a year and then having issues with getting stock and weird flavor issues I looked for something else.

Did a few others but hate the double mint flavor ideas most other cheaper brands do..

Finally found Vape Wild "ice Cold" and loving it, however now there are stocks issues again it seems and yeah sucks..

Now my question is does anyone know how to make/replicate it?

Would love to do my own juice with the same flavor but yeah need a idea/baseline

 

[Caveman]

sorry about the derail, but I suddenly got the dreaded taste of pepper from TFA: VBIC - and maybe I get it with TFA: White Chocolate as well. It happened suddenly basically at the start of this year.

It seems to come and go. I get the same issue sometimes. I remember the very first mix I tried with VBIC (didn't know it was TFA at the time), was instant black pepper. Didn't touch ice creams for a few months and then I was alright with it again. Sometimes I know just by smelling it and I get black pepper, other times, I have no issue with it. Very inconsistent. I started subbing for CAP VBIC and haven't gotten any black pepper from that yet

 

[Andre]

Huge fan of spearmint/mint flavored juice (exclusively only vape them)

Been smoking Vape Elixer "Qalactin Hypermint" for over a year and then having issues with getting stock and weird flavor issues I looked for something else.

Did a few others but hate the double mint flavor ideas most other cheaper brands do..

Finally found Vape Wild "ice Cold" and loving it, however now there are stocks issues again it seems and yeah sucks..

Now my question is does anyone know how to make/replicate it?

Would love to do my own juice with the same flavor but yeah need a idea/baseline

Most welcome to the forum @MiNeM. If you feel like it, please introduce yourself at the end of this thread.

Unfortunately, I have not tasted either of the juices you mention. Have you perused all the recipes in this thread. Index here. Maybe they could give you some ideas. Here is another recipe for an extremely cold juice.

 

[rogue zombie]

Huge fan of spearmint/mint flavored juice (exclusively only vape them)

Been smoking Vape Elixer "Qalactin Hypermint" for over a year and then having issues with getting stock and weird flavor issues I looked for something else.

Did a few others but hate the double mint flavor ideas most other cheaper brands do..

Finally found Vape Wild "ice Cold" and loving it, however now there are stocks issues again it seems and yeah sucks..

Now my question is does anyone know how to make/replicate it?

Would love to do my own juice with the same flavor but yeah need a idea/baseline

MiNeM :0 Hey bud! Long time...

I haven't tried those you mention. But as Andre showed, those are some really good recipes.

 

[rogue zombie]

@MiNeM also another clean, candy mint recipe is HIC's Halo Kringle clone

And it's simple:

Make it a 40PG/60VG

FW (flavour west) Candy Cane 10%
And 2 drops TFA Koolada per 10mls.

 

[Morph699]

Get yourself some peppermint and spearmint from vapeowave http://www.vapeowave.co.za/index.php/catalogsearch/result/?q=mint - best mint mix ive tried and my customers love it too. steeping time from a couple days to a week or more depending on you. mix 70/30 or 80/20 once again up to you.

 

[Petrus]

My interpretation of Bowden's Mate now on ELR here. Please rate and comment if you have mixed it.

@Andre Is there a difference between Mild Winter (Peppermint) and FA Peppermint? I cant seem to find FA Mild Winter. Thanks.

 

[Andre]

@Andre Is there a difference between Mild Winter (Peppermint) and FA Peppermint? I cant seem to find FA Mild Winter. Thanks.

Same thing, no difference!

 

[andro]

i just wanna say thanks to @Andre . ive done his clone ( or variations )of bowden and i must say is divine. i let it steep for 1 month and imo is a perfect combination between menthol and chocolate

 

[Andre]

i just wanna say thanks to @Andre . ive done his clone ( or variations )of bowden and i must say is divine. i let it steep for 1 month and imo is a perfect combination between menthol and chocolate

Thank you @andro, glad you are enjoying it.

 

[Petrus]

Mine is at two weeks now @Andre

 

[Taytay]

View attachment 65805
Beechies Musk

7% Fruit Circles (TPA)
1% Koolada 10% (TPA)
1% Menthol (TPA)
4% Musk Candy (TPA)

Flavor total: 13%
My sister and sister-in-law's ADV. Growing up in the 70s they used to hive off to the back of their respective properties to go and smoke without getting caught. For some reason they thought that Beechies musk would camouflage the reek of tobacco. Them crazy 70s.

No lemon cream (that's you Fruit Circles) comes off the vape, it's used only to tame the childlike candy-ness of the musk. And the menthol/koolada give the menthol tang of the gum. Not my kind of thing, but it got them both off stinkies. I have a theory that the flavour of the musk triggered a nostalgia that made the transition easier.

I made some of this earlier tonight and it's a winner for me, love me some musk beechies mmmmmmm. Thanks for sharing

 

[Patrick]

Glad you like it @Taytay . It does have the benefit of almost being a SNV.

 

[Taytay]

Glad you like it @Taytay . It does have the benefit of almost being a SNV.

I thought it would need a good long steep but actually really happy with it immediately - I always test a bit immediately and ended up finishing a whole tank

 

[Patrick]

Yep, I originally made it for my sister-in-law and 2 years later it's still her ADV.

Well that and this one which is a straight up blast of cold, made extra frigid by the presence of Polar Blast which really is colder than Koolada. Do not, under any drunken circumstances, drip this. Or as Leonard Cohen points out in "One of us can't be wrong":

An Eskimo showed me a movie
he'd recently taken of you:
the poor man could hardly stop shivering,
his lips and his fingers were blue.
I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes
and I guess he just never got warm.
​

Here's Fisherman's Friend
Fisherman's Friend : http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/351070/Fisherman's Friend

1% Koolada 10% (TPA)
1% Menthol (TPA)
2.5% Mild Winter (Peppermint) (FA)
1% Polar Blast (FA)
2% Smooth (TPA)
1.8% Spearmint (Natural) (FW)

Flavor total: 9.3%

 

[Taytay]

Yep, I originally made it for my sister-in-law and 2 years later it's still her ADV.

Well that and this one which is a straight up blast of cold, made extra frigid by the presence of Polar Blast which really is colder than Koolada. Do not, under any drunken circumstances, drip this. Or as Leonard Cohen points out in "One of us can't be wrong":

An Eskimo showed me a movie
he'd recently taken of you:
the poor man could hardly stop shivering,
his lips and his fingers were blue.
I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes
and I guess he just never got warm.
​

Here's Fisherman's Friend
Fisherman's Friend : http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/351070/Fisherman's Friend

1% Koolada 10% (TPA)
1% Menthol (TPA)
2.5% Mild Winter (Peppermint) (FA)
1% Polar Blast (FA)
2% Smooth (TPA)
1.8% Spearmint (Natural) (FW)

Flavor total: 9.3%

WHOA! That's too much menthol for me, that will make your boogers freeze over!
I forgot to mention that when I made the Musk Beechies I swopped out the Menthol for Polar Blast, so I don't really really know how the original tastes - but I can't be far off since everything else is the same and I really like it

 

[Rude Rudi]

Yep, I originally made it for my sister-in-law and 2 years later it's still her ADV.

Well that and this one which is a straight up blast of cold, made extra frigid by the presence of Polar Blast which really is colder than Koolada. Do not, under any drunken circumstances, drip this. Or as Leonard Cohen points out in "One of us can't be wrong":

An Eskimo showed me a movie
he'd recently taken of you:
the poor man could hardly stop shivering,
his lips and his fingers were blue.
I suppose that he froze when the wind took your clothes
and I guess he just never got warm.
​

Here's Fisherman's Friend
Fisherman's Friend : http://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/351070/Fisherman's Friend

1% Koolada 10% (TPA)
1% Menthol (TPA)
2.5% Mild Winter (Peppermint) (FA)
1% Polar Blast (FA)
2% Smooth (TPA)
1.8% Spearmint (Natural) (FW)

Flavor total: 9.3%

I'm on the 'chilled' train at the moment but this is a bit too ambitious for me... I drip, so I'll use that as an excuse!




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[Rude Rudi]

@MiNeM also another clean, candy mint recipe is HIC's Halo Kringle clone

And it's simple:

Make it a 40PG/60VG

FW (flavour west) Candy Cane 10%
And 2 drops TFA Koolada per 10mls.

There has been an exciting update on this recipe, and it's a winner!

It takes the original 'clone' to the next level and worth every drop...

It is delicious and tastes like a pimped up Endearmint! I found that the original lacked a little something (although good) and these tweaks improves it nicely. I found the recipe on another forum and made the 2nd version with a small adaptation based on other's comments.

Perfect Kringle's Curse Clone
FW Candy Cane 12%
CAP Peppermint 2%
Koolada 1%
TFA Marshmallow 2%

 

[Zebelial]

There has been an exciting update on this recipe, and it's a winner!

It takes the original 'clone' to the next level and worth every drop...

It is delicious and tastes like a pimped up Endearmint! I found that the original lacked a little something (although good) and these tweaks improves it nicely. I found the recipe on another forum and made the 2nd version with a small adaptation based on other's comments.

Perfect Kringle's Curse Clone
FW Candy Cane 12%
CAP Peppermint 2%
Koolada 1%
TFA Marshmallow 2%

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! but i like to tweak things lol
I used:
FW Candy Cane 10%
CAP Peppermint 1%
TFA Creme de menthe 1%
Koolada 0.75%
TFA Marshmallow 2.5%

@Rude Rudi thanks for sharing this. I made a screenshot of this at work scared I wont get it again and mixed it as soon as I got home A++++

 

[Rude Rudi]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! but i like to tweak things lol
I used:
FW Candy Cane 10%
CAP Peppermint 1%
TFA Creme de menthe 1%
Koolada 0.75%
TFA Marshmallow 2.5%

@Rude Rudi thanks for sharing this. I made a screenshot of this at work scared I wont get it again and mixed it as soon as I got home A++++

Nice one! That's the beauty of DIY...

Enjoy!




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[GregF]

Thank you @rogue zombie, glad you like it. We discussed it in another thread. Shall post it here shortly. Here you go:

Andre's Mate

5 Pawns Bowden's Mate has been an ADV for me for a very long time. When I started DIYing, one of my goals was to create an interpretation worthy of the real thing. I tried every clone recipe out there I could find - none came even close. More than 6 months and 20 versions later, the one below ticks all the boxes for me - a really simple recipe compared to some of the others tried. A thank you to @Patrick for getting me to lose Acetyl Pyrazine completely and use FA Peppermint and @method1 who first alerted me to INW Milk Chocolate.

The Peppermint, Menthol and Koolada percentages below are as close to the real juice as one can get imo, but feel free to play around with these to suit your personal taste. I know @rogue zombie uses 1 % Peppermint, 1 % Menthol and adds 1 % Koolada.

Steep: INW Milk Chocolate starts coming into its own from about 10 days. EDIT: Some members have reported here that anything from 2 weeks to 1 month is optimum.

ANDRE'S MATE
INW Milk Chocolate 2.5 %
TFA French Vanilla Creme 1.5 %
CAP Vanilla Custard V1 1.0 %
FA Peppermint 1.75 % (anything from 1.5 to 2.0 % will work, depending on your taste)
TFA Menthol 0.5 % (increase or decrease to suit your taste)
TFA Koolada 0.5 % (increase or decrease to suit your taste)

Total flavour: 7.75 %

EDIT: Now on ELR: http://tjek.nu/r/8DHB

I just want to put this here.......
As an avid tobacco lover this is going down well with me.
I was not a mint / menthol fan but this changes everything.
I don't know if it is the throat hit that I get from this or that it is just a different profile to what I am used to, but I am enjoying this.
I have never tasted Bowdens Mate so cannot compare but Andre's Mate is doing it for me ATM.

edit - @Silver I might have found the dark side.......

 

[Silver]

I just want to put this here.......
As an avid tobacco lover this is going down well with me.
I was not a mint / menthol fan but this changes everything.
I don't know if it is the throat hit that I get from this or that it is just a different profile to what I am used to, but I am enjoying this.
I have never tasted Bowdens Mate so cannot compare but Andre's Mate is doing it for me ATM.

edit - @Silver I might have found the dark side.......

@GregF - that is great to hear!! Thanks for the feedback.
Andre probably knows Bowdens Mate better than most. I have also vaped several bottles.
I made a note of this recipe and intend doing it one day because I loved Bowdens.
Enjoy

 

[Petrus]

@GregF - that is great to hear!! Thanks for the feedback.
Andre probably knows Bowdens Mate better than most. I have also vaped several bottles.
I made a note of this recipe and intend doing it one day because I loved Bowdens.
Enjoy

Mine has steeped for 1 month, I pitstopped a Reo Mini, going to give it a try in the morning.

 

[Silver]

Mine has steeped for 1 month, I pitstopped a Reo Mini, going to give it a try in the morning.

Let us know how it goes @Petrus