I've always fancied the concept of an RY tobacco, but every commercial RY juice or concentrate I've tried has been too much vanilla / caramel and not enough tobacco - and if the tobacco was prominent it was not one that I liked the taste of.
So I decided to create my own with one of my favourite tobaccoes, Stixx Mixx's Dark Fire (Latakia):
RY0.75
A dark, dirty, wet, smokey, tobacco-forward RY with only hints of vanilla / caramel / nut.
https://e-liquid-recipes.com/recipe/3275266/RY0.75
Acetyl Pyrazine 5% (TPA) - 0.5%
Almond (Mandorla) (FA) - 1%
Caramel (Caramello) (FA) - 1%
Dark Fire (Stixx Mixx) - 1.75%
Holy Vanilla (DIYFS) - 0.75%
Lovage Root (Flavorah) - 0.25%
Tobacco, DNB (Dirty Neutral Base) (INAWERA) - 0.5%
Steeped for a month.
SM's Dark Fire is for the hardcore tobacco-heads, this tastes like tobacco leaves burning on a braai (sounds horrible but is actually delicious). It has replaced INW Black for Pipe as my dark and smokey go-to, it is less sweet which I prefer.
Holy Vanilla is my favourite vanilla for adding to tobaccos, it is smooth and tasty without being too creamy, it adds just the right amount of creaminess for me.
Caramel is caramel and FA's is the best of the lot for me, and here it imparts a slight sweetness without too much caramel flavour affecting the tobacco taste.
FA's Almond helps tie everything together while adding a bit of sweet nuttiness, again not too much to overtake the main tobacco note.
AP and DNB just doing their things.
FLV Lovage is an interesting additive for tobaccos and in my opinion works best with darker, earthier tobaccos, to moisten or 'wet' them and deepen their earthiness. I have not yet tried it with brighter tobaccos but I feel that it would not work as well with them - although I am open to others' experiences with it.
This sounds amazing @Wesley - thanks!
I know exactly what you mean about wanting a RY4 type vape with more prominence on the tobacco.
I have thought the same on several occasions!!
Onto the "to mix" list it goes...