Well, as I suspected, not all 4 of my latest experiments turned out to be successes. However, I learn a few new things with each batch I brew up. Here's the rundown:
Root Beer: The one clear winner of the four. The old-fashioned root beer taste comes through, and mixes quite well with the tobacco. Not overly sweet, either -- just right.
Ginger/Lime: Good but not great. The lime, which I suspected would be the weaker flavor, predominates, with only a faint hint of ginger in the background. I'd like a little more ginger. This could be better with a little tweaking of the recipe, I think.
Mojito: I discussed in my last post how strong the SnusX spearmint flavor is. While my fears that it bled over into the other flavors didn't manifest in the finished products, it did serve to overpower the lime in this can. Again, the recipe needs some adjustment.
Bourbon Ball: The only real failure of the batch. I don't know what went wrong, but I can't taste the bourbon at all, and even the chocolate is very faint. Maybe next time I'll try more chocolate flavoring, and a few drops of real bourbon, instead of bourbon flavoring. Does anybody know the pH of distilled spirits? I know wines are acidic, but I don't think the same is true of the hard stuff.
I haven't opened any cans recently of brands that are new to me, so no first impression today. I've got a can of Tre Ankare, which I haven't tried before, in line to be opened next, but I'm waiting until I finish off another can or two. Still trying (unsuccessfully, usually) not to have too many open cans at once.
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The mixed flavors, IMO really make you think of what you want the result to taste like. I mean, something like cherry is pretty easy. You either want a natural cherry, a candy cherry or a cough syrup cherry.
But when you want a mojito flavor or even a coffee/vanilla, you really have to determine how much of each flavoring you need and if you need any other flavors to bring out your desired flavor. Then you have to make that work in the context of the flavoring (taste, strength, etc) you purchased. i.e., coffee flavor is pretty strong and can overpower vanilla - so maybe 50/50 isn't right, maybe you need 40/60 and maybe even a bit of sweetener to make the vanilla stand out.
It's a good thing these come in big tubs.
(Beginners - don't fret - the flavor that can be purchased with it is all, IMO, very good - and mixes well (i.e., if you want cherry cola, 50/50 cherry and cola results in a decent cherry cola.))
Bourbon is supposed to be slightly acidic as I understand. But I still haven't got around to buying any test strips (or bourbon for that matter
I've kind of decided to work my way through all of my mediocre snus for the next couple weeks, but by the end of the month I should be back to the lab.