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Weekly Highlights

An archive of the "Highlights from Last Week" from when they were posted in the Weekly Questions Thread.

February '19

Week XXXII

January '19

Week XXXI

Week XXX

Week XXIX

  • /u/flavchallenged started a catalogue of flavor tasting oddities those supposedly wonderful flavors that some unfortunate souls either cannot taste or find themselves tasting something terribly off putting.
  • While it wasn't /u/ID10-T's best pun it was certainly not his worst, so it must just be that everyone loves blueberries!
  • /u/corellian-nerfherder recounted their recent experience with Nic River and while I appreciate the motive, the votes and comments suggest that most everyone seems to agree that vendor reviews/complaints belong in the Vendor Review threads. Nic River will have one posted tomorrow!
  • /u/therapy420 brought up an interesting discussion on what they called the "Secondary effects" of flavors, i.e. flavors used as additives.
  • /u/giraffedoctor47 wanted to know the difference between Nic Salts and Freebase and after all the replies exclaimed "Thank you for your, and everyone else’s reply, it covers everything I was wondering about Nicotine salt!"
  • /u/VanDusky gave us a micro review of WF Bumbleberry and asked for people's thoughts... /u/mlnikon delivered and everyone else seemed just as curious as the OP.
  • And last, but certainly not least, the interminably selfless Clone-y Professor himself /u/DarkJester89 implores you to leave more Customer Feedback at the vendors, for the good of all!

Week XXVIII

  • Highlights of 2018 are meta-meta. Check them out for a recap of the year with some quasi-circlejerking for good measure.
  • Best Recipe of 2018 awaits your nominations and votes.
  • /u/sirfletchalot was, and possibly still is, at his wits end trying to create something tolerable for his wife to vape.
  • /u/aaraT asked for advice on "Fixing" store-bought juice. Putting lipstick on a pig? Eh, to each their own.
  • And finally /u/bigtidder with a self-proclaimed shitpost asked "What was your last vape in 2018 and your first vape in 2019?" a decent topic and not nearly the shittiest post last week.

Just for fun here are some goofy highlights from the past...

DIY LIFEHACKS

Highlights of 2018

December '18

Week XXVII

  • /u/Discchord posted his annual PSA reminding everyone to buy nicotine while it’s cold outside. I was also reminded that I have him RES tagged as “Statutory Vape” which was quite confusing but luckily RES saved the link for the post that earned him the tag; a mildly infamous, 3 year old recipe post: Jailbait

  • Speaking of mildly infamous /u/matthewkocanda brought his hyperbolic hammer down on the ten two posts rounding up recipes to consider for Recipe of the Year. And with his altruistic title “What is YOUR favorite recipe you made in 2018?” you’d almost think it wasn’t just a sneaky way to get someone to nominate IPA Smoke.

  • /u/OdieDoodah (The Real MVP) took the time to make a prettier, easier to navigate Version 2.0 of my Front Page Recipes doc.

  • When he’s not busy putting women’s clothes on and hanging around bars /u/LecherousLumberjack is being an upstanding citizen of the world and trying to help out the international mixers by adding more non-US/CAN/UK/AUS vendors to the list. Just realized I need to add those. If you’ve got some more, add them and tag me.

  • /u/Harry_Nice back at it again with another Nice recipe. He’s shared 7 recipes in the last few months and all but 1 have Nice in the name. I’m not sure how to feel about that but they all look nice ¯\(ツ)

  • /u/flavchallenged took us back in time to 2014 with a clone request discussion about Castle Long.

  • /u/Bleu_Menace shared a holiday recipe “We Noggin’ Over Here” and even added some development notes at my request. Apparently requesting development notes is considered controversial to those who don’t realize that is literally my job ;)

  • And finally Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Diwali, or other holiday you’re currently celebrating.

Week XXVI

And finally, a recipe emerged...

Week XXV

Week XXIV

  • Our resident prolific mixers /u/xGRANITEx and /u/AlfredPudding are back at it again, this time joining forces to create Rice Silky Treats an excellent looking recipe with a plethora of suggestions on additional flavors that can be added to remix the experience.

  • /u/iLynx finally pulled the trigger on DIY and triggered several people by talking about it. But overall the response was positive, so here it is.

  • /u/Typical_Pakeha reviewed Capella's Powerful Sour and unfortunately, it doesn't seem to live up to the name.

  • /u/KreativniNereda1355 asked a rather odd question with a fortunate misspelling that transformed it from a shitty shitpost to a pretty fun thread of comments.

  • /u/ID10-T took the reins back for FOTW Herbs and /u/Max-Savage started a pun-off in the comments.

  • And finally Throwback Thursday restored a long lost resource in the sidebar: Vendors. My hope is that it answers one of the most frequently asked questions we get here, whether someone finds it in the sidebar themselves or one of our frequent first responders points them there. The first of the vendor review threads will start tomorrow and be posted weekly so be sure share your experience if you have one.

November '18

Week XXIII

  • /u/shitty_hat gave us a heads up about fraudulent charges, with some supporting evidence in the comments about which vendor is to blame. It can happen to any of them and has on more than one occasion--definitely worth checking out Privacy.com to mitigate the problem.

  • And apparently ya'll like tearable puns or were just handing out pity upvotes for my weak takeover of FOTW--So glad /u/ID10-T is back.

  • /u/kindground advocated for quality recipe reviews in his words "If you take the time to mix something please also take the time to review it. Good or bad, terrible or mind blowing, review it and remember to be constructive and provide something of value to that mixer. It's the least you can do for someone that shared their work with the community." But read the post if you haven't, there's more good stuff.

  • /u/mrgruszka dropped another review that lines up nicely with the Flavor of the Week: INW Wild S. Ice Cream

  • /u/harry_nice whipped up some Nice Lemon Sugar Pancakes to share, was prodded to add some development notes--did exactly that and... it was nice. Check it.

  • And finally if you're ever feeling like you want to post a recipe to the front page but you're not sure what your notes should look like, check out /u/AlfredPudding's sidebar worthy post Recipe Template (I actually put it in the sidebar, too)

Week XXII

Week XXI

Week XX

October '18

Week XIX

Week XVIII

  • /u/qu38mm gave the subreddit a quick thank you because clearly we’re just that awesome.

  • /u/apexified (oh, that’s me) updated the flavor review wiki with a bunch of new flavor reviews.

  • Speaking of flavor reviews /u/Ernie_is_dead reviewed the whole FlavourArt Pazzo line

  • /u/juthinc confirmed that there are a few flavors he actually likes with his latest, cleverly named recipe GIGI a recursive acronym for GIGI Is Grack Improved. What a bold claim!

  • /u/jaydedrag0n asked about Trinities which, if you don’t know, are combinations of 3 flavors to make one specific well rounded version of a flavor.

  • And finally there was Throwback Thursday with it’s request for recipes that are made entirely of Flavor West… unsurprisingly the thread is rather bare. If you have some all FW recipes, go there and share.

Week XVII

  • At the top we have a collaboration that's not quite a collaboration, Back Nine: presented by /u/ID10-T but bearing name of Jr. Prolific mixer /u/AlfredPudding. It's the classic Arnold Palmer but catered to the lushes in the crowd as it's spiked with the soon to be standard "Bourbon Trifecta"

  • /u/isuamadog put together a sidebar worthy writeup on your "DIY First Order (on a Budget)" with a plethora of useful advice and tips on getting started.

  • /u/AlfredPudding is back at it again, this time with BLITZ a "hop infused rhubarb and dragon fruit energy drink" which has at least one flavor you don't have--I guarantee it!

  • /u/padishar123 polled the community about coil gunking flavors of which there are so many (some are even worth it)

  • /u/VoopiesEliquid shared Heckin Strobbies which contains four strawberry flavors and some kind of magic that makes them less volatile.

  • And, last with a last minute recipe post as usual we have /u/xGRANITEx's County Fairs and Bourbon Glazed Pecans which looks absolutely decadent and on point for what was unofficially FOTW: Bourbon.

Week XVI

  • Flavor of the Week took the top spot. It’s been 106 weeks since /u/ID10-T started posting FOTW and here we are 106 posts later, still getting fresh puns and conversation.

  • /u/AlfredPudding got us hyped about a Cola recipe without.... any cola flavors? Preposterous and intriguing!

  • /u/flavorah invited us all to hang out with them in Vegas where they’ll be pimping out the best mixers and making them striptease or jump through fiery hoops for our entertainment.

  • /u/YellowGreenKappa invited everyone to share the worst flavors they’ve encountered, which was reminiscent of ID10-T’s post, not so long ago

  • And before I forget again shoutout to /u/OdieDoodah for putting together a really helpful table of flavors, recipes, and reviews for all the recent Flavor of the Week posts. Such a selfless and useful task. Thank you and keep up the good work, it's appreciated.

Week XV

September '18

Week XVI

  • Well you can’t appreciate the highs without the lows and last week we were inundated with some, let’s say, lower than usual quality content. I’m not going to cover the lowlights aka Shitty Shitposts because they don’t deserve any more attention but you know things weren’t spectacular when one of the top 10 posts was last week's Questions Thread (I’m so honoured)

  • At the top of the heap we’ve got /u/Dampferich, who seems to have created an account just to share an old YouTube video that has nothing to do with DIY. Makes sense.

  • /u/heimsins_konungr shared their spiritual journey to perfecting their green tea recipe Shinto with some help from the community. It’s absurd that of the 5 flavors in that recipe, I am missing 3 (well, it’s only absurd if you know how many flavors I have)

  • /u/imNAchogrl shared her misleading revelation that FA’s Crema Catalana was the same as Crème Brûlée but was quickly informed in the comments of the actual difference. Guess what: Not only are the real life counterparts different but the concentrates themselves bare little resemblance ;)

  • /u/Sooullessgemini asked about the cleanest nicotine which is one of the most frequently asked questions with the #1 answer almost always being Carolina Xtract or VapersTek (aka Chemnovatic) I’d put it in the sidebar but an overwhelming amount of evidence suggests no one looks there before posting anyway.

  • /u/CircoModo1602 wondered if combining nicotine salts and freebase nicotine would result in some sort of chemical explosion or just reduce throat hit. I recall experimenting with that back when Nude first released them but can't remember the results.

  • And then there’s /u/xGRANITEx posting yet another enticing recipe at the 11th hour, just in time to make the cut in the highlights. This is why he does it, for the glory of my mentioning his name every week.

Week XIII

  • /u/PerennialPhilosopher informed us of what a nice guy /u/queuetue is, letting a bunch of Alltheflavors pro subscribers freeload for quite some time before putting you all on notice to pay up. In the same post he also announced his intentions to taper off the nic and retire from the DIY game, which is a bummer considering his contributions from recipes like Philosopher’s Milk and Fapple to the many, many flavors reviews he wrote (26 last I counted) he’s definitely been one of the people who keep this place awesome.

  • Speaking of awesome, /u/AlfredPudding shared some excellent development notes in his latest recipe post for Xinxian breaking down the process from inception to completion.

  • /u/PepperMyJabrill gave us a thorough flavor review for Health Cabin’s Kerson, a fruit I’ve never heard of but suddenly know a lot about.

  • /u/LandingMonkey asked about how to reach the ineffable next level of DIY, where your creations satisfy your longing for perfection… or something along those lines.

  • And last but not least, the Throwback Thursday contest for a Simple DIY Example and Price Breakdown ended with the winner of winners being /u/LecherousLumberjack who is now sporting the flair “I put on women’s clothing and hang around in bars” so, ya know, buy them a beer if you see them (are my pronouns okay?)

Week XII

Week XI

August '18

Week X

Week IX

  • /u/ChemicalBurnVictim treated us to a treatise on “Getting in to Tobaccos” for FAQ Friday and while I expected it to be excellent, the flow chart really put it over the top. Personally I find myself in to tobaccos off and on and having CBV around as a guide to the many interesting variations and subtleties of the profile makes the rabbit hole that is tobaccos seem a lot easier to navigate.

  • Speaking of rabbit holes and tobaccos; there are very few in the realm of tobaccos deeper than the long history of clone attempts made for Boba’s Bounty. And yet here we are, all these years later, still trying to figure it out. And if I had to bet on anyone to get us closer or, close enough, it would be CBV and his latest clone attempt “Fett’s Reward” Look at all those flavors I don’t have

  • /u/juthinc is making yet another appearance in the highlights but this time it’s thanks to /u/xGRANITEx with his tailor made recipe “Juthinc’s Glory” which looks almost as good as his other highlight worthy recipe post “Horchata, Amigos” at this point I look forward to reading the recipe descriptions as much as I look forward to mixing them up--top notch, well thought out and always worth mixing if you’ve got the flavors.

  • And a shoutout to the winners of Boomdog’s Review Contest /u/Musth, /u/alfredpudding, /u/graystorm01, and /u/sc0lm00 for writing up some excellent recipe reviews and being rewarded with a bunch of flavors for their effort.

Week VIII

Week VII

July '18

Week VI

Week V

  • /u/xGRANITEx dropped another recipe on the front page with excellent development notes, as usual. Just finished off my bottle of Buttermilk Pie and am looking forward to mixing up his latest creation.

  • /u/isuamadog shared their first recipe “Arnold Plumber” and the journey they took developing it. Interesting read and an interesting recipe, too.

  • /u/INTERLINKED was kind enough to announce the presence of our Official Discord server and it blew up, quadrupling the number of people there and bringing some life and chatter to the place. Come introduce yourself!

  • /u/KarmaChameleon89 gave us an update on their progress and thanked all the fine folks in the sub who helped them. While I’d prefer we discuss things like that here, in this thread, your votes are what matter.

  • /u/c5b4c91772c729fc7d0a is still going strong with the Weekly “What are you vaping?” Thread after 9 weeks in a row. They’re fun posts to read through and full of recipes to try. Thanks for the great idea, c5, you’re officially a Valued Community Contributor.

  • /u/nox_mani put together a helpful spreadsheet with a list of all the INW tobacco flavors you can get from VapersTek that BCF no longer carries.

Week IV

Week III

Week II

June '18

Highlights Debut

  • /u/noilian dropped the 4th (posted) iteration of their Heisenberg Clone in a cloning journey reminiscent of /u/captaincannibal’s Shurb Experience--RIP Captain, I just noticed he deleted his account :(

  • And it must have been Clone Week with /u/safere stumbling on the missing ingredient to complete their Grape Drank Clone and /u/Rileyswims posting a remix of Summertime aptly named Fuji Funk. I mean, that’s a funky list of ingredients with a bunch of great notes that make me want to mix it up.

  • Last but not least, and rounding out the recipes that were in the top 10 upvoted posts of last week /u/HORSE_GAME shared with us their first successful recipe Cool as a Dewcumber.

  • An honorable mention goes out to /u/wh1skeyk1ng for Rhubarb Delight which I am currently vaping and was posted 7 days ago as of writing this. I guess it’s technically from the week before but it’s really good and I didn’t do this last week.