Ripening?

[icanhazvapor]

I notice a fair bit of talk about letting a juice ripen/steep/<insert other term I'm forgetting here>. Some have even said that there are some volcano juices that benefit from this. Is this just waiting to vape a juice for a while? Or does the juice need to be left uncapped for a period of time or something?

Just trying to increase my knowledge base a bit.

Thanks Volcanites!

icanhazvapor

[geekdgirl]

I personally just put the juice in the cabinet or fridge and let it set (cap on) for a while then retest it...some attest to further improvements by letting it set cap off...

[Shado]

Ripening/aging....just means to allow the flavorings to blend/dispurse in the carrying agent....ie...PG/VG....some juices DO benefit from this, others it dont matter.

Leaving the lid off is just to allow any odor to dissapate.....ie...some juices have strong floral edge, or some chemical scent...

[icanhazvapor]

Thanks Geekers and Shado.

[ping279]

I honestly haven't noticed a difference with any of my juices buuuuut... doesn't mean that it doesn't actually happen. I might just not be able to taste the subtle differences

[kylereu]

I have done this with a few of my juices. It worked. Especially with the coconut. I was told that some juices like the coconut are made with alc. and that I needed to evaporate some of that to get it to taste right. I left the cap off for half a day and then let it set for 3 days and it tasted right after that.

[thevapinggun]

I honestly haven't noticed a difference with any of my juices buuuuut... doesn't mean that it doesn't actually happen. I might just not be able to taste the subtle differences

Hey, Ping. The differences we're talking about aren't that subtle, for the most part. Ripening is most noticeable when DIYing from flavorings, but can occur with suppliers who handcraft their juices, and even sometimes with suppliers who sell so much that their supply is fresh. Curing (leaving the bottle open) can be a very big difference, but only on certain juices/people. Aging is more subtle and requires actually keeping a juice around long enough to age, and it only happens for some juices.

[davej]

Freshly made juices with a significant portion of coconut flavoring will frequently benefit from being "aired out"

As Shado suggested, some flavors do indeed benefit more from ripening that others.

With some it is a light to moderate improvement. with others it can be quite dramatic.

Hmmmmm... Wonder why no one has come up with a "aged" series of ejuice yet?

They do it with liquor, right?

[kylereu]

Freshly made juices with a significant portion of coconut flavoring will frequently benefit from being "aired out"

As Shado suggested, some flavors do indeed benefit more from ripening that others.

With some it is a light to moderate improvement. with others it can be quite dramatic.

Hmmmmm... Wonder why no one has come up with a "aged" series of ejuice yet?

They do it with liquor, right?

New line soon? lol That is a good idea, I wonder why no one has done that Dave.

[thevapinggun]

Well, Dave, do you think you can keep any of your juices around long enough to age? It must take incredible discipline just to let it ripen. Maybe you could put some in burnt oak casks and bury them in your back yard? I'll volunter to taste test, but it needs to be 0 nic.