I have a feeling this time I will. Maybe I’m slower than others but the “art” of mixing is far more visceral than the skill of building and knowing your decks. I think there’s still hope for me, lol.
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You will be just fine, Muth… Promise… start low and work up… take your notes… 
You have this in the bottle haha!! <3
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Hate to tell ya’ I’m a terrible note taker. Always have been. Ever since school when they asked who wants to take the minutes, I could not understand what the f#%k that meant. How do you take a minute? That screwed up my brain forever more about taking notes. 
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what I am talking about is like this…
try a flavor out to see where you can start to detect a change in your base… make a mark on your note paper there… then find where you can taste it… and where you think it might be too much…
next write down flavors it will go with… or wont… you can add on from there…
Not too hard… your tongue will be the best tool you have to make juices taste the way you want
btw… I hated taking notes in school… I could have been a rock star
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Haha…thx, that I can do. My grandma never measured her spices. She just poured them in her hand and showed me. I guess I have her genes.
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There you go… just have to sit down and try, Muth… that is half the battle
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Thx again for the encouragement. 
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More than welcome Muth. I know you have some good flavors coming… so it won’t be long! 
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Oh no, I caught a cold! I’m pulling out all the stops to keep my schnozzle working. That means nettle 2 x per day with warm salt water plus gargle. Blow out the pipes, the flavors are a coming! Lol
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Neti pots work fab @muth and the only way I can breath when I have nose issues…
I hope you hurry up and get to feeling better… gee… 
< hot toddy 
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Here’s a thought from @Steampugs… 
Works for colds too!
I’m personally averse to Koolada though! lol
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Here is something from me, much better…
and no Koolada but it will open noses right up! In fact excellent for Christmas and New Years…
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That’s what I meant…Neti, not Nettle 
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Both of those sound great but I have nothing in the menthol or mint range. Good news, I still have my sense of smell/taste. My version of a Neti Pot is a baby mucous bulb with warm salt water. I just shoot that salty water right up one nostril and out the other, lol.
ETA: Thank you for the suggestions.
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I hate salsa but I sure will eat some if my sinuses get stopped up always cleared them right up.
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@authormichellehughes I’m working on the caramel custard. I added 1% Caramel (FLV) 1% Butterscotch (FLV) and I hope I don’t regret this …0.6% Butter Rum (LA).That stuff smells like airplane glue! A couple of people recommended it to compliment Butterscotch (FLV). I’m keeping the cap off for awhile.
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There goes your flavor molecules… yeps I went there… Sorry!! Maybe it is just me, but I dont find that the butterscotch needs much help… if I want it more buttery I add in some popcorn as it is more butter than actual popcorn… and a 1% of each cream and butterscotch should steep up within 5 days… cap on… 
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Never used Butter Rum lol so wouldn’t have a clue on that one. Everyone keeps telling me to throw in butterscotch ripple FW for that …
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Alright, so I put the cap back on. It wasn’t that long. I never uncap anything but that BR has VOC. The Caramel was already sitting in there since 12/13.
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I have that but the custard is so thick and creamy I thought that some VOC would cut through, lol. I really hope I don’t regret it. Thank heavens I used less than the usual percentages. It was Mofogger and Amy who left those notes. Please, please, I hope this doesn’t get screwed up. I over did a caramel/butterscotch in the past and it was awful. I think I’m afraid of the stuff ('cept when I’m eating it).
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