Don’t worry about the quantity @RandomlyAssigned, it’s about the process, and protecting your NIC. Big/small doesn’t matter. NIC is a real investment lately, and keeping it fresh until you use it all, is never a bad idea.
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That’s fair, @SessionDrummer! I guess I struggle to see the necessity of freezing five years’ worth of nicotine. Maybe it’s just for the cost savings? I always thought the ultimate goal of vaping was to eventually reduce or eliminate nicotine usage entirely. Since I’m down to 3mg, is a simple cool, dark cabinet really sufficient for storing a 120ml bottle, or am I missing something? I have to freeze this?
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Nicsalts do not oxidize and retain there pH level when left out, unlike freebase which is volatile and needs to be stored in freezer. As a precaution I store both freebase and salts in freezer but decant some into a smaller container for use. Smaller container I keep in fridge. If you only use 3mg at a time your 120 mil bottle will last a considerable time, and as a precaution ide decant some and store rest in freezer.
Better safe than sorry.
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Since I mix for both my wife and myself and sometimes another, a 60ml bottle usually lasts us about two months. I don’t mind reordering every couple of months, so I’m hoping that simply storing my nicotine in a cool, dark place is sufficient to keep it fresh for that timeframe. Not years… Should I still freeze, or no big deal?
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If it’s freebase it needs to go in freezer, it doesn’t freeze solid and is still pourable. if salts you should be ok in fridge. Just put it in fridge door where the milk bottles go. Cold inhibits bacterial growth.
As I said better safe than sorry.
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Hehe, well they SAY that’s the goal, but it doesn’t always seem to work LOL.
As far as the freezing, you know about it, so the choice is up to you. I don’t know your burn rate, or how long it will take you to use it all up, but I’ve seen NIC oxidize, turn brown, and start to smell/taste funky in 2 monhts. It depends on how hot it gets, and how much light and air it gets. The choice is yours. For the cost of a couple of glass bottles, and throwing them in the freezer, seems a small price to pay for clean, clear NIC till the end though …
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That’s all I needed to know. I’ll keep my nicotine in the spare fridge I use for drinks.
I really appreciate the advice; it’s great to see how much more consistent things are now compared to 2018 when everything felt like a guessing game.
It definitely makes navigating the endless sea of 3,583,745,984,790 recipes much easier…
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It can definitely be fatal. Actually I was researching liquid nicotine for a Western novel I’m writing. Liquid nicotine was a common way to purposely poison people in the 1800s. German chemists first isolated nicotine into a liquid in 1828.
In the late 1800s, chemists and botanists possessed liquid nicotine, but it was primarily used as a strong pesticide, insecticide, or a potent botanical poison, it also widely used as a botanical medicine.
I use a 250mg/ml nicotine in a VG base. I always wear gloves and probably should wear safety glasses.
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Now that we know all about nicotine are we going to let this conversation revert back to PUR Boysenberry Preserves?
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To be honest I think buying a bunch of Boysenberry Preserves (Purilum) would be a waste of money. It was discontinued for a reason. Use your alchemist skills and overcome it.
On Bull City Flavors alone there are much better options. Boysenberry (Flavorah), Boysenberry Raspberry (WF), Natural Blackberry Raspberry Acai (WF), Blackberry (Flavorah), Berry Jam (TPA), and the best preserves/jam flavor ever made: Maqui Wild Berry Jam (Cap).
A combination of Raspberry Syrup (SSA) a Blackberry (Flavorah) would produce a superior boysenberry preserves flavor.
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Believe me, as a noob returning after many years, there are plenty of alternatives out there,we know. I’ve tried most of the ones you listed, and I’ve actually blacklisted—or bottom-tiered—a large portion of them. Not everyone has a “mixmaster’s” palate, and flavor preferences are incredibly subjective.
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Well it IS a great flavor, and it’s a shame we can’t get more people in on the buy to make it happen. Why weren’t more people using it ?? I couldn’t say, but @wllmc comments about the shorter “best by” dates, and MOQ’s are still valid.
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There are so many people who loves CAP Vanilla Custard V1 or 2 but I don’t like it very much I can taste it in any recipe even when its used low and its very distracting to the rest of the flavor profile the recipe was going for and that’s not the only flavoring. I have all that @Mixmaster_Mike mentioned except for CAP Maqui Wild Berry Jam (I will get soon!), and they are all very good, I’m always on the search for a good dark berry and @SessionDrummer’s reveiw and rating for PUR Boysenberry Preserves just has me needing it lol!
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I store most of it in my personal fridge at around 33°. It’s salt nicotine so it probably lasts longer than regular. I only buy 50ml or 120ml at a time. It’s never gone dark or bitter yet.
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I’m sure it’s a great flavor. I was just rocking the boat. Actually the only Boysenberry I have is from Central Vapors and I think it’s just Flavor West rebranded. I suspect they may water it down too since the recommendation for all their fruit flavors are 11-19%.
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Not everyone has a “mixmaster’s” palate
You can say that again!
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Never tried FLV Boysenberry?!?!?!?
You should.
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i would never store nicotine in any less than a fridge. one big reason people buy bulk amounts like 10 years worth is cost keeps going on up and there is political uncertainty will something be banned and others are not interested in quitting outright, only harm reduction
not everyone lives where you live, just look at australia
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