Lemon, Sour Type (SSA) 1% 2-17-21 – Sorry about the delay guys, got wrapped up in the Mega Dump over at the Redd. Moving on WITH the Lemon Sour. For reference, my (as you know), favorite is MF Lemon, for it’s extremely realistic presentation. This one from Sobucky presented less as a natural, and more of a candied Lemon. There WERE more than a few natural notes swirling around in there, but the lion’s share went to artificial/candied. Now, at about just above mid-level sweet, and with a smart amount of tart, it was QUITE a good Lemon. It reminded me of FE Lemon with some natural notes thrown in if that helps. 
Fading, fading, How about fading ?? I can’t answer that, hehe, but once we start mixing we’ll get to the bottom of that. What was interesting about this one, was it DID straddle both the real and candied, so that should open UP it’s uses, and your Lemon needs will dictate what you need, and if this one fits the bill or not. Somewhat complex for a Lemon for the aforementioned natural/candied notes, and at 1% it was very full, and actually good, with no harsh, or off-notes to be found. As a natural Lemon I would rate it lower, but as a (candied) Sour Lemon, 8.4/10 seems fair.
Lemon Wafer, Cream Type (SSA) 1% (2-19-22) – Had to get through two testers, to better decide on this flavor. Wafer, creamy, lemon, check. All present, and tasted pretty damned good together, AND at the low weight of 1%. Sweetness was at about mid-level, and it was plenty strong, with no off notes at this weight. An obvious comparison would be to …
Chemnovatic's Lemon Cream Wafer
Lemon Cream Wafer (Chemnovatic) 7% (7-2-20) – I’m quite sure with all the hub-bub about rumors that Dinner Lady Lemon Tart used this flavor, and the ensuing Out Of Stock situation at many vendors will leave EVERYONE wanting to know the answer. Good news for you, is I have NO CLUE !!! I’ve never vaped DL LT, so I can’t help you. What I can help with is this flavor, and how it vapes. Having just tested Chemno’s Lemon, it’s fairly probable that those compounds ARE in here as well. As a solo vape, this one is very, VERY good. Now, I’m not sure if it truly projects a Lemon Cream Wafer (cookie), but WOW, it IS very good. @ 7%, this could EASILY be considered a One Shot. It’s got plenty of lemon punch that carries through the entire vape, but at the half way point, the cookie starts to peek out, and ride all the way to the end of the vape, finishing perfectly with the lemon. My very FIRST reaction was, “Wow, super great lemon, with a cookie, and some custard notes”. Now when I say custard elements, you’re NOT getting the VC slam like from CAP VC, but it feels like it’s IN there, just hiding, peeking out from time to time. Very interesting. The cookie/bakery stays relatively linear throughout the vape as does the lemon. Sweetness might be a pinch above medium, and doesn’t come across as fatiguing. There was also a certain “thickness” that seemed to be in there, that could RESEMBLE maybe some Meringue or Marshmallow, but not high enough to identify, but the “thickness” could not be denied. Overall, this was a great, full, somewhat complex flavor, and I will run this tank dry. I think it’s soo good, that it will go on my must have list for this testing run. To my tastes, the lemon/custard elements set this apart from all of your regular suspects, i.e. CAP Lemon Meringue Pie, VT Lemon Meringue Tart, and WF Flapper Pie. For a really good (basically a One Shot) Lemon Cookie Tart (my words), you cannot go wrong with this. Vape it as is, tweak it a little bit, it’s just a win/win all the way around. Is this the SECRET ingredient in Dinner Lady’s Lemon Tart ?? Time will tell. For the purposes of this test, handily a 10/10 .
… which really took everyone by storm. Now, there were similarities, but also differences. This one had a very nice creamy aspect that kind of road underneath the Lemon, with some wafer/bakery. I actually got a little more of the wafer when smelling it, than when testing it. Still there was enough present to make it believable. The creamy elements weren’t exactly custard, but more (not exactly) pudding-like, and worked in this flavor. Despite first thinking Sobucky just tossed in the previously tested Lemon Sour, it almost had more of a natural overall aspect to it, but with some slight candied notes. Overall, this might fall behind Chemno’s as far as a pure solo One-Shot, but not by much. Just sweet, and tart enough to punch through the creamy notes, but not too much. I could see this one also being used quite a bit, and for numerous bases, for anything Lemon Tart, or LMP-ish. Hard to fault this one, and with only minor take-offs for a slightly receded wafer, but very minor. Not bad, not bad at all. It felt nicely placed @ 9.10.
Peach, Sweet Type (SSA) 1% (2-30-22) – Wow, how did Sobucky pack soo much Peach flavor, in just 1% ?? They did. At times this just simply reminded me of juicy peach slices in a can of syrup, so “sweet” might not be a bad descriptor. The funny thing was, it wasn’t SWEET, sweet, and felt about mid-level sweet. I was doing a direct comparison to one of my MTL ADV, which is heavy on TPA’s Juicy Peach, which was an interesting A/B comparison. This one, although not billed AS a Juicy Peach, had plenty of juicy-ness, but it also had the entire BODY of the yellow peach, which is what TPA’s was missing. I’m sure you could go somewhat higher, but if you try this at 1%, you may not want to. Maybe canned peaches in syrup is misleading you to think it was overly sweet, it wasn’t. Maybe with the syrup drained out, would be better. Very natural, not candied, or jammed, but surely you could push it those ways if needed. Jams, peaches-n-cream, cobbler, I can see this one getting a LOT of use on your rack. I’m not a huge fruit fruiter, but I could find about ZERO faults with this one. Yellow, juicy, sweet, natural, and what else could you need ? Easily a 10/10.
Sounds nice this one.
On another, semi-related note. Is there something that can be added to a mix to give a more juicy mouthfeel without altering the flavour?
Well @Illogik I’ll let you know what the “masses” are using. INW Cactus. I don’t know if I get an Aloe from it or not, but I can’t use it. It depends on WHAT you’re trying to juicy’up.
Hmm ok. So it’s not a one-thing-for-all then. I don’t have anything in particular right now. Was just thinking for future use.
That sounds promising! I’m yet to really find a peach that I would say is a standout, good ones maybe but not outstanding.
I really like the SSA Nectarines, so I read your review again.
Realise that I use it more as an accent, 0.25 is more than enough for it to poke through.
For a a full bodied nectarine I had more success adding a touch of apricot to it.
A recipe example, my alternate vape at the moment. Mixed this a few times now.
@Illogik that depends who you ask. There are TONS of mixers who use it, and swear by it. You should try it for yourself, and see if it improves a juicy mouthfeel for you. I’m just saying to ME, I could always taste it, even when I used it very low. BUT, that’s me.
I will give it a try SD, thanks. What % would you recommend?
WHEW, that one’s up to YOU !!!
Start very low, and work your way up.
Raspberry, Blue Type (SSA) 1% (2-22-22) – Does anybody REALLY know exactly WHAT a Blue Raspberry is ?? Hehe, probably not, BUT, there’s QUITE a history around it, and it actually involves Red No. 2, and Blue No. 1. But, it gets deeper, and it’s allegedly based on the Rubus leucodermis. Yes, that’s the facts Jack. OK, with all of that “stuff” outta the way, I’ve never really had a Blue Raspberry, that’s actually tasted LIKE a Raspberry, but more often a berry medley, with an almost cotton candy finish. This one was no different. Now I’m no closer to fully identifying exactly WHICH berries were in the medley than before, but suffice it to say, this one was good. Somewhat sweet, and tart, and a tastful, dark(er) berry medley. It did indeed have that almost “kissed by cotton candy” note in there, and the finish really drove it home for me. It was actually quite good, full and present at 1%, and again that speaks to the stronger nature of most of these Sobucky flavors. Even if you TOO cannot fully define a Blue Raspberry, let’s just say this one HAS it, IS it, and you’ll ENJOY it. Nothing off-putting, and convincingly “blue” (but no, it’s not really blue, it’s clear). Come get your BLUE on, and let Sobucky take you there. Easily placed @ 9.1/10.
Rhubarb (SSA) 1% 2-25-22 – After even BRIEFLY testing this one, I felt compelled to start this review off with no fluff and stuff, no hyperbole, and get RIGHT to it. This IS, the most accurate Rhubarb, I have ever tried. Is it perfect ?? No, BUT it’s pretty damned close. As a flavor tester, many times you have to test flavors, that no one in their right MIND would test. Some are out of this world delicious, others are outright terrible, but sometimes, JUST sometimes, you get to some REALLY accurate ones. This IS one of them. I’ve had more than a few, and some just smell/taste like cat p!$$. Great news is, this one DOESN’T lol. HYPER accurate would be pretty close here. What many Rhu’s do, is they seem to center around most of the bright, high end notes, and the body suffers. This one seemed to FULLY encompass the entire main body notes that most, if not all others, miss. Wow, because after being rather let down by some, this one really showed HOW it was done. A tick above mid level sweet, and just really tasted like you were eating a sweetened, fresh rhubarb pie with no crust. Sobucky didn’t stop there, as they also threw in some of the sparkling, almost Kiwi like high end, bright notes to not only drive home the realism, but round it out. If I had a nailed down super “pie crust” stone, (I don’t yet), I’d toss this one into is ASAP. Wow, Sobucky did the Rhu right here folks, and if you are in need for maybe one of the best, most accurate Rhubarbs, you should pick this one up. Nothing off-putting, and very good at 1%, with MAYBE a little headroom left, with possiblly 0.25-.0.50 (estimating) increase possible. Clean, accurate, fresh, and punchy, with PLENTY of body, I couldn’t find fault with this one. 10/10.
Strawberry, Sweet Fresh Type (SSA) 1% 2-27-22 – Well, just so you know these reviews are legit (as if !!!), not EVERY one can be a winner, winner, chicken dinner. If they were, wouldn’t trust me, hehe. This one, MIGHT not be one of the winners, BUT, I encourage YOU guys to try it and tell us what you think. Overall, it presented as an almost “Pink Candy” type. Now it can always be POSSIBLE, that increasing this flavor might help it break out. Because of all of the Sobucky’s I’ve tested, and at this low weight, I’m going to suggest not, BUT, I may re-test it @ 2.0% later. This review will be at the 1% testing weight. This wasn’t an off-putting flavor, but presented as more of a blurry pink flavor if that helps. Could surely be used as a filler/baser, but as a solo’d SB player, it didn’t push everything you needed. About mid level sweet, and it wasn’t a bad flavor, but just didn’t really deliver the honest, fresh, punchy strawberry. If I re-test @ 2.0%, I will ammend this review. Felt fair to place this @ 5.5/10.
Fair enough. Thank you for your service, Sir! I have it -have not mixed it. ordered the SSA Ripe SB today, along with a few other “must haves”…awaiting fulfillment. along with SwaggyShane’s VSO Barbarian Cream -
Thank you very much @Tmease. Do me a favor, once you heat that up, let me know what YOU think, and/or what % you tried it at.
Watermelon, Taffy Type (SSA) 1% 2-27-22 – OK people, LAST ONE on deck in this series. Can we go out with a BANG ?? Taffy ? Candy ? Taffy Candy ?? Let’s just see. Diving into this last one, it did present as very watermelon-y, and the type kind of varied between an ALMOST taffy, into more of a candied WM. I think it was more candied, as there was a tartness to it, that you typically get from candied, and not so much from Taffy-d. It wasn’t a FULL on candied, but if you’re looking for a pure taffy, this ain’t the one. Now, it was actually quite good, and plenty strong at 1%. It straddled the real vs. artificial pretty nicely, and was a tick or two above mid level sweet. Nothing off-putting, and it was convincing at this testing weight. What was interesting was the tartness is what kept it interesting, AND, at the same time, kind of pushed it OUT of the taffy lane. “Yeah, but Taffy IS Candy”. I know, hehe, I know. The artificial vs. natural notes were also interesting, as it lead with the artificial, but definitely finished much more natural, but with a nice sweet, tarty punch on the way out. You might even be able to pump it up to 1.25-1.50% without blowing your face off. As opposed to a two dimensional, more boring watermelon which would quickly become mundane, this one really did keep your interest, and I personally blame the sweet and tart finish. Nicely done, BUT, not a super “taffy”. I’ll mark it down for not a lot of real taffy-ness, but still leave it high, as it could almost be used solo. Felt pretty good at a solid 9/10.
As always thanks out to @wllmc for sending these flavors out to review, and make sure to get yours …
Thank’s SD, for another deep dive, introducing us to yet more option’s to consider adding to our stash’s! 
I’ve been going to this SB more and more lately, add some OOO Strawberry Jam for a bit of fairy dust 