Review "Hooligan" from Digby's Juices

[davrog]

I'm a huge fan of Hodges Home Brew, and went along there yesterday to order some juice, but Hodges make their juices in small batches that are steeped for 8 weeks, and unfortuntely had very little 70/30 juices for sale yesterday, with almost all flavours being Sold Out at my chosen nic strengths.

So I decided to give another 'premium' juice maker a try - one I heard a lot of good things about; Digby's Juices.

My first impressions was that Digby's flavour choices didn't really seem to suit me that well. I struggled to find one that had a flavour descripion that appealed to me, but being a big fruity vape fan, eventually went for "Hooligan".

I'll say one thing first: Digby's website - in my opinion - is absolutely awful. No clear list of available flavours, icons that scroll all over the place, and no easy way to see what a flavour really is (they all have imaginative names). It's also painfully slow, when you click on the "details" button to see what one of these juices really is, it takes forever for the page to load. Think they could definitely do with a website overhaul, to make looking at and choosing a juice more easy - especially for people new to Digby's.

"Hooligan" is described as :-

Hooligan, our latest concoction. Its sweet with a lingering tingle. Cherry, lemon, Oranges and Limes combined with a bit of fizz. A true taste sensation that will leave you wanting more and more. We have worked for a long time getting this mix just right. This is a flavour fiends ADV. Enjoy Hooligan responsibly!

I have to say that on first vaping Hooligan, I thought I must have been sent the wrong juice. I can't taste any Cherry, Lemon, Limes or Oranges whatsoever - what it does taste exactly like is Benylin Cough Syrip. That's it. A strong, pungent, eucalyptus flavour, very heavily sweetened. This juice was only available in 50/50 ratio, and I normally vape at 70VG/30PG, so my first few 'tuge' in the Kanger Subtank with this flavour, almost ripped my chest out. It was really harsh.

To me this flavour tastes like it has no "mixology" involved in it whatsoever, almost like "let's just throw everything imagineable into a base liquid, sweeten it hugely, and call it Hooligan".

There's little else I can say, other than I bought 30ml of this juice for £14 (inc. postage) so am pretty disappointed. Certainly, where Digby's are concerned for me, the only way is up!! .......... but if this flavour is anything to go by, I'm not sure I'd spend any more money on Digby's juice. Perhaps it's just not for me.

Would I recommend this juice?

Well, if you have ever sat and thought "Hmm, I wonder what a juice would taste like that was made from Benylin Cough Syrip, with 12 spoons of sugar added", then this juice is for you....

2/10.

 

[ned]

you get cough syrup i got a taste that matched the smell of deep heat or raljex. however that being said i persevered with it and it grew on me for some strange reason i started to like the stuff

 

[Pittard9]

Shows how taste is subjective. I think Hooligan is my favourite juice. It's probably the 'premium' juice I use but the most...I think I'm addicted to the stuff.

 

[davrog]

you get cough syrup i got a taste that matched the smell of deep heat or raljex. however that being said i persevered with it and it grew on me for some strange reason i started to like the stuff

Your dead right! ...... it IS "Deep Heat". It's the exact smell of Deep Heat

So anyone fancying vaping a muscle loosening skin cream (with lot's of added sugar), this is the juice for you!

Joking apart, what I did do this afternoon, is mix the "raw" Hooligan juice with some pure VG, at a ratio of 1:1.... greatly improved it for me, and I might just get through the 30mls (or should I say 60mls!) now.

 

[ned]

Your dead right! ...... it IS "Deep Heat". It's the exact smell of Deep Heat

So anyone fancying vaping a muscle loosening skin cream (with lot's of added sugar), this is the juice for you!

Joking apart, what I did do this afternoon, is mix the "raw" Hooligan juice with some pure VG, at a ratio of 1:1.... greatly improved it for me, and I might just get through the 30mls (or should I say 60mls!) now.

pmsl

yeah the two digbys juices ive tried hooligan and the green one? dr jackel maybe? were both very strong flavour wise. like i said i got used to the hooligan after a day or so and in the end quite liked it. in fact i nearly bought another 10ml about an hr ago because i see it in the angelfire mods juice sale lol.

good idea with the adding vg to try to tone the flavour down a notch

 

[davrog]

Yeah mate, I think with the VG added I can actually taste a bit of orange and cherry in there too, and not just Deep Heat! ..the down side is that diluting it in this way has halved the strength from 6mg to 3mg. I do have some nic though so could sort that out. Yeah, very strong flavour!!

 

[davrog]

UPDATE: What I didn't point out in the original review above, was the equipment I was vaping "Hooligan" with. I ws using the Kanger Subtank Mini (on Wismec Presa 40w), with a 1.2ohm OCC coil fitted.

Anyway, today I put some Hooligan juice into a newly rewicked CLR coil, in the Joyetech Ego One ...... quite a lot better! I think I can taste some fruitiness now.

So perhaps, for me, the Subtank was a bit too intense in terms of flavour, for this juice. The Ego One is certainly not muted, but it tastes a bit calmer and I'm not coughing.

Think I might just get through the 30ml now.

.... still not one I would recommend or buy again though.