Inawera 6% strength? Shudder

[monstermash]

Personally I blame H.P. Bulmer for my latest blunder. I decided that 4% Inawera Blueberry wasn't strong enough so I proceeded to mix (based on some 3% to 6% max ratio I'd read somewhere) at 6%.

It's proper horrible.

I presume I can rescue it by doubling every other ingredient (base/PG/VG) that I used originally and mixing the lot together again? This, in my warped calculations, should render the percentage down to 3%?

I know what I should have done when 'testing'. But I didn't.

I now have 90 ml over 3 Inawera flavours mixed at 6% that need 'adjusting'.

Also, I later discovered, that I had a wicking issue which was muting the flavour of the blueberry in the first place so it was a compound cock up. Can anyone tell me if my rescue logic is correct before it becomes a complete clusterf@ck.

thanks
MM

 

[oldhippydude]

rescue logic sounds ok to me.
You could try and rescue a little before doing the lot.

 

[StuPot]

I'd say dilute some to use for now and leave some to see how it is in a few days.. A lot of flavours fade off after a while.

That's one of the reasons for steeping.. I sometimes have to add extra flavour which would taste overpowering at first but mellows nicely with time.

 

[monstermash]

How to half the flavour percentage

Lest anyone be vaguely interested in how to half the percentage of the flavour like I will be doing tomorrow night, I sat and did the math and sussed that I need to add exactly the same in ml (and therefore percentage) of each ingredient but instead of adding the same ml in flavour, I will add, instead, the same in ml of unflavoured PG in it's place.

This takes the overall flavour down to 3% from 6% and keeps the percentages of the other ingredients the same.

Never did enjoy maths. Did my tiny mind in for a while this did.

Fcuk knows how to adjust it to something other than exactly half though.