REVIEW - Creamy Strawberry Cheesecake by Moose Knuckle, LLC

Moose Knuckle

http://www.mooseknucklellc.com

Creamy Strawberry Cheesecake

Moose Knuckle is an e-liquid manufacturing company based out of Anchorage, Alaska. For your vaping pleasure, we have created the best U.S. made premium e-liquid thus far. We wholesale our e-liquid to shop owners all over the country. Discover our 20 tantalizing flavors we have available by clicking any of the category icons below. Our mission as a company is to convert smokers to a healthier alternative for a better tomorrow. Most importantly, we stand behind the e-liquid we make!

Moose Knuckle specializes in premium e-liquids with a unique selection of creative flavors to enhance your vaping experience. Our Alaskan creations are made with only the finest of ingredients. The quality of our liquid surpasses all others and our passion for helping people to convert from smoking cigarettes is what we believe sets us apart in the industry.

Moose Knuckle offers superior e-liquid flavors to satisfy all of your vaping tastes. The VG/PG ratio is 70VG/30PG which provides a savory taste as well as great vapor production.

Moose Knuckle is available in 15ml or 30ml bottles and comes in nicotine levels of 0mg, 3mg, 6mg, 12mg, 18mg, and 24mg. All of Moose Knuckle’s e-liquids are in P.E.T. plastic bottles, so you will not taste the plastic, and are equipped with child proof and tamper evident caps.  (from their website)

I’ve actually had the pleasure of meeting the fine folks of Moose Knuckle e-liquids.  Run out of SUMO Vapor in Anchorage, Alaska, it is immediately evident that they know their vape stuff when you walk into the shop.  The Moose Knuckle tasting and mixing bar is to your left immediately inside the store, across from several glass display cases, showcasing a variety of vape supplies, mods, RDAs, and tanks.  Beyond the bar and display cases are some comfy couches arranged around a flat screen TV, like you were in someone’s living room.  It’s an inviting space to just hang out, vape, and chat with other vapers.

In addition to the 20 flavors profiled on their website, the tasting bar also features dozens of other awesome flavors available on their expansive menu.  Let me tell ya, if you can dream it, Moose Knuckle has a flavor for you.  From simple fruity flavors like apple and strawberry to more complex concoctions like oatmeal butterscotch cookies and Mountain Dew Baja Blast, the mix maestros have ensured there’s a flavor for every vaper out there.

You’ll also notice something different about the staff of SUMO Vapor and Moose Knuckle – they’re all approachable, down-to-earth people who love to vape.  All of them have various mods they’re using with quite the collection of tanks and RDAs – and they will all take the time to explain their setups and builds to you if you ask.  The customer service is top notch, and they make sure all their customers – new vapers and seasoned veterans alike – leave with the equipment they need to fulfill their particular vape needs.

Equipment-wise, they carry quite the selection.  From starter kits to advanced mods and RDAs, you can find that particular setup for every vaping level and budget.

And don’t think the only juice you will find is the Moose Knuckle line.  SUMO Vapor actually carries several different lines of different e-liquids from different manufacturers all over the country.

If you ever get the chance, stop in.  You won’t regret it!

I will eventually review several different flavors on the Moose Knuckle e-liquids menu, but for now, I will start with one featured on their website – the Creamy Strawberry Cheesecake.  This was not the first Moose Knuckle juice I tried, but I chose this one specifically because it is available to order on the website.

When I first opened the bottle, I immediately smelled the wonderful fragrance of a sweet strawberry filling – the kind you’d find in your favorite jelly doughnut or swirled into a perfect cheesecake, but this wasn’t an artificial type of strawberry.  If you close your eyes, you could almost picture a ripe, ruby red berry bursting with the sweetness and flavor of a summer’s day.

That wonderful strawberry was the starring flavor when I tasted a drop of it on my finger to test it without heat, but underneath, supporting the berry goodness, was this hint of a graham cracker crust.

Excitedly, I juiced up fresh cotton and fired my mod a few times at 50 watts.  The vapor filling the air smelled like the kitchen of your favorite bakery.  The graham cracker crust was very noticeable as was the creamy strawberry cheesecake aroma.  It was a heavenly, heady mix that enticed me to want to vape it.

Upon that first inhale, the first taste that hit me was creamy, smooth, strawberry cheesecake.  While sweet, it was not overwhelming so; nor was it too rich like cheesecake sometimes can be.  The attention to every last detail, flavor wise, was evident in that first little taste.

Exhaling, I could still taste the strawberry but once again, underscoring it like a good crust should, the graham cracker crust was evident.  It didn’t overwhelm the star of the show, though – that strawberry cheesecake goodness.

This juice is one that just kept getting better and better as I raised the wattage on my mod.  It never got harsh and the increase in temperature actually improved the taste.  It became more and more like a gourmet cheesecake each time the wattage increased.

Unlike a good cheesecake, this juice never was too rich or too sweet to keep it from being an all day vape.  It retained the right balance of fruity and savory (due to the graham cracker flavor), making it the perfect juice to enjoy at any time of day.

I highly recommend this to anyone who loves strawberries, cheesecake, or both!

REVIEW - Unicorn Milk by Cuttwood, The "Sauce Boss"

Cuttwood “The Sauce Boss”

http://www.cuttwood.com

Unicorn Milk

Cuttwood is a premier eliquid company based out of Irvine, California, and has a quality of liquid like no other.  They are a member of SFATA, the Smoke-Free Alternatives Trade Association. (As the largest and leading trade association in the vapor and e-cig industry SFATA is committed to the vape industry’s continued growth and expansion.  They represent the interests of the non-big tobacco supply chain, including manufacturers, online retailers, brick and mortar vape stores, distributors, importers and wholesalers.)

Cuttwood prides themselves on providing quality made products. Through research, development, rigorous testing, and innovation, they are dedicated to providing the best e-sauce on the market. They are proud to make their products with only approved high quality ingredients and the best flavors in the world.

Cuttwood is very involved in the vaping community, not just as a juice manufacturer but supporting the continued rights of vapers and the culture itself.  In an interview with Kingly Vapes’ Vape Hacks, Cuttwood CEO Austin Hopper had this to say:

“Our goal is to have a relationship with all of the stores that we have, with all of the vendors we do business with, with people like yourself, with the trade associations, the people that are protecting vaper's rights. We're looking at joining in on the advocacy fronts. We're going to do whatever we can as Cuttwood and as Vaping Industries to support the vape community, not just in Orange County but in all of the states and countries we do business in. So if they need us, we will be there. Whether that's financially, whether that's in person, we will find that we are going to show up. Cuttwood will be represented at any major happening or grand opening, it doesn't matter. Big or small, there's no event too small for Cuttwood to show up.”

This is definitely a company that is focused on making the vaping community stronger for everyone, vapers and non-vapers alike.

I’ve been hearing lots of great things about this company and about its line of e-juices, including one of their most popular, highest rated juices – Unicorn Milk – so I decided I needed to try it out.

According to their website, this is the flavor profile for Unicorn Milk:

Unicorn Milk comes to you fresh from Cuttwood’s grass-fed, hormone-free Unicorn farm in Los Angeles.  What does Unicorn Milk taste like exactly?  It’s like a blend of four different cream flavors, mixed with all natural strawberry extract.  Yum!

Once I received my bottle of Unicorn Milk, I waited a couple days just to let it steep a little longer before I cracked it open.  The aroma, to me, wasn’t very much like a milkshake, but it was pleasing.  It reminded me more of a creamy strawberry candy.  So it showed promise.

The next thing I did was taste a drop I’d placed on my finger, just so I could see if the flavor changed at all when the juice was heated.  My expectations started to falter a bit because, to me, it tasted very artificial – like a cheap strawberry candy.  I didn’t taste any cream or milk flavor in it at all.

Still hopeful that this juice would be as stellar as I’d heard it was, I juiced up some fresh cotton.  I set my mod to 50 watts and fired it a few times.  The aroma wasn’t all too pleasing to me – it was a very artificial strawberry smell.  It definitely wasn’t a strawberry milkshake.

I rejoiced my cotton and took my first inhale.  The flavor that hit my taste buds reminded me more of a cheap strawberry candy that had been crushed and dissolved in reconstituted dry milk. 

On the exhale, the flavor changed to something very strange to me.  It tasted like strawberry candy still – no cream or milk to it – but it also tasted like a strong black tea at the back of my throat.  The taste actually made me kind of nauseated.

Because of the flavor on the exhale, I couldn’t force myself to try and vape it at higher wattages.  I put the bottle aside and changed my cotton so I could find a juice that I knew wouldn’t make me feel that way.

In fairness to Unicorn Milk, I didn’t just leave my tasting at that.  I left the bottle in a cool, dark place for a couple weeks to see if steeping it for a while longer would help. 

Unfortunately, letting the liquid steep for a couple weeks didn’t change the flavor for me or make me enjoy it anymore.

Unicorn Milk is not a liquid I can see myself vaping at all, which is unfortunate because I really did have such high hopes for it when I ordered the 15ml bottle.  Hopefully, when I go to try another flavor in the Cuttwood line, I will have better luck in enjoying it.

REVIEW - The Keys by Strix Elixirs

Strix Elixirs

http://welcome.strixelixirs.com

The Keys

I previously introduced you to Strix Elixirs out of Dallas, Texas, by way of their scrumptious beta flavor Velvet Undies.  That juice was just like eating a decadent dessert with every vape.

This time, I’d like to introduce you to another of their wonderful dessert flavors – The Keys.  (If the name didn’t give it away, this is Strix’s take on a key lime pie.)

The flavor profile, according to the Strix Elixir website, is as follows:

The Keys:  We searched the world for the perfect key lime pie. We've had quite a few good slices and longed for that perfection in eJuice form. Some have been known to dance (shake their booties) while they vape this juice. Perfectly balanced - never too much graham cracker crust, key lime or cream.

Good at all voltages, but we suggest kicking it up a notch to fully experience this flavor. Best in RDA and RBA units, but delicious in all atomizers. Perfect for dripping or tanking! Some call this an ADV.

Key lime pie is one of those seemingly easy flavors to master, yet it’s deceptively difficult.  Finding the right balance between the tart key lime, the perfect level of sweetness, just the right amount of custardy creaminess, and finding the perfect crust makes this simple dessert more complex and gourmet than you’d first think.

Now, I love a good key lime pie.  If a restaurant offers it on their dessert menu, I’ll opt to try it each and every time.  If their pastry chef can find that perfect harmony of tart and sweet, it’s a sure bet the other desserts they offer will be wonderful.

The juice gurus at Strix Elixirs got their key lime pie perfect.

This delicious juice appears simple at first.  When I cracked open the bottle, I could immediately smell that bright, crisp tart aroma of a try key lime.  It was vibrant and inviting, beckoning me to taste.

So I started with a drop on my finger just to see what the flavor was like with no heat.  The very first thing I tasted was that true key lime flavor – not a lemon trying to play dress up as is attempted with many key lime pies.  But underscoring that fresh, citrus tartness was an almost warm, buttery graham cracker crust.

I was excited to see if it could get any better.

I juiced up some fresh cotton and, at 50 watts, fired my mod a few times to catch the juice’s aroma when heated.  The vapor rising from the cotton was nothing but goodness – sweet, sweet key lime pie.

I took my first inhale and my taste buds were hit with an overload of sensation.  The flavor truly was tart and sweet at the same time.  There was a creaminess to the taste that I didn’t expect, like taking a bite of the pie’s custard without any crust.  It was perfection.

On the exhale, the key lime was more subtle, underscored by that delicious graham cracker crust flavor.

This juice does not disappoint.  It is fruity, sweet, cool, and warm all at once, leaving me to feel like I’d just eaten a piece of the most delicious key lime pie I’d ever had – like a dessert you’d find at a 5-star restaurant.

As with Velvet Undies, I couldn’t find a wattage high enough to produce a harsh or nasty flavor.  The higher I set my mod, it just kept tasting more and more delicious.

I could seriously see The Keys becoming someone’s all day vape.  It’s not too rich or overwhelming like some dessert flavors – it’s more true to a fruit vape in that respect.  But, as with dessert vapes, this could also be a juice that you could enjoy after a good meal with a cup of espresso and great after dinner conversation with loved ones.

Definitely another home run flavor from the minds at Strix Elixirs!