Tin Tin, where’s all the juice?
Sea Captain comes from the signature line of juices offered by Canadian vendor, Vapor North – the second to last of their juices on my review docket. What caught my eye with the particular juice was the label; Captain Haddock look-alike smoking a pipe? Go on.
Promising a “bold, fresh flavour” that mixes sweet and spiciness into a creamy vape, there’s a lot hinting to vape complexity that I was excited to experience for myself. Will this juice stand by as a stalwart companion during rough seas? Or will it simply be a fair-weather friend? As always, dear readers, continue on for my verdict.
The Details:
- PG:VG Ratio: 50% PG / 50% VG
- Nicotine: 6mg
- Tank Cracker: Yes
- Origin: Canada
- Price: $10.95 CAD / 15ml
- Website: http://www.vapornorth.com
The Goods:
This juice came to me via the generosity of the good folks at Vapor North for review purposes. Rest assured, these are my opinions alone; I would never purposely lead you astray with a false review.
As I write this review, Sea Captain sits loaded into a dual micro-coil Trident clone (0.7ohm) atop a Chi-You clone. It’s a wonder of brass and silver accents, which I think compliment the flavour profile of this juice perfectly.
Nosed from one of Vapor North’s signature blue-topped bottles, Sea Captain greets with a warm, sweet and spicy scent. It’s, frankly, quite powerful; I couldn’t get images of a musky rum-spiced cologne out of my mind.
I must say upfront that I was not a fan of the first vape from this potent liquid. It inhales cool and creamy, but the first note on the exhale is indeed very sweet and spicy. Not sugar sweet, but fruity sweet with a robust cinnamon & nutmeg kick. Sadly, the sweetness on the first exhale brings my mind to soap – sweet, spicy Old Spice soap. It is upon subsequent puffs and a full nasal exhale that the true flavour of Sea Captain dawned upon me.
It tastes like holiday fruitcake.
One with the red and green coloured candied fruits, heavy winter spicing, and just the touch of rum. It is from my culinary experience that this brand of fruitcake is quite polarizing. Some wait with baited breath for the next winter season and its accompanying batch of dense cake. Others wrap the offending baked good in tin foil and deposit it in the freezer, where it waits as a handy improvised weapon in the event of attack while in the kitchen.
I stand somewhere between these two poles, where I prefer my fruitcake natural, and drowned in a large amount of vanilla ice cream. My point being I prefer a definite dilution of creaminess to cut the heavy spiced flavours of fruitcake – much like I would have preferred my experience with Sea Captain.
The flavour that this juice delivers I fully respect; Christmas dessert in a bottle. It’s just far too dense of a vape to serve as my all-day vape. Perhaps in the future I will return, cut with a liberal dose of a sweet cream juice that I’m sure is hiding in the depths of my vape chest.
Sea Captain leaves a dark, spicy room note that lingers but thankfully doesn’t overstay its welcome. It really does smell as if you baked something in the room.
For those looking to pair this juice with a drink, look no further than those found on the sideboard of a traditional Western winter spread. Egg nog and milk for those abstaining. Dark, wood touched liquors – whiskey, casked rum, or cognac – or deep porters and Belgian ales would work nicely.
The Verdict?
Sea Captain delivers the warmth of a well-spiced fruitcake and Yuletide cheer, concentrated in a bottle. Those who love it will certainly love it, but it can be polarizing.
Rating:
2.5/5. Clearly a well-crafted flavour, just not my cup of tea.