December 24th

According to legend, December 26th by @nowar is what Santa vapes after a long night of delivering Christmas presents. Well, this is what he vapes to get going. A play on the same profile, but starkly different than the original mix. Darker and sweeter, with more of the traditional RY4 notes than the original recipe.

Mixer's Club April 2021 Prompt: Get Adventurous.

From the minute I laid eyes on Isuamadog's recipe December 26th, I knew it was a profile I'd love. I mixed it up, waited out the steep with great anticipation, loaded up the atty, and BAM, LEAF EVERYWHERE. Doggo used FE RY4 at 4%, which is insanely leafy in its own right, AND added CT Shade at 1.25% on top of it. He likes that kinda stuff, but it's just not right for me. Try as I might, I couldn't make it through, and I gave up on it. Just recently, I was going back through my old batches on ATF and saw the recipe again. For no real reason, I figured I'd give it a shot at a remix. It really had nothing to do with this prompt at all, but it fits under the "correct an injustice" part of the prompt, and so here we are. This profile is great, and I'd consider it an injustice that it's not more accessible to bacco lovers everywhere.

I don't really have my usual detailed notes on this one, but really only because I subbed out his main tobacco with two far more approachable ones, and dropped the CT Shade closer to the average use rate. I also upped the WCP and CD just a touch to sweeten and meld it together. OSD RJ4 has fast become one of my favorite RY4 flavors, and I'd recommend it to just about everyone who likes the profile. Usually it needs a week steep minimum or it tastes like burnt caramel before it comes around, but something about this mix made it totally fine in 3 days. JF RY4x2 is also a favorite, and definitely cleaner than TPA RY4x2, so that was used here as well. I sent my first go around to the creator himself @nowar, and he loved it, so I called it a day at my first go around here. This is the first and last version, and I'm happy with it the way it is. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we do.

Edit: After letting it steep, this is really way better after about 10 days. The baccos really round into shape and the caramel comes out to play from the RY4. I've increased the steep time, but this is worth it.