I usually don't review e-juice in groups as I prefer to review each e-liquid individually. I am making in exception in this case. I have a baggie full of Bootleg Vapor 420 juice. It was their 420 line which attracted me to their site in the first place. I was curious about 420 e-liquids. I wanted to know if they really taste like the real thing. I bought every 420 flavor they had on their menu at the time. They have since added a few more flavors and they sent me a few of those as well.
First, why 420? Have you ever wondered why marijuana or ganja e-liquid is referred to as a "420" flavor? I had to find out. The first thing I learned is that the term "420" is celebrated by pot smokers every April 4th. According to David Emery, writing for Urban Legends, "What 420 is, whether expressed in the form 4:20 (as a time of day), 4/20 (as a calendar date), or just the unadorned numeral (pronounced "four-twenty"), is a universal, unofficial symbol for the use and appreciation of marijuana. In fact, 4/20 (April 20) has come to be known in certain circles as "Marijuana Appreciation Day," or simply "Weed Day."
In the early 1970s, a small group of pot smokers at San Rafael High School in California, known as "The Waldos", met at 4:20 pm everyday to get high. The
term "420" became a code for "time to light up." The phrase spread and eventually High Times magazine began to use it. It is now known throughout the world.
There are a few companies that sell "420" flavored e-liquids. These e-juices are made with marijuana or cannabis flavoring. They do not contain THC, the active ingredient in pot. They will not get you high. These e-liquids were created to taste like the real thing. They are designed for people who like the taste of marijuana.
This bottle has been steeping for a few months. It has a strong marijuana smell. It is an earthy flavor and tastes a bit like pine or a Christmas tree. It is very smooth and produces huge clouds of vapor. Marijuana is a weed and tastes earthy and woodsy. Mary Jane 420 does as well. It smells and tastes like pine, so you are either going to love it or hate it, depending upon your expectations. I find if you drip it, rather than vape it out of a tank, it tastes less like pine and more like the real thing.
Apple 420
Apple 420 smells like apples and pine trees. The flavor really comes forth if you let it steep for quite awhile. Like Mary Jane 420, this e-liquid produces tons of vapor. Apple 420 is not as bold as Mary Jane 420, but is a very pleasant tasting vape. The apple flavoring seems to tone the piney cannabis flavoring down a bit. This is a nice sweet apple vape with a cannabis twist. The apple flavor adds a nice subtle touch to the underlying cannabis base.
Orange 420
The product description reads "Our take on Mary Jane...with a hint of orange." Hmmm, to me, it tastes like orange juice with a hint of Mary Jane. I like it. This is one of the best orange flavored e-liquids I have ever tasted. It tastes like a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice with a cannabis twist. As with the Apple 420, the fruit flavoring tones down the piney cannabis flavoring. This is a tasty combination. I would never have dreamed of combining marijuana and orange juice. It works!
Purple Sticky 420
Purple Sticky is a grape flavored 420 e-liquid. It tastes like Purple Jolly Rancher on the inhale and grape flavored cannabis on the exhale. Again, this one tastes like pine at first but if you let it steep a few months, it tastes a lot like the real thing.
Blueberry 420
Blueberry 420 has a strong pine scent. The cannabis flavoring is really strong, coupled with sweet and subtle blueberry undertones. Blueberry 420 is earthy and sweet. At times the blueberry is the dominant flavor and at other times the 420 flavoring dominates. If you allow this e-liquid, as well as the others, to steep for a long time, the flavor becomes more like marijuana and less piney. If you want a real marijuana taste experience, buy a bottle, put it away and forget about it for a few months. Steeping makes a huge difference.
Trainwreck 420
It's a Trainwreck! I'm getting tons of vapor from this sweet tasting 420 flavor. It's as though a pine tree met a bowl of exotic fruit and exploded in my mouth. This is a very fruity flavor with a nice cannabis undertone. It's incredibly sweet and smooth. Trainwreck is a sativa-dominant cannabis strain that is said to hit you so hard that you don't see it coming. It's an earthy, pine and lemon flavored strain that usually makes people cough. Bootleg Vapor's version of Trainwreck is very smooth and fruity. There is no coughing here, just a lot of fruity 420 flavor.
Raspberry Kush
Raspberry Kush is a bold tobacco flavor e-liquid. I think all of Bootleg's 420 e-liquids have a little tobacco in them, but in this case it is the predominant flavor. Think of Raspberry Kush as tobacco laced with marijuana with a raspberry twist. Raspberry Kush is a cannabis strain that has a raspberry and cream-like aroma. It's said to make people feel a lazy. It is good for listening to music or creating art. It is described as sweet tasting and smells like berries and diesel. (Diesel is another strain of marijuana that tastes and smells like lemon-lime with a splash of diesel fuel). Although Bootleg Vapor's Raspberry Kush contains hints of lemon and lime, I am not getting anything in the way of diesel fuel, which is fine with me. What I am getting is tobacco with subtle hints of raspberry and a cannabis twist.
Note:
I tried two or three of these e-liquids in a plastic tank and thought they were awful. I suggest investing in a pyrex tank if you plan on vaping 420 flavors. In addition, I noticed that the 420 e-liquids really gunked up my coils. For the best experience, try dripping these e-liquids.
Please note, there are no active ingredients in any of these liquids. There is no THC whatsoever. These are marijuana flavorings, not marijuana. Maybe if marijuana is ever legalized in all 50 states, we will start seeing naturally extracted marijuana liquid containing THC, but that day has yet to come.
Apple Cinnamon,
Apple Moonshine,
Beetle Juice,
Berry Cherry Blast,
The Bomb,
Bootleg Red,
The 420 Series,
Mint Chocolate Chip,
Pumpkin Pie,
Raspberry Cream,
Red Velvet Cake,
Spiked Egg Nog,
Twisted Tobacco,
Jacked Apple
