**Vanilla Ice Cream (LB) 4.5% (3-21-21)** -- The MOMENT is upon us. YES, I knew that 8% for Liquid Barn's Vanilla Ice Cream might be too high, and I did it ANY WAY !!! That was the average Single Flavor usage rate if you can believe it or not. OK, at that heavy weight, I didn't get any pepper, BUT, I'm not one who does get that from VIC's. NOW, with that said, I could tell the flavor was folding over on itself (signs of over flavoring). It didn't go sideways like I had thought, but I could TELL it was PAST it's saturation point. SO, I dropped it back down to a more reasonable (for single flavor testing) 4.5%. I have CHANGED the percentage listed above to reflect THIS testing weight.

At the new lower, 4.5% testing weight, guess what, the flavor was STILL great, just a lot clearer, more focused, and cleaner. In hopes that someone, ANYONE reading this, doesn't know about this flavor, or hasn't tried it yet, it IS, in my opinion the holy grail of Vanilla Ice Cream flavors. Slamming Vanilla notes on the inhale, superb mouthfeel and creaminess, and an almost buttery rich exhale. Yes, there are DIK's in this flavor. From Bull City Flavors page .......

> **Contains 35000 PPM Acetyl Propionyl**

With that said, we can continue. As stated above, I've never gotten the Black Pepper" effect from any VIC's before, nor this one, so YOU will have to try and then buy for yourselves. In a lot of ways, this reminded me of what Holy Vanilla did for Vanillas. At the NEW testing weight of 4.5%, I got no off-putting notes, no negatives at all, with about mid level sweetness. The richness of this flavor cannot be overstated. For a super rich and decadent Vanilla Ice Cream, that has an outstanding mouthfeel, and an almost buttery exhale, this one IS the one to get. If you are concerned about DIK's (DAAP's), then you would want to avoid this one. All in, hands down, the Vanilla Ice Cream Champion at an unquestionable **10/10**."