**Cherry (BETA) (VSO) 2.5% / 5.0% / 8.5%** -- I think we all have a bit of fear when testing new Cherry flavors, or at least I do. So many bad ones, medicinal, floral, or just plain soapy, and because of that I typically start VERY low. I started this one @ 2.5% and while good, was fairly light, doubled it (yes, doubled) up to 5.0% and it improved, but still felt it was a tad light. I contacted Shane, and he said you could push most of his flavors up to 10% without them getting squirrel-y. What ?? !!!!! Well I took this up to about 8.5% and it still stayed true. This is a BETA flavor, so you guys are RIGHT on the cutting edge with me on this one. While Shane dials in the strength of this one for sales, I can say that it increased when moving up in strength, but not fully linear. Shane may adjust but for this BETA, it felt like 6.5%-7.0% was the sweet spot before diminishing gains. OK, what WAS it ?? I was indeed a delicious Cherry. Not a red, not a mara, not a black, but rather almost like a fine cherry wine, WITHOUT the wine. It did lean to the delicate side, but it was soo good, it didn't really take away from it. Below mid level sweet, and you could really almost taste the flesh, and skin of a just ripened cherry, with NO pits hehe. Clean, and crisp kept coming to mind throughout the SIX testers on this one. Yes, I know, I NEVER do this, right ?? Well, I did it this time, and mostly, to try and help Shane out with some relative percentages. I don't think I've EVER doubled, then increased AGAIN, a Cherry, without blowing my face off, and this speaks to the skilled extraction technique that was used on this, and many of the other VSO flavors. Granted, I did start to push into reducing gains when cranking this one up, BUT, it never got squirrel-y, floral, perfumy, or flat. Pretty impressive. Now, with it's very clean, natural, and somewhat relaxed nature, how it would hold it's own in mixes will have to be determined, but as a solo, it was one of the most, if not the, most natural Cherries I think I have tried. Don't be afraid to push this one, and you'll have to UN-learn what you know about Cherries thus far. Please remember, this was a BETA, and Shane may tweak this, but the profile was spot on, so probably only saturation levels would need to be adjusted, if anything. Squarely placing this one at **9.2/10**.