Lancashire Ice Creamery 100ml Shortfill

A shortfill is the UK vaping industry's solution to a regulatory quirk. TPD rules cap nicotine-containing e-liquid bottles at 10ml. But they do not cap nicotine-free liquid at all: so manufacturers fill a 120ml bottle with 100ml of 0mg liquid, leaving the remaining 20ml empty. You add nicotine afterwards by dropping in nic shots.

For the Lancashire Ice Creamery 100ml, the maths is simple. Two 10ml nic shots go into the spare space. Shake thoroughly for about thirty seconds. Leave it five minutes to settle. The result is 120ml at around 3mg freebase nicotine. That is a mild strength, right for vapers who have stepped down from higher concentrations or who vape frequently enough that a low background nicotine level is all they need.

If you want to go stronger, you cannot: two shots is the maximum the bottle space will take, so 3mg is the ceiling without overloading the flavour formula. If you want nicotine salts instead of freebase, you can use a nicotine salt shot in the same way, though the result is a hybrid rather than a true nic salt liquid. Many vapers prefer freebase nicotine in a high-VG shortfill anyway, since the sub-ohm delivery provides plenty of absorption surface.

No nicotine at all is a legitimate choice too. A lot of people who have been vaping for years run 0mg as a habit. The flavour does not change, and the clouds are identical. The only difference is the absence of nicotine.

The 70VG/30PG ratio is the decisive factor here. High-VG liquid is thicker than a 50/50 mix, which means it needs a coil with a wider wick channel to absorb and feed correctly. Run it through a tight mouth-to-lung coil and it will dry-hit or taste burnt from the first pull.

You need a sub-ohm kit: a device with a coil between 0.1 and 0.6 Ohm. That could be a purpose-built sub-ohm tank, a high-power pod mod, or a refillable pod kit designed for high-VG liquids. Most modern refillable pod kits with a mesh coil at 0.4 Ohm or below will handle it well. The Vaporesso XROS Pro and similar DTL-capable pod kits, anything specced for direct-to-lung vaping, work cleanly. The Geekvape Wenax Q2 and its category are also a natural match.

The 70VG base is thick enough to produce proper, dense clouds. That is part of what you are paying for in a premium shortfill: the flavour per cloud is good. Vape it at the wattage your coil is rated for, give the coil three to five minutes to prime on a fresh fill, and the flavour should come in clear and clean from the first proper puff.

The Lancashire Ice Creamery is made by Future Juice Labs, a UK e-liquid manufacturer that launched in 2017 with a fairly specific ambition: to make dessert e-liquids that actually taste like the real thing rather than a vague approximation of it. The Lancashire Creamery brand came after their original lineup, and the Ice Creamery is one of three sub-ranges within it.

The other two are the core Creamery range (milkshakes, custards, bread-and-butter pudding: more traditional dessert profiles) and the Farm Shop range (bakery-oriented, with flavours like Apple Sugar Doughnut, Blueberry Muffin, and Custard Cannoli). The Ice Creamery sits between them. It is less creamy-custard than the core range and less baked-goods than the Farm Shop, landing squarely in the frozen dessert territory the name promises.

All three ranges carry the "Udderly Smooth Vape" tagline and the Lancashire Creamery logo: a Friesian cow in a pink milk-splash. It is one of the more recognisable design identities in UK e-liquid, and the branding holds across all sub-ranges. Production is in the UK, all products carry a childproof cap and tamper-evident seal, and the formulas are TPD-registered.

For sub-ohm dessert vaping, yes. The flavour development across the four profiles is noticeably more careful than the generic dessert shortfills that flood the market. Caramelised Biscuit and Mint Choc Chip in particular avoid the two most common failure modes of their flavour types: the biscuit does not become a flat, sweet generic, and the mint does not drift into cooling-agent territory.

The honest caveat is the price point. At £37.99, the Lancashire Ice Creamery is at the upper end of the 100ml shortfill market. Comparable e-liquids from other brands sit at £20 to £30. You are paying for UK manufacture, a premium flavour formula, and a bit of the brand heritage. Whether that gap is worth it depends on how seriously you take dessert vaping. Casual vapers switching between flavours probably will not notice the difference from a cheaper option. Someone who has found their one flavour and vapes it every day probably will.

The Mint Choc Chip in particular has a devoted following and consistently turns up in "best dessert shortfill" discussions in UK vaping communities. If that specific flavour profile is what you are after, the Lancashire Ice Creamery version is widely considered to be among the best executions of it.

Choosing between premium dessert shortfills mostly comes down to the specific flavour territory you want and your budget ceiling. Quick comparison below.