The 2016 E-Liquid Awards – All Winners
The second annual ZampleBox E-Liquid Awards came back bigger in 2016, with more awards, more brands and even better juices. All 14 winners were decided by the ZampleBox community.
The list covers the best juices in ten categories, plus four brand awards: Industry Leader, Best Branding, Best Up and Coming Brand and Best Vape Franchise. Here is the full record, with links to the award posts and reviews we published along the way.
Short version: OneUp Vapor took two awards, Best Overall Vape for Orgasm and Best Cream Vape for Churros and Ice Cream, and Cosmic Fog was named Industry Leader. Of the 2016 winners, only Cafe Racer is sold on our site today.
The best juices of 2016
| Award | Winning juice | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| Best Cereal Vape | Crazy Toucan | Cali Steam |
| Best Milk Vape | Cereal Milk | Kilo |
| Best Drink Vape | Pink Drink | Vertigo Vapor |
| Best Tobacco Vape | Django | 13th Floor Elevapor |
| Best Cream Vape | Churros and Ice Cream | OneUp Vapor |
| Best Candy Vape | Checkered Flag | Victory Liquid |
| Best Custard Vape | Peach Guzzi | Cafe Racer |
| Best Dessert Vape | Nana’s Treat | Drip’N’Drops |
| Best Fruit Vape | Puckerberry | Atlas Vapor |
| Best Overall Vape | Orgasm | OneUp Vapor |
Read more about the winners
- Crazy Toucan: Cali Steam’s award post and our full Cali Steam review
- Cereal Milk: Kilo’s award post
- Pink Drink: Vertigo Vapor’s award post
- Churros and Ice Cream and Orgasm: our OneUp Vapor full-line review
- Checkered Flag: Victory Liquid’s award post
- Peach Guzzi: Cafe Racer also appears in our Kilo, Cafe Racer and Cosmic Fog review
- Nana’s Treat: Drip’N’Drops’ award post
- Puckerberry: Atlas Vapor’s award post
The brand awards
- Industry Leader: Cosmic Fog (award post)
- Best Branding: Charlie’s Chalk Dust (award post)
- Best Up and Coming Brand: Brewell MFG
- Best Vape Franchise: Vapor Shark (award post)
For a taste of what made Charlie’s Chalk Dust stand out, read our Mr. Meringue review, which starts with the packaging.
What the list says about 2016 tastes
The 2016 winners read like a snapshot of what vapers loved at the time. Sweet, creamy and bakery-style flavors took most of the juice awards, from cereal milk to churros and ice cream to a peach custard, while fruit, candy, drink and tobacco each had a category of their own.
If you are after those same styles today, start with our dessert, cream and custard collections, or browse fruit, candy and tobacco flavors. Cafe Racer, the brand behind Peach Guzzi, is still on our shelves, so you can browse the current Cafe Racer lineup.
How the winners were chosen
Our team did not hand-pick these winners. They came from the ZampleBox community, and the juice awards went to the e-liquids that members rated highest in each flavor category.
Ratings still drive the Zamplebox Club today. Members rate flavor notes, mark favorites and flag anything they never want to receive, and each month’s box is curated around those choices. Read how ZampleBox works for the details.
Congratulations again to all of our 2016 winners.
Bottles worth trying
Most of the 2016 winners are no longer in our shop, but these custard flavors carry on the style that took Best Custard Vape.
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Air Factory Salt Custard Tobacco 30ml Nic Salt
$12.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Coastal Clouds - Caramel Brulee 60ml
$12.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page -
Coastal Clouds Salt Vanilla Custard Nic Salt
$12.99 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
WARNING: This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. For adults 21+ only.