I find the taste is easily tamed by proper pairing, with peanut butter being a classic cover for the less pleasant aspects of the ABV flavor for me. Personally I have people constantly swooping in to smoke my ABV, but whenever I can I make PB shakes for myself as detailed in a certain popular thread, and I enjoy it thoroughly. It's not downy or heavy, just pleasant. I'm a high tolerance user though and I have witnessed lighter users go "one toke over the line" or even approach a mild sickness from ABV edibles. Well, screw that, I've seen noobies vomit from the effects. The memory of one particular person so unhappily purging recently actually brings a slight smile to my face, as off as that may sound.
When I feel like making ABV edibles, I'll usually pack a huge bowl bowl of normal ABV in the Extreme Q at around 475F, and blow two or three bags. This makes sure that everything is properly extracted and decarbed for the edibles.
So to answer the question originally posed by this thread, I vape once by either the UD/VHW/MFLB usually, and then load that in the Extreme Q for a second roundabout before making edibles.