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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Shattered Soldier on July 12, 2011, 10:28 pm
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I've been wanting to get a little creative with my cannabis and have been scouring the web for good "Everclear Tincture" methods. I've found everything from
-grinding it
-leaving as much whole bud as you can -
soaking it for months -
only soaking it for seven days or less.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I've made it twice. Once with 80% Polish spirit, and once with plain old vodka. Both times I ground it in a herb grinder, both times I left it for a couple of weeks, shaking it occasionally when I remembered to. Both worked absolutely fine. Put less herb in if you use vodka, or use twice the amount of vodka, as obviously it's half as strong in alcohol.
The vodka burned less on the tongue, and was altogether more pleasant, though it was hardly what I'd call 'delicious'!
They say if you heat it up you can do the whole thing in a few minutes, but I've always been on gas at home so fuck bringing a pan of alcohol anywhere near that.
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I love a good tincture. Everclear will work. Just grind up the bud, put it in a jar, pour some Everclear in, and let it sit in a dark place. Shake it up a few times a day.
The amount of bud you use vs. the amount of Everclear you use and the amount of time you let it sit will all play a factor in the potency of the end result. I'd say let it sit for at least a month, if not two.
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DigitalAlch's Awesome Sauce - (Alchohol-Based Tincture)
30% Everclear / 70% Van Gough Melon Vodka
-Get a magic bullet to grind your weed. Don't use a coffee grinder, it leaves to the weed to fine.
-All Liquid and Plant Matter place into a large thermos (Add enough weed to fill 3/5 - 2/ 3 of the thermos - add the liquor first)
-Put in freezer for 7 - 10 days (Shake the container 5 times a day - Stir it at least 3 times a day)
-Use cheesecloth to filter out the cannabis (Squeeze all the liquid out of this crazy mass)
-Funnel into 50mL bottle with droppers (Look in your painting Isle at Hobby Lobby)
Start with 3 drops and see how you feel. Guess I'm giving away my recipe now..
Shit,
DigitalAlch
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Sorry for the necropost but I want to get an answer on this very subject.
I used to smoke every day from early am to late evening and loved it but now times have changed and I cant smoke any more. I still like to get stoned though so I have been experimenting with edibles, made some nice truffles with gold seal hash that worked a treat but it took too long to come on and titrating a dose was difficult so I came to the idea of tinctures.
Say I have 5g of top grade bud, and some Polish Vodka (75% volume/150 proof), what is the ideal method?
From what I have read I need to grind the herb up and decarboxylate it, then add to about 1 fl oz spirit per gram of bud. Then I plan to use DA's method above and simmer (or almost simmer) the mix for a while to speed the extraction before freezing it for a couple of weeks, in my mind this will rupture any remaining trichomes and get me nearer to 100% extraction. I want to make a tincture that is active in a few drops rather than the 1 to 2ml seen in some recipes, is there anything else I should do?