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Is it possible to grind up the 1/8th and let it soak in the 2oz. of 151 for a few days first, and THEN follow the steps in this guide (simmers, etc.) afterward for an even stronger extraction?
Or would soaking it first, and then doing the other steps, ruin the cannabinoids that had already extracted into the 151 during soaking?
Thanks! Preparing for 4/20 - this will be my first experience with the green dragon. :)
I don't think it would hurt but I also don't think it would do any good really either.
^^^^ Exactly... cause the greatest part of the cannabinoids are extracted during the heating process. The amount that is extracted by just soaking for a few days would be too small to make a noticeable difference.
Thanks for the replies.
I have tried the method described, but I get so high off of green dragon any way that it's made, that I really can't rate one method against the other.
However many people have stated that heated GD looses it's potency quickly but my wait and soak tinctures seems to hold their strength for a while longer.
About to make this now in preparation for tomorrow.
Sometime tomorrow night or the next day I'll let you know how it goes. :)
Not sure what just happened... Need some help. I think I just wasted an entire 1/8th.
I ground up the mixture in my grinder first, then in the coffee grinder. The coffee grinder turned it into basically a really fine powder. It was some dank, so it was kinda sticky, on the way to becoming hash.
Then I baked it for under 5 mins at 325. When I opened the oven a little bit of vapor came out and the weed powder had turned mostly light brown.
Then I had 2oz. (60 ml) of Bacardi 151 heating up in a steel bowl floating in a pot of water. I added the baked weed.
The temperature only spiked above 170 a few times - it was pretty difficult to maintain and stand over and watch for 20 minutes.
This is where the problems started:
I noticed that it was evaporating REALLY quickly. I had to keep adding more and more rum. If I didn't, it would have just been weed frying on the bottom of the bowl.
After the 20 minutes, I strained it and only have like 10-15ml of this brownish green liquid.
Is this batch ruined? Or it is going to be really strong? What effects will be had from me adding more and more rum to prevent it from burning off?
Thanks.
try it and see worst that can happen is your out an 1/8
good luck
yes everything will be concentrated in the remaining liquid. If you have not cleaned the metal bowel swish a small amount of alcohol around the bottom to clean off any tincture that may have stuck to the sides. Please let us know how it turns out.
I do mine in a small beaker with some tin foil for a cover, indented down in the middle. With a small digital cooking thermometer down through the middle. It can be taken off to stir when you want to. I don't lose hardly any alcohol (I use grain) in the 20 min. I also do it in a small cheap crock pot I got at a dollar store. It does really good at keeping the temp steady @165-170. One trick I have found is to heat the water on the stove first and then put it in the crock pot. You won't have to wait hours for the crock pot to heat up. I also cook it down into something I can smoke instead of drinking it. It works well.