The Definitive Green Dragon (Revised, Updated, Combined)

Firstly thankyou for all the help everyone. I have made 2 batches and both worked well. Unfortunetly I couldnt get hold of really high % alcohol so had to settle for the high 40s but It worked nonetheless.

My main idea I would like to put forward is the possibility of fermenting with cannabis. This would be a slow process but I think could yeild amazing results. Here is my proposed method:

• Finely grind Cannabis
• Bake as per usual
• Put into solution of sugar (or any starch/glucose substance in proper ratios for fermenting)
• Invert sugar (heat up the sugar solution or whatever you are using in solution)
• Put into your fermenting chamber (bottles or carboys or whatever you want to use as long as its air tight)
• Add nutrients and yeast
• Seal and leave untill fermented (generally when the bubbling stops)
• From this step I would advise straining
• From here you could either drink as it is or distill it to produce a high conc. solution however this would leave behind the THC in the water sol'n

Im not sure what would happen with distilling. Possibly a tasty nonalcoholic THC rich drink could be made. With drinking it straight I think this would be more successful as one could have an alcoholic drink with THC entirely made by yourself. In the fermenting process because of the heat and chemical movements I think the complex THC may find it easier to bond hence making it a simpler process. I am looking forward to trying this but first wondered if anyone had any ideas relating.

Happy Green Dragon to all.

Howdy, I've tried to make a tincture with Bacardi 151 and decent plant.

However, I made a mistake of mixing the contents of the dropper bottle (black walnut with 45% alcohol) I had into my Bacardi 151 bottle...Turning the golden drink BLACK.

Would this liquid still work for extraction or did I just pretty much ruin the whole thing?

alcohol is alcohol, you'll just have an interesting walnut taste mixed in with your tincture. Don't throw it away until you have tried it.

Thanks for the work!!Love it.:hippy:

I'd really like to try this, but I really want to make sure I can do this right as to not waste an 1/8 of dank.

1. I have a Mendo Mulcher grinder. This grinds bud finer than your average grinder. Can I use this instead of a coffee ground grinder or will the Mendo still not grind it fine enough?

2. I have 190 proof Everclear. Should I use more than 2oz to begin with since it will evaporate faster than the 151 proof rum? Or should I just stick to the 2oz? Thanks all.

Well I went ahead and tried it. I'd like to find out where I went wrong. I used a little over an 1/8 (3.6ish grams) with 2.5 oz everclear. It boiled down to 1.5 oz everclear.

When I was pre-baking, I baked it at 5 minutes at 325. I saw massive amounts of vapors and the smell penetrated the house at around the 30 second mark, but I continued with the 5 minutes as directed. I moved to the 2.5 oz of 190 proof everclear which was already at 170 degrees on the stove. Left it in there for a little over 20 minutes at 170. Strained, garlic pressed, dosed 3 droppers full. Waited about 2 and a half hours and feel only slightly buzzed.

By this time the alcohol had completely evaporated from the saved bud, so I smoked some to see if I could get high. Tasted like shit, but I got pretty damn high. So I know somewhere I went wrong. At least I saved the bud.

Ok, so I thought I would give this a shot.

So last night I separated around an 1/8th, ground it up, preheated the oven and then set the timer. For 60 minutes!! Oops, no idea where I got that from! My weed turned really brown but I still went through with the rest of it. Result: Really dark liquid that doesn't do a whole lot (got a minor buzz off of 1ml). Pretty much wasted an eight.

Anyway I wanted to give it another shot so I grabbed another 1/8th, baked it for 5, boiled it in alcohol, strained it and then I took 1ml about 15mins ago. This stuff is very dark but actually has some green to it so I'm hoping it works better.

I'm heading over to a friends pretty soon but I'll post results later.

Oh, and the leftover stuff after I had strained and pressed tonight I decided to throw into a small jar with some fresh alcohol. I'm going to let it sit for a few weeks and see if I can get anything more out of the used stuff.

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Originally Posted by gamemaker

Ok, so I thought I would give this a shot.

So last night I separated around an 1/8th, ground it up, preheated the oven and then set the timer. For 60 minutes!! Oops, no idea where I got that from! My weed turned really brown but I still went through with the rest of it. Result: Really dark liquid that doesn't do a whole lot (got a minor buzz off of 1ml). Pretty much wasted an eight.

Anyway I wanted to give it another shot so I grabbed another 1/8th, baked it for 5, boiled it in alcohol, strained it and then I took 1ml about 15mins ago. This stuff is very dark but actually has some green to it so I'm hoping it works better.

I'm heading over to a friends pretty soon but I'll post results later.

Oh, and the leftover stuff after I had strained and pressed tonight I decided to throw into a small jar with some fresh alcohol. I'm going to let it sit for a few weeks and see if I can get anything more out of the used stuff.

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So I would say the results are mixed. I got a buzz but I was also smoking and drinking wine so it was hard to separate. I just took a bit over 2ml to see if tonight is any different.

I have to report that I tried this method exactly to the letter and it worked.
1 dropper in water gave me a nice body buzz, wich is what I was looking for.
I need it to make some safe meds for my Mother (she had car accident and need some meds to relax a bit) .
The prescription that the Dr gave her is giving her some bad side reactions.
So I want her to try the green dragon.
I have not tried 2 droppers but I already know will get me very spacey.
This is very good method I have tried other ones with out success.

Ps:every thing that I just wrote is purely fictional :smokin:

Master Wu (And Co as in Contributors),

Thank you for this recipe. Regardless of whether or not it works on me, you took the time to collect your trial and errors, and more importantly for us, your successes, and provide them to us here.

I went out rather late this evening and acquired the following items:

A set of pint-sized mason jars.
A garlic press
A metal coffee filter (sucks, bad choice)
A candy thermometer
A set of eye droppers
A cheesy tiny travel bottle for misc liquids, 3 oz in size.
A pint of Bacardi 151

Unlike a few others, I am not going to claim I followed your recipe perfectly, because I didn't.

I used 4 grams of some sleeper GDP, and 4 oz of Bacardi 151, per your responses later in the thread. I could not get Everclear in a pint during my jaunt, and really didn't want to drive all over the place looking for it.

Also, your original recipe called for 151, and you've had good success, so why argue?

Where'd I change things?

I did NOT add time with the 325F @ 5 Minutes even though I used a cookie sheet.

Why? Because I ground my weed to talcum powder consistancy on accident, and I would've flash-fried it had I put it in for longer than 5 minutes.

I think I'm good, the house was very aromatic, the color of the MJ post-bake was like a muddy grass color, a tweener between green and brown (or brown and green).

What I DID notice, was a very chocolatey smell.

I was afraid I might have burned my smoke during the decarbolyuxiushefosuhdf process.

However, everything else lined up nicely.

At a direct 1:1 (grams/oz), I ended up with 1.5 oz of finished product. I slapped 4 droppers into a half-shot mixed drink of Pepsi and 151 straight, a very small glass, and threw it all back.

I'm a recovering alcoholic (handle in-tact, no worries) and I haven't had any hard alcohol in quite a while.

I was never a lightweight.

While I am sitting here typing this review, things are brightening up, while blurring up. Currently I have my PC hooked up to my HDTV, so blurring shouldn't be occurring. <--- Dr. Seuss who?

I'm also getting more sluggish, my hands are warm and feel like Silly Putty.

I started this post thanking Master Wu and everyone that contributed to it, but I think I'm going to finish this post somewhat incoherently and wishing I had listened to the SO MANY pages of advice stating to test it on yourself and not assume you're immune.

(IVE NOT HAD EDIBLES WORK ON ME)

Its safe to say one shot didn't obliterate me. I'd say this stuff is kicking in rather quickly, and I may have ingested too much at once!

I LOVE IT WHEN THINGS WORK OUT!

My advice to anyone not having success with this... Don't cut any corners. I did this on a whim after discovering this topic this morning, and aside from MJ costs, buying all the supplies new at Wal-Fart cost under $45.00.

I would've saved $2 by picking up a mesh strainer instead of that stupid coffee filter.

Thank you again Master Wu (And Co),

I'll update you all again tomorrow when I've had time to sort out what the Hell is going on.

Thanks,
-R4SKN :thumbsup: