I think I've been burning the bud in the decarboxylation process because of my oven. I just set it at the lowest temp 170 for about 17-18 minutes and the bud is really aromatic :smokin:
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I think I've been burning the bud in the decarboxylation process because of my oven. I just set it at the lowest temp 170 for about 17-18 minutes and the bud is really aromatic :smokin:
Guys I don't get it....what's wrong with eating it? It's GOT to be less work than all this.
whats wrong with using isopropyl alcohol, the strongest stuff i can get around here is 40% whiskey. is it harmfull in any way?
ok, i just read upon isopropyl [rubbing] alcohol. it acts as a poison on the human body so dont use it.
Yesterday I needed to make a batch but only had about a gram of bud. So I added about half a gram of keif. I also realized from reading this thread again that the last 2 batches I made, I baked at way too cool of a setting on the oven. 250 for 5 min. instead of 325 for 5 min. really makes a difference. No wonder it didn't get as brown as all the previous times.:stupid: *NOTE TO SELF* Check the recipe before making it!!
Now back to what I was saying. I ground up the herb and spread it out on the foil then sprinkled the keif on the herb then baked it. That pile of THC rich organic material and a couple of glugs out of the jug of EVERCLEAR went into a pint Mason Jar which I set into a couple of inches of boiling water in a saucepan. After I started heating it in the water bath, my wife needed to go to the store right now. I just turned off the fire and left it. When we got back I turned the heat back on and when the thermometer read 170 I timed 20 min. then turned it back off. I got this cool little strainer bag that I use to strain and press out all the GD but a ladies' knee high nylon stocking (Preferably new, but whatever you're into...:wtf: lol) works good and they're like 99 cents at Walmart. Then I add honey and adjust to taste. This time it took about 4 dropperfuls to get the taste right. Now I'm 6' tall and 220 lbs and with this batch 1 dropper would have sufficed. I finished the taste test at 5PM and started to make room in the garage for the new washing machine. At 7PM I noticed I was feeling it and over the next couple of hours it was a fucking cresendo man. By 10 I was wandering around in the garage trying to remember what in the hell I was doing. It was fuckin-a near narcotic, and at 4AM when I got up I was still too high to drive 'til after breakfast. If you follow this recipe it will work but you need an eighth of good weed, bake it at 325 for 5 min., and don't let it go over 170 when you are double boiling it.
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While heating the alcohol mixture would the THC evaporate away with the alcohol if you boiled it for too long? Or would it be possible to just add more booze and start over?
man I don't know why this never works for me. Today I tried again, half of the bud was set at 250 for 5 minutes for decarboxylation and the other half at 170 for 17 minutes.
Also I used Kind Bud for the last batch.. thankfully I guess I can still smoke it. Is it my oven or what? Should I try one last time decarboxylating at 170 for lesser time like 15 minutes or less?
Non, are you using an oven thermometer as well? I used one since my stove/oven is rather old and found out that it was about 50F hotter than it should be.
man im goin to make some right now
i love trippin like that
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