Glycerine-based cannabis tincture?

[DavidBriggs]

See my glycerin recipe, photos and videos on my site but the recipe is here

http://boards.cannabis.com/concentra...on-method.html

People have told me it is the easiest and most potent they have found!

- Yes using kief is great - do not strain
- BHO is good too - do not strain

[hiamps]

Glycerine-based Tincture
by Leanne Barron


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Glycerine-based Tincture
You need to use food grade U.S.P glycerine, this can be relatively hard to find inexpensively but a gallon lasts a LONG time.

Glycerines have a shorter shelf life than alcohol based tinctures and while they can sit on the shelf I refrigerate mine. Vegetable glycerine has nearly no impact on blood sugar or insulin and is very low in calories (4.3 per gram). It's sweet taste makes the tincture more palatable than the alcohol based tincture and is a suitable substitute for those concerned with alcohol consumption.

Add the amount of cannabis that you desire for potency. I added 6 oz of roughly trimmed (finger trimmed the leaves off) cannabis to 1 gallon of glycerine. For your personal preference add more cannabis or less depending on desired potency. I blend mine, using a coffee grinder, blender or if you are lucky enough to have a Vita Mix. Make sure there is no other product matter in whatever you use. I use a clean basting brush to clean out my Vita Mix when I am done powdering my cannabis.

Place in a crockpot on low. Some crockpot's low settings are too high so you may not be able to use yours. A "Keep Warm" setting if you have it is the best choice. Too hot, and you are killing the properties you are trying to extract, you want the mixture to be as warm as possible without boiling, I left my tincture like this for 24 hours. I have heard people leaving the tincture from anywhere from 4-6 hours to 3 days. You can try the tincture at intervals to decide when you are done. REMEMBER that glycerine tincture retains heat VERY WELL, do not burn yourself!!

If you do not have a crockpot you can place the herbs in a clear, sealed jar in a warm, sunny spot and accomplish the same thing over 4 weeks. Some people make their "sunshine tinctures" over 2 weeks. I do not feel that is long enough, especially in colder weather. Some leave them in the sun for up to 12 weeks. I have never seen a need to go that long myself. Shake each day to mix the herbs in.

When ready to strain use cheesecloth and a strainer to extract the cannabis debris, the THC has been extracted and the tincture is ready to use. The best way to store is in a glass amber bottle. A good place to obtain a large bottle for the bulk of your tincture is a brewery store that has supplies to make wine or beer. I also obtained a few small amber bottles with eye droppers for convenience. It takes a lot longer to strain glycerine than it does alcohol, the tincture will drip when strained instead of flow.

Swans Candles has it for $27.95 gallon and $3.00 by the pound. There is about 10.5 pounds to the gallon.

[Vitolo]

I am a Vaporist.

My "Stovetop Sniff & Whiff Vaporizer"
(getting vaped while cooking)
Iv'e been collecting ABV for years from very high grade medicinal MJ. I also use it regularly, but sometimes supplies dwindle.
I use edibles to sleep, and to get pain relief.
Low today on ABV, and regrouping my collection, I needed to create a nightime edible, without also depleting my green Dragon stash, or daytime "treats".
I sure wasn't going to cook with my unvaped "meds"!
I acquired some good grade "comersh" sativa for the brownies I was about to make.
I don't cook with totally green herb.
I sure couldn't vape an ounce of herb in a sitting!
SOâ?¦..
I threw the sack into a blender on low, to not smash up any seeds.
I ran the ground herb through the strainer.
I stuck the debris from strainer in Olive oil in the oven at 300 for 35 minutes.
I put the clean herb on this frying pan, and I��..
(here's the part where I got baked!)

I heated it on a low/medium flame and stirred constantly as it heated.
As the herb turned a light tan, whisps of vapor rose, and that Old familiar scent danced upon the lining of my nostrils. "Ahhâ?¦ vape". As I stirred I breathed repeatedly, very close to the skillet.
I realized I was stoned! Not a bad buzz either!
The rest was easy (since I walked the rest of the way on a cloud of vapor!)
Oil strained.. Skillet Vaped weed in the mixâ?¦ eggs waterâ?¦
I am bakedâ?¦ and brownies are baking.
Talk to you soon friends!

[Vitolo]

My "Stovetop Sniff & Whiff Vaporizer"

The Results!
They were simply great!
I made them in a disposable aluminum round baking dish, so they were Pie shaped.
Slept late thanks to them.
They were more uplifting than AVB brownies, in that the weed was not totaled, only lightly tanned!

[khyberkitsune]

The problem is obtaining the proper glycerine base. THC doesn't solve easily into glycerine in the first place without heat, and it likes to come straight out of solution if allowed to chill if you use a liquid glycerin base.