The Definitive Green Dragon (Revised, Updated, Combined)

[sandals]

dragonrider / anyone else who may know,

Is it worth double soaking the weed? Currently I make gd by using 1 oz of everclear per 1/8 oz of weed. I soak it once at 170 deg. for 20-30 minutes. This has worked without fail. I wonder however if I'm leaving THC behind. Has anyone sampled gd from a 2nd soaking to check its potency? If anyone knows if a 2nd soaking increases yield, can you please let me know how you do this (times, temp, volume of everclear, etc...). Thanks!!

[dragonrider]

dragonrider / anyone else who may know,

Is it worth double soaking the weed? Currently I make gd by using 1 oz of everclear per 1/8 oz of weed. I soak it once at 170 deg. for 20-30 minutes. This has worked without fail. I wonder however if I'm leaving THC behind. Has anyone sampled gd from a 2nd soaking to check its potency? If anyone knows if a 2nd soaking increases yield, can you please let me know how you do this (times, temp, volume of everclear, etc...). Thanks!!

I do a second extraction, but I've never actually tested if it made a difference. I just always suspect that there is some THC left behind, and I want to get it. If you think about it, if you are only making 1 ounce of GD with 1/8 oz of weed, then the doses are pretty strong --- maybe just 1 or 2 mls for a dose. There's no way to squeeze all the liquid out of the bud, so there is probably a few mls left behind just with GD still absorbed in the weed residue.

After you do the first extraction, save the GD you have extracted in a separate container and put the squeezed-out weed residue back in the cup that you used for heating. Add in more Everclear. If you used an ounce the first time, maybe use an ounce the second time. (I always use a couple of ounces the first time and a couple the second time. But I don't make a super-concentrated tincture. I like mine to be dissolved in more liquor, so it doesn't matter if the amount of alcohol is a lot higher during the extraction.)

I generally use the heated water bath for the second extraction but not as long, maybe 5 mins. If there is any sticky residue left in the cup, especially if there is a ring of residue from the boiling, be sure to use a spoon to wash that down into the liquid and get it disolved --- there is alot of THC in that stuff that will just stay stuck to the cup if you don't get it dissolved. Then extract the second "squeezing" and add it to the first.

Even though you probably capture more THC, if the end volume is now twice what you had with one extraction, then the concetration is probably close to half --- you'll need to about double the dose to get it right.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

[fredfarts]

I washed it 3 times! I agree with DR get it all!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

[sandals]

Thanks for the advice dragonrider. One correction, I use 2 oz. of everclear per 8th. Next time I make a batch of gd, I'll try a 2nd extration and sample it separately to see how much THC is in there.

[Non]

hey, just a question..

would heating the alcohol to too high a temperature (like for example 'boiling point' or so of pure ethanol alcohol) make the thc loosen up from the alcohol molecules? reason I ask is because it's been hard to keep the temperature at 170, it either goes way under, or way over, the way my stove works. and I've been trying the way over but not to boil the alcohol. I dont do it with 151 proof rum, I do it with 80-90 proof , so I guess the boiling point would also be higher. still that alcohol in there could fizzle along with the water.

[dragonrider]

hey, just a question..

would heating the alcohol to too high a temperature (like for example 'boiling point' or so of pure ethanol alcohol) make the thc loosen up from the alcohol molecules? reason I ask is because it's been hard to keep the temperature at 170, it either goes way under, or way over, the way my stove works. and I've been trying the way over but not to boil the alcohol. I dont do it with 151 proof rum, I do it with 80-90 proof , so I guess the boiling point would also be higher. still that alcohol in there could fizzle along with the water.

Hotter is better. I would not worry too much about the heat other than to keep the water in the water bath from boiling too vigorously around the cup with the GD in it. You don't want too much bubbling and sloshing going on just to keep stuff from spilling. I usually get a good boil going in the water at first, then back it off to a decent simmer. If you are using very pure alcohol, then I guess it can boil kind of funny and get sort of a "burp" that will blow liquid out of the cup, so maybe that is why the original instructions made a point of keeping it to 170. But if you are using vodka or 151, I've never seen that happen. Also, if too much of the alcohol seems to evaporate because of higher temperatures, just pour in some more.

[fredfarts]

I guess I dont count!:S4:ostexcuseme::asskick::gunfighter2::S5:

[dragonrider]

I guess I dont count!:S4:ostexcuseme::asskick::gunfighter2::S5:

Oh, Fred. Don't go getting your panties in a bunch. I'm sure it was just an oversight. If you do get your panties in a bunch, just blast thorugh the knot with one of those amazing flaming farts.

By the way, is that picture on the deck of an aircraft carrier? Maybe if they used a little more steam in tha catapult, they wouldn't need the "after burners!"

[fredfarts]

Wow Talk about Blasted!!! I was totally blasted last nite!:stoned::stoned:

[chicho loco]

What if I make a batch of honey oil with butane extraction and mix it with grain alcohol?, would it be similar?, I figure this way I don´t have to worry about temps and it might be slightly easier, but I don´t now if butane leaves any toxic residue. Just an idea. Cool recipe man¡¡¡¡