The Definitive Green Dragon (Revised, Updated, Combined)

[BBoyShotty]

hey i dont know where i read this, but i heard that i can use lemon extract instead of alcohol..is this true? I was grocery shopping and walked by a lil bottle of it and wanted to pick it up, but i wasnt sure if it would work or not...anyone know?

[Laukhyn]

I just made a batch of GD with 4oz. of lemon extract and an 1/8oz. of chronic. It works but I need to concentrate it more so I plan on cooking the extract a bit longer and burning off some of the alcohol. I can't seem to find if anyone has had success with this or not.

[dopefiend]

i would like to know if you could cook the weed and then instead of cooking the mixture just let it sit for like 2 months stirring it every day?

[Mandelbrot]

I finally tried Master Wu's recipe with no apparent results. I grinded my bud, baked it at 325 F precisely with a candy thermometer for 5 minutes. My buds got a little brown, but were still green enough to make me wonder if it was too short and/or too low temp. But according to Master Wu, 325 F, 5 minutes should be good!? Anyway, after, I put it in 2 oz of 94% alcool and let it simmers for 20 minutes at 170 F. It turned out to be 1 oz of a clean, green emerald solution after filtration on a 0,2 µM pore membrane (I work in a biotech lab, we frequently use that as a cold sterilisation method for some sensible solution).

The final liquid was free of any impurity but still ineffective with 4 ml after 1h. Damn. I think the pre-baking wasn't sufficient, the weed wasn't that brownish-green as one would expect. And i'm almost out of weed now after my two attemps at making GD. Gotta try again later this month when my weed inventory will allow me.

The first time I tryed it, I only had a meat thermometer, and 40% alcool, which wasn't ideal, but now...

[bobhasbitchtits]

Has anyone tried this method with stems? About a month ago I placed about a half ounce of grinded stems into 120 proof tequila to cold distill it. According to the original poster, the cold extraction is less effective and since I used stems I'm afraid it will have been useless. I'm about to try it, I'll post my findings soon. In the meantime, anyone else tried this? Any good results?

[deathduck]

Hi, I have a very important question about green dragon. How long will the brew last before it 'goes bad'. The reason I must ask this is due to my situation, a batch of green dragon is likley to last me 1year+ so I need to know if it will go bad, chemically or physically or biologically.

Also to the poster above me, yes it should work with stems but you need a lot. The reason I say this is, a friend of mine made butter out of an ounce of stems. We ate the brownies and got unbeleiveably high. There is thc in stems but not as much as bud.

[Master Wu]

Hi Friends,

I have some GD that is 6 months old and has not decreased in potency. I do keep mine in the fridge, but I do it out of habit and have no evidence that this increases longevity.

Other herbal tinctures seem to last indefinitely. Think about echinacea extract or vanilla extract; their shelf-life is very long. Other than the fridge (which is probably not necessary), I'd keep it out of sunlight.

Cheers,
Master Wu

[elewton]

Unfortunately, it's very difficult to get high-proof ethanol.

Citrus extracts 'round here appear to be made with propylene glycol. Has anyone had success making tinctures with this or any other organic solvent?

I'm really looking forward to this.

[nicandy]

Green dragon, huh? Now that sounds like the right thing to do to stretch a few grams... (btw, 1/8 oz is about 3.5 grams, right?)
Correct me if I am wrong, but rhum 151 is about 75% ABV (Alcohol By Volume), right? Up here in Canada, we have "Alcohol 94", which would be about 188 alcohol proof. If that is the case, using "94" would make a hell of potent GD!!!

[Mandelbrot]

That's what I did. I already got everything, including 94% alcool. I just need more weed to do my test. I tried 2 times yet, but failed both of them. I'll try again when my stock of weed will be good enough.