alright, so far I'm 0-2 with the GD. I am wondering if anyone could shed some insight on what I may be doing wrong, if anything at all...

I'm using decent bud (50 an 8th), grind it down, put on tin foil.

i'm using everclear, and i have the right thermometers.

The first try i cooked at 200 for 20 minutes. I don't think that pre-bake did it. The weed was still green and i saw no vapors leave when i opened the oven. so i figured that was why my 5 ml dose was doing nothing to me.

Second try i cooked at 325 for 5 minutes, I have an oven thermometer and my oven is around 335 - 340 when its set at 325 so i lowered it a bit and thru the 5 minutes temp varied from 335-315 but mostly stayed under 325, so i dont think that was the issue. The weed was brownish green and a wisp of vapor came up as i pulled the tin foil out of the oven.
This second try felt right with the pre-bake and all but once again a failed batch that just made me slightly tired.

*** Possible things gone wrong
1. We were blazing a lot up until about an hour after taking the drinks. So is it possible that the smoke high just overlapped the gd high and i didn't notice it. i'm hoping that isn't the case because i had it stuck in my head that this gd shit would be stronger and longer.

2. maybe i'm not taking enough. this doesn't seem possible tho... my doses went like this. 2 ml -> nothing 5 hrs later 5 ml -> nothing next day finish whats left... roughly 20 ml -> slightly high for ~ 4 hrs ( if one dose of GD gets u high 20 ml of the shit i made gets u low )

3. coffee filter. I'm hoping this is where i'm going wrong. both times i extracted, i used a coffee filter. it was kinda messy and seemed to be wasteful. is it possible that it filtered out the good stuff??? the filters would always be left with a large green stain on em. maybe i should try with a nylon or regular kitchen strainer... has anyone had success with a coffee filter???

4. didn't let the drink mature. i don't know if this is even necessary, but both times i made my gd out of an 8th, i've finished the product in a day or two. does it get more potent as it sits. this one seems really far fetched tho.

I just want to make a batch that works and know for sure that this isn't bull. Also, for the second batch i made, i ended up evapprating all the liquor in an attempt to save the gd like master wu does... i was really nervous about re-baking tho ( not 100% positive if all the everclear vaped dont want to go BOOM) so i just put the hash oil or w/e was left over onto a few joints and smoked it. That got me higher than usual but certainly not what I've been expecting from a few of these dragon tales i've been hearing.

So please help a fellow stoner and let me know where u think i may have gone wrong or if u need other info to determine where i went wrong. :hippy: