LORD BENIS
04-13-2007, 09:13 AM
Anyone ever try this?
I will share with you all my own personal tincture recipe that will ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY blow your mind (but be real careful with your doses!!)
What you will need:
1 bottle of Bacardi 151 (750ml)
9 grams of quality POTENT buds
1 coffee filter
1 strainer
1 larger jar (wide)
1 hotpot (plug in kettle)
First, a little background info:
I am using Bacardi 151 because it is the strongest alcohol I have access to (Everclear would obviously work as well, but I find the final product is not as enjoyable). THC will only bond to the alcohol (so if you use a 40% spirit the THC will only absort to 40% of the volume of the liquid)
Open the bottle of Bacardi (it comes with a fire proof filter on the mouth of the bottle, pop it off. Take your nugs, maul em up real good and dump em into the bottle slowly. Dont dump any of the booze out (to make room for the maul), 9 grams of maul should have no trouble fitting into that bottle!
Shake it up real good and leave it to soak for around 24hrs (you can certainly shake it up periodically during that time). The booze will turn a deep green color (like dark coolaid).
Next step the THC must be activated. First I say WARNING: ALCOHOL FUMES ARE INCREDIBLY FLAMABLE (ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TEMPS). DO NOT PERFORM THIS STEP ON A STOVETOP OR NEAR ANY HEATING ELEMENT OR OPEN FLAME. That being said if you follow these instructions you can do this safely with little difficulty.
What needs to be done is basically fully extract all the THC from the bud and activate it. This is done by heating the mixture.
You MUST do this step in a well vented room, not only because your entire house will smell like strong booze but is VERY DANGEROUS (fumes = boom!)
I do this in my bathroom: I have a small bathroom with a pretty good vent above the toilet. This works great!
Empty the whole mixture into your jar, which must be large enough to hold 750ml while leaving about 35% of the jar empty (I actually use a large Miracle Whip jar, fully cleaned with NO labels/glue). Now take your Hotpot, if you can put it under the vent (I close the toilet lid and just sit the hotpot right these... works great) Fill the hotpot (NOT THE MIXTURE) halfway with water and bring it to a boil. Take your jar (filled about 65% full of mixture) and place it into the boiling water (OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LID ON THE JAR!!). What you need to do is bring the mixture inside the jar to a boil.
I use a hotpot for a few reasons. There is NO open flame or exposed heating element at any time during the whole process. Also the water will not rise much higher than 100 degree c (you can control the temp of the mixture)
If you can try and keep the bottom of the jar from actually sitting on the heating element in the bottom of the jar (or mixture temp can rise much higher than the water) My jar wedges in the hotpot about 2 inches above the bottom (hotpot is oval, jar is round). Obviously do NOT 'cork' up the hotpot with the jar. You will probably need to add a little more water periodically to the boilling WATER as it evaporates.
It will take quite a long time for the mixture inside the jar to actually come to a boil (usually 10-15mins). As a rule of thumb I usually aim to boil off about 2 ounces of the mixture, so I usually add a couple ounces of water to the boiling mixture simply to compensate for the volume of the liquid.
Once you have boiled off about 2 ounces of the mixture you can shut off the hotpot and remove the jar sit it some place VERY GENTLY to cool down (DO NOT PLACE IN THE FRIDGE OR FREEZER as the jar can shatter). Place the lid on the jar loosely (do not screw.. literally sit the lid on the jar) Do this because the alcohol in the mixture continues to evaporate, all it does is allow most of the alcohol to condensate on the lid and drip back down into the mixture. Let it cool for about 45mins to an hour.
Now take your strainer and line it with the coffee filter, and pour the whole mixture slowly through the filter into another jar (make sure you get it all!)
Ring out all the juice from the boiled maul from the bottom of the filter and throw it away. Wash out the Bacardi bottle and pour the filtered mixture back into the bottle.
If the mixture was still relatively hot when you did this step, it will initially appear to be totally transparent after being filtered. If it was allowed to fully cool down it would look cloudy. Either way it makes no difference (so dont fret when it happens to you)
So technically you can consume now and get high, BUT if you truly want to see the full potential of your creation you will need to have a little more patience.
Take the bottle and stick it somewhere, where it will not be disturbed AT ALL for about 2 weeks. What you will notice, is that the mixture will be almost totally transparent and a fluffy looking accumulation at the bottom (the super-small particles of plant matter that have settled)
This stuff is way too small to be 'filtered' out, so what you do is VERY slowly & delicately drip the mixture into another container without disturbing the bottom too much. If you take your time (patience is key) you can effectively separate almost all the transparent mixture from the remaining mud.
Now we're talking.
A little REPORT on the final product:
EXTEMELY POTENT be careful (seriously)
My personal favorite method of consumption is to mix the dose into a can of Coke and sip it. "ATOMIC RUM & COKE"
TASTE:
The taste is absolutly fantastic. The aroma/taste of the fresh bud you use will remain intact and shine through deliciously into the flavour of the rum (not like the disgusting taste of marijuana butter etc...). However if you dont let it sit for that 2 weeks it will not taste nearly as good. Also those 'micro' particles sometimes stick in your throat which can be kind of uncomfortable. I made a batch with some Jack Herer and it tasted SOO G*D DAMN GOOD!!
DOSE:
Obviously varies from person to person. I used to smoke a few times a day, and I used to find 1.5 oz (1.5 shots) to be perfect: get me REALLY REALLY HIGH, but not uncomfortable. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE DOSES cause if you take too much its not fun and it lasts a LONG time!!
The reason the doses can be tricky with most people is because of the delay between consumption & maximum effect.
EFFECT:
Very very strong. Long lasting. All encompassing. I dont know how else to describe it. After consumption maximum effect isnt reached for approx 2 hours after consumption. The high will last for a few hour after that! It a cool feeling, can be quite unnerving at times.
When you initially drink it you feel the alcohol first as you would with any other beverage. The alcohol effect comes & goes. After about 30 mins you can usually start to notice a little hint of something different! By an hour you should have a nice little buzz (if you are already stoned at the 1 hour mark, 'buckle your seatbelt' cause you gonna be really HIGH, maybe even a little too high at times... if that is possible!!) People go wrong because they drink it and after 1 hour dont think they took enough so they drink more then end up too high. Be patient & respect the power of the drink.
I prefer making this tinture as opposed to cooking with it for many reasons.
1) Your tincture will not go bad over time (the alcohol content is high). Also as it sits over time, it continues to purify until it is 100% pure & transparent.
Actually Ive found that the effect from aged tintures is significantly more intense (bordering on hallucination). Its actually quite incredible.
2) Also with a tinture you can accurantly measure your doses (and know for next time) something you cant really do with a batch of cookies with any degree of accuracy.
3) It just tastes better than cooking it. Granted theres a million great recipes for marijuana out there, but most are basically designed to mask the flavor of the butter. The tincture on the other hand is complimented by the flavor of the bud (harder to distiguish if taken straight as the alcohol content is so high). As I suggested before, try an Atomic Rum & Coke!! You wont regret it.
Anyways I hope you all enjoy this (Ive made it as detailed as I can!)
I guess my first real contribution to this site
Let me know what you guys think
Love & Respect
Quigo (The Original Mook)
:rasta:
Sorry to re-post but I just wanted some input.... I'm a noobie on this subject.
Props to Quigo for the thread.
I will share with you all my own personal tincture recipe that will ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY blow your mind (but be real careful with your doses!!)
What you will need:
1 bottle of Bacardi 151 (750ml)
9 grams of quality POTENT buds
1 coffee filter
1 strainer
1 larger jar (wide)
1 hotpot (plug in kettle)
First, a little background info:
I am using Bacardi 151 because it is the strongest alcohol I have access to (Everclear would obviously work as well, but I find the final product is not as enjoyable). THC will only bond to the alcohol (so if you use a 40% spirit the THC will only absort to 40% of the volume of the liquid)
Open the bottle of Bacardi (it comes with a fire proof filter on the mouth of the bottle, pop it off. Take your nugs, maul em up real good and dump em into the bottle slowly. Dont dump any of the booze out (to make room for the maul), 9 grams of maul should have no trouble fitting into that bottle!
Shake it up real good and leave it to soak for around 24hrs (you can certainly shake it up periodically during that time). The booze will turn a deep green color (like dark coolaid).
Next step the THC must be activated. First I say WARNING: ALCOHOL FUMES ARE INCREDIBLY FLAMABLE (ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TEMPS). DO NOT PERFORM THIS STEP ON A STOVETOP OR NEAR ANY HEATING ELEMENT OR OPEN FLAME. That being said if you follow these instructions you can do this safely with little difficulty.
What needs to be done is basically fully extract all the THC from the bud and activate it. This is done by heating the mixture.
You MUST do this step in a well vented room, not only because your entire house will smell like strong booze but is VERY DANGEROUS (fumes = boom!)
I do this in my bathroom: I have a small bathroom with a pretty good vent above the toilet. This works great!
Empty the whole mixture into your jar, which must be large enough to hold 750ml while leaving about 35% of the jar empty (I actually use a large Miracle Whip jar, fully cleaned with NO labels/glue). Now take your Hotpot, if you can put it under the vent (I close the toilet lid and just sit the hotpot right these... works great) Fill the hotpot (NOT THE MIXTURE) halfway with water and bring it to a boil. Take your jar (filled about 65% full of mixture) and place it into the boiling water (OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE THE LID ON THE JAR!!). What you need to do is bring the mixture inside the jar to a boil.
I use a hotpot for a few reasons. There is NO open flame or exposed heating element at any time during the whole process. Also the water will not rise much higher than 100 degree c (you can control the temp of the mixture)
If you can try and keep the bottom of the jar from actually sitting on the heating element in the bottom of the jar (or mixture temp can rise much higher than the water) My jar wedges in the hotpot about 2 inches above the bottom (hotpot is oval, jar is round). Obviously do NOT 'cork' up the hotpot with the jar. You will probably need to add a little more water periodically to the boilling WATER as it evaporates.
It will take quite a long time for the mixture inside the jar to actually come to a boil (usually 10-15mins). As a rule of thumb I usually aim to boil off about 2 ounces of the mixture, so I usually add a couple ounces of water to the boiling mixture simply to compensate for the volume of the liquid.
Once you have boiled off about 2 ounces of the mixture you can shut off the hotpot and remove the jar sit it some place VERY GENTLY to cool down (DO NOT PLACE IN THE FRIDGE OR FREEZER as the jar can shatter). Place the lid on the jar loosely (do not screw.. literally sit the lid on the jar) Do this because the alcohol in the mixture continues to evaporate, all it does is allow most of the alcohol to condensate on the lid and drip back down into the mixture. Let it cool for about 45mins to an hour.
Now take your strainer and line it with the coffee filter, and pour the whole mixture slowly through the filter into another jar (make sure you get it all!)
Ring out all the juice from the boiled maul from the bottom of the filter and throw it away. Wash out the Bacardi bottle and pour the filtered mixture back into the bottle.
If the mixture was still relatively hot when you did this step, it will initially appear to be totally transparent after being filtered. If it was allowed to fully cool down it would look cloudy. Either way it makes no difference (so dont fret when it happens to you)
So technically you can consume now and get high, BUT if you truly want to see the full potential of your creation you will need to have a little more patience.
Take the bottle and stick it somewhere, where it will not be disturbed AT ALL for about 2 weeks. What you will notice, is that the mixture will be almost totally transparent and a fluffy looking accumulation at the bottom (the super-small particles of plant matter that have settled)
This stuff is way too small to be 'filtered' out, so what you do is VERY slowly & delicately drip the mixture into another container without disturbing the bottom too much. If you take your time (patience is key) you can effectively separate almost all the transparent mixture from the remaining mud.
Now we're talking.
A little REPORT on the final product:
EXTEMELY POTENT be careful (seriously)
My personal favorite method of consumption is to mix the dose into a can of Coke and sip it. "ATOMIC RUM & COKE"
TASTE:
The taste is absolutly fantastic. The aroma/taste of the fresh bud you use will remain intact and shine through deliciously into the flavour of the rum (not like the disgusting taste of marijuana butter etc...). However if you dont let it sit for that 2 weeks it will not taste nearly as good. Also those 'micro' particles sometimes stick in your throat which can be kind of uncomfortable. I made a batch with some Jack Herer and it tasted SOO G*D DAMN GOOD!!
DOSE:
Obviously varies from person to person. I used to smoke a few times a day, and I used to find 1.5 oz (1.5 shots) to be perfect: get me REALLY REALLY HIGH, but not uncomfortable. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE DOSES cause if you take too much its not fun and it lasts a LONG time!!
The reason the doses can be tricky with most people is because of the delay between consumption & maximum effect.
EFFECT:
Very very strong. Long lasting. All encompassing. I dont know how else to describe it. After consumption maximum effect isnt reached for approx 2 hours after consumption. The high will last for a few hour after that! It a cool feeling, can be quite unnerving at times.
When you initially drink it you feel the alcohol first as you would with any other beverage. The alcohol effect comes & goes. After about 30 mins you can usually start to notice a little hint of something different! By an hour you should have a nice little buzz (if you are already stoned at the 1 hour mark, 'buckle your seatbelt' cause you gonna be really HIGH, maybe even a little too high at times... if that is possible!!) People go wrong because they drink it and after 1 hour dont think they took enough so they drink more then end up too high. Be patient & respect the power of the drink.
I prefer making this tinture as opposed to cooking with it for many reasons.
1) Your tincture will not go bad over time (the alcohol content is high). Also as it sits over time, it continues to purify until it is 100% pure & transparent.
Actually Ive found that the effect from aged tintures is significantly more intense (bordering on hallucination). Its actually quite incredible.
2) Also with a tinture you can accurantly measure your doses (and know for next time) something you cant really do with a batch of cookies with any degree of accuracy.
3) It just tastes better than cooking it. Granted theres a million great recipes for marijuana out there, but most are basically designed to mask the flavor of the butter. The tincture on the other hand is complimented by the flavor of the bud (harder to distiguish if taken straight as the alcohol content is so high). As I suggested before, try an Atomic Rum & Coke!! You wont regret it.
Anyways I hope you all enjoy this (Ive made it as detailed as I can!)
I guess my first real contribution to this site
Let me know what you guys think
Love & Respect
Quigo (The Original Mook)
:rasta:
Sorry to re-post but I just wanted some input.... I'm a noobie on this subject.
Props to Quigo for the thread.