Making tincture with Bacardi 151

Dboybudz

Dboybudz

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Doing research before I try some different or best method. Never made so need some help one way I read is fill a mason jar to a inch above weed and leave for three weeks shacking once a day then strain in dropper bottle. Or other way involves magic butter machine. Just add bud and same amount of 151 and cook for 4 to 8 hours then strain. Both using decarbed bud. I read to use 190 proof everclear grain but don't want that burn. That and best ratio of bud to alcohol to use. I know can use glycerin but read 1/3 potency. I have pretty high tolerance,not to much buds this year. Most I'll want to use for a batch if possible a half zip or less. Need amounts of what to use like 14 grams of bud with 8 ounces of 151 like that. Then let sit or cook in slow cooker. Thanks
 
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Hugo Phurst

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I've made tincture/Green Dragon for a few years now.
So here's my 2 cents.
You can avoid the "burn" by diluting it, my cousin puts it in her coffee, covers the burn & taste.
What I've done for the past couple of years is to make bubble/dry ice hash & then put the hash in the 151 Rum, in the freezer for a week or two shaking often, filter and you're set.

Good luck
 
FirstCavApache64

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You'll get a better extraction with the Everclear. It's possible with 151 but no where near as good. Decarb the bud then freeze it for 24 hours along with the booze. This helps with less contaminants getting stripped by the solvent. I fill the jar just a little higher than the flower and then shake vigorously for 60 seconds before putting it back in the freezer. I shake for 60 seconds each day for 7 days and then filter it through a coffee filter and evaporate it down using a fan until it's the strength I like. Usually I'll start with 8 ounces of tincture and reduce it down to 2. I mix mine in whatever I'm drinking like coffee or Gatorade. That stops it from burning.
Lot's of people do just a quick wash and it works great for them but I like the longer 7 day method as in my opinion it gives a more full spectrum oil.
 
Dboybudz

Dboybudz

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Hugo Phurst said:
I've made tincture/Green Dragon for a few years now.
So here's my 2 cents.
You can avoid the "burn" by diluting it, my cousin puts it in her coffee, covers the burn & taste.
What I've done for the past couple of years is to make bubble/dry ice hash & then put the hash in the 151 Rum, in the freezer for a week or two shaking often, filter and you're set.

Good luck
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FirstCavApache64 said:
You'll get a better extraction with the Everclear. It's possible with 151 but no where near as good. Decarb the bud then freeze it for 24 hours along with the booze. This helps with less contaminants getting stripped by the solvent. I fill the jar just a little higher than the flower and then shake vigorously for 60 seconds before putting it back in the freezer. I shake for 60 seconds each day for 7 days and then filter it through a coffee filter and evaporate it down using a fan until it's the strength I like. Usually I'll start with 8 ounces of tincture and reduce it down to 2. I mix mine in whatever I'm drinking like coffee or Gatorade. That stops it from burning.
Lot's of people do just a quick wash and it works great for them but I like the longer 7 day method as in my opinion it gives a more full spectrum oil.
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Thank you man that's all I wanted something easy,makes sense and is exactly what I need and 2 ounces is perfect to fill a dropper bottle or two. Other person saying use hash I'm not making hash your recipe perfect. You think a extra week will give it a little more potency or degrade it. I'm going to try seven days first anyway to start. One last thing I read to let it sit under the toung for 1 minute and swallow, never trying a alcohol tincture should I not even bother. Thanks bud
 
Grojak

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Bad… bad idea! I did it during Covid when 90proof Everclear was all I could get. You’re better off using 80 proof vodka.

Also, get some straight extract, peppermints a good one. You only need a couple drops to really make it pleasant, but not with 151, it will not be pleasant.
 
Hugo Phurst

Hugo Phurst

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I should have added that I can't get 190 Proof Everclear in NS, that's why I use 151 Rum.
I've tried tincture under my tongue & found it a pain in the ass, walking around doing stuff trying not to swallow.
Definitely, give it a test after a week or so, but being 75% rather than 95% it slows down the extraction, downside is the longer you leave it the more chlorophyll & crap you pick up too.
Have you looked at RSO? A family member is micro-dosing & loving it.
And since you are using an ounce or 2, sure go for alcohol extraction rather than making hash.
 
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toastedleaf

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Hugo Phurst said:
I should have added that I can't get 190 Proof Everclear in NS, that's why I use 151 Rum.
I've tried tincture under my tongue & found it a pain in the ass, walking around doing stuff trying not to swallow.
Definitely, give it a test after a week or so, but being 75% rather than 95% it slows down the extraction, downside is the longer you leave it the more chlorophyll & crap you pick up too.
Have you looked at RSO? A family member is micro-dosing & loving it.
And since you are using an ounce or 2, sure go for alcohol extraction rather than making hash.
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can you get 151 Rum? pretty sure it got discontinued back in 2016.
 
Dboybudz

Dboybudz

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Grojak said:
Bad… bad idea! I did it during Covid when 90proof Everclear was all I could get. You’re better off using 80 proof vodka.

Also, get some straight extract, peppermints a good one. You only need a couple drops to really make it pleasant, but not with 151, it will not be pleasant.
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Hey thanks peppermint great idea. That's what I thought about 151 to much but to extract right you need the proof I keep reading and getting told. To put it in a small glass of something to drink. Supposed to put under tongue to get better affect but I don't want to try with that burn. Then I read to use glycerin that is sweet taste no burn but third the potency.
 
Dboybudz

Dboybudz

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Hugo Phurst said:
I should have added that I can't get 190 Proof Everclear in NS, that's why I use 151 Rum.
I've tried tincture under my tongue & found it a pain in the ass, walking around doing stuff trying not to swallow.
Definitely, give it a test after a week or so, but being 75% rather than 95% it slows down the extraction, downside is the longer you leave it the more chlorophyll & crap you pick up too.
Have you looked at RSO? A family member is micro-dosing & loving it.
And since you are using an ounce or 2, sure go for alcohol extraction rather than making hash.
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Thanks great info and under the tongue thing read just like 60 sec then swallow but I get it. I'm going sound dumb but what is RSO?
 
FirstCavApache64

FirstCavApache64

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Dboybudz said:
Thank you man that's all I wanted something easy,makes sense and is exactly what I need and 2 ounces is perfect to fill a dropper bottle or two. Other person saying use hash I'm not making hash your recipe perfect. You think a extra week will give it a little more potency or degrade it. I'm going to try seven days first anyway to start. One last thing I read to let it sit under the toung for 1 minute and swallow, never trying a alcohol tincture should I not even bother. Thanks bud
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Going longer will not reduce potency but it does strip more chlorophyll and other impurities. I just feel for me personally it has more terpenes and other cannabinoids that help. It might be a little stronger taste but I just mix it in a beverage to offset that. Sublingual dosing has never been that different from oral dosing for me other than it hits faster when held under the tongue. I use good buds to make mine and not trim or larf.
 
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Dboybudz said:
Hey thanks peppermint great idea. That's what I thought about 151 to much but to extract right you need the proof I keep reading and getting told. To put it in a small glass of something to drink. Supposed to put under tongue to get better affect but I don't want to try with that burn. Then I read to use glycerin that is sweet taste no burn but third the potency.
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Just swallow it. You have mucosa all the way down into your stomach. No need to hold it against your mucous membrane and burn them.
 
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