Newbie tincture - what did I do wrong?

[tallcoolone]

Any advice/ideas would be appreciated.

-1 tsp of kief - from good bud only
-1/2 cup Everclear grain alcohol

I spread the kief out on a small Pyrex dish and sat it in the oven at 210 degrees for an hour, then mixed the cooked kief with the 150 proof Everclear in a small mason jar and left it in the freezer, shaking a few times a day for 5 days. After 5 1/2 days, I strained out the kief and the potency is not where I was hoping it would be. What did I do wrong?

 

[Fadedawg]

It wouldn't be potent at that ratio. Use more kif.

 

[lio lacidem]

Exactly what fade said. You need to add alot more.

 

[GrowinDad]

Or conversely, evaporate out the alcohol until it is the strength you want. Or drink more

 

[Fadedawg]

Or conversely, evaporate out the alcohol until it is the strength you want. Or drink more

Or use less alcohol........ All good points and one of the advantages of using a solvent like alcohol, instead of vegetable oils or glycerin, is that you can remove some of it by evaporation to increase the concentration/potency.

 

[cbdprospector]

In addition to the other comments, your decarb temp and time seem too low. 240 degrees for 45 mins will get you closer. Also, there really is no need to let it sit in the freezer for 5 days, the oil is already extracted within the first 5 minutes of sitting in 150 proof. I only let it sit for 3 minutes at a time for extraction runs.

 

[WarMachine]

Can I clean my rig with high proof moonshine and just use it like a tincture..? Wouldn't the reclaim be decarbed?

 

[Indacouch]

It wouldn't be potent at that ratio. Use more kif.

Perfect answer IMO for your main issue with your tincture not being potent you would probably get drunk before high trying to drink enough at that ratio

 

[Fadedawg]

Can I clean my rig with high proof moonshine and just use it like a tincture..? Wouldn't the reclaim be decarbed?

Yes and yes,

 

[caveman117]

the last time I made an alcohol tincture it was done with a high proof moonshine and I made leaf into bho to dissolve in the alcohol.

my ratio was just under 4 grams of bho to 2.5 ish ounces of moonshine. (I dearbed the bho in the small jar I dissolves it in with homemade heat gun and a laser thermometer. in a warm water bath before I added the alcohol).

it came out right around where I wanted it to, but I prefer glycerin tinctures as far as.medicinal benefits go.

 

[WarMachine]

Yes and yes,

I have about 1.5g of reclaim. How much moonshine should i have it dissolved it? 2 oz of moonshine? What ratio should i have to really feel it?

 

[caveman117]

if you want a.really noticeable effect try dissolving that in half an ounce of alcohol.

 

[Fadedawg]

I have about 1.5g of reclaim. How much moonshine should i have it dissolved it? 2 oz of moonshine? What ratio should i have to really feel it?

Since all you are doing is diluting the reclaim so that it flows, I would add the least amount possible to get it to feed through a dropper bottle, which is probably about 2 or 3:1.

I had a student with a 7' refluxing still, whom makes his own 190 proof shine, and who developed a tasty amber colored canna-shine, by adding 200 mg/ounce and then cutting it in half with distilled water, giving a one ounce shot of 95 proof about 100 mg of cannabis absolute.

 

[Diabolical666]

New and wayyy better method is using vegetable glycerine. Put your kief, or hash or ground up bud in a jar with VG and let it sit for 4-6 mths shaking occasionally. 25% cannabis/50% VG. It tastes very hempy and you can add flavors to the final product. THis mixture is on the potent side. Have your patients start with a few drops under tongue every few hrs.

 

[WarMachine]

Just wondering if this happened to anyone else? I had cleaned the rig with about 2 ounces of moonshine, and then I filtered all the pieces with a coffee filter. then I put it in front of the fan for about 30 minutes in the cup, and I'm not sure if that is the oil itself in the coffee filter and in the side walls of the cup. keep in mind, the coffee filters I have pictured are of the second time filtering the ethanol. the first time I filtered it and it looked pretty clear, then when I put in front of the fan, these are the pieces that were found. a lot of it was sinking too not floating. Wouldn't the oil be floating?

 

[Fadedawg]

The oil will be dissolved within the moonshine. What is falling out of solution is most likely the longer chain constituents, that are barely in solution.

 

[WarMachine]

Hey @Fadedawg it still is kinda still happening... is that nomal? It's literally on the bottom of the jar where the solution is setting. It's also on the top of the lid from me shaking it I'm assuming but it won't fall back down even after having the ethanol settle on it.

 

[Fadedawg]

If it isn't soluble in ethanol, it isn't one of the targeted molecules. Try washing out the container with warm ethanol and stick it in the freezer to see if it falls out again.

 

[WarMachine]

If it isn't soluble in ethanol, it isn't one of the targeted molecules. Try washing out the container with warm ethanol and stick it in the freezer to see if it falls out again.

I'll try it again. I'll take pictures after I clean the container and filter the molecules that fell out. Just kinda weird how it keeps happening really.. I'm wondering if it is separating somehow.

 

[WarMachine]

Well I warmed up the solution and filtered it with a coffee filter...prettyyyyy sure that's all the reclaim caught in the coffee filter so safe to say this epically FAILED. Cleaned the jars and such but now it's obvious the reclaim was separating from the ethanol.... soooo...


How do you do this? Links perhaps? I have some so-so oil I can try again on perhaps..