Evaporating Green Dragon: Everclear Hash

TheWhiteRabbit420

TheWhiteRabbit420

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ilikecheetoes said:
i get my everclear from winechateau.com spelling might not be right there... they ship to cali.

so wait since you need to decarb to get effect from eating canna. whats the point of green dragon?
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not sure what you mean? Decarb comes naturally over time during the evap process as far as making hash goes.. And it's a simple process your just stripping the THC form the plant with the help of a solvent then letting that evaporate for a solid chunk of hash.
But if you kept the green dragon to consume you will still certainly feel the affects just liquid THC practically..
I naturally either decarb before or freeze the herb prior..been doing that before I knew what decarb was :p
 
Fadedawg

Fadedawg

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Muffy said:
Purge of what? The alcohol is what makes it a tincture. Is that not what we're going for in this case? Is smoking hash better than dropping tincture?
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Unfortunately, the oil won't fully decarboxylate while there is still alcohol present, so for a decarboxylated tincture, it is necessary to remove the alcohol and then add it back in after decarboxylation.

An alternative would be to decarboxylate it before extraction.

Smoking anything is a bad idea from my perspective, because of the carcinogenic byproducts of pyrolysis, and even vaporizing hash will not have as profound an effect on many medical conditions, as ingesting it orally.
 
L33tGanjaMan

L33tGanjaMan

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Fadedawg said:
Good job!

Actually, a 60 second frozen wash might more properly be called brown dragon, as it sidesteps the chlorophyll. When we make an ethanol tincture, we also use 3 minute quick wash frozen techniques and strive for brown dragon, rather than green dragon, because it is so much more tasty.
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Nice, how about 'Purple Dragon' from Caramelo Trim and PopCorn?..

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danacraig

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I am using the frozen method on already decarboxylated buds (using the Ardent Lift). I wait an hour or two for the alcohol to do its work, and shake frequently before straining. Then, the tincture goes into a shallow wide pyrex dish to evaporate a lot of the alcohol off. I put the dish on a small pet heating pad, which only reaches 101ºF. I put it on the stovetop under the range vent fan (on high), and I place another small fan in front of the stove to speed up evaporation. I like to see the breeze blowing the tincture in the dish. It takes only a few hours! The clear solvent becomes cloudy. I guess this is now a mixture, instead of a solution. My concern is that this will not keep as long as the high alcohol tincture. One time, I evaporated too much alcohol, which resulted in sticky residue at the bottom which may be potent, but was messy due to my lack of experience (and wasteful)! The brownies I made (only twice so far) from the resulting cloudy liquid were delicious and potent enough that half a brownie is enough for most people. I hope to get more info on the likely potent oily residue at the bottom of my pyrex dish, and put that to better use. I don't know yet if I should do that more often, or not. But the decarboxylator and the pet heating pad allowed me to save time, and to save a lot of buds that might have been lost to caterpillar damage.
 
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Walter34

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TheWhiteRabbit420 said:
:hump::hump::hump::hump: Ive used BHO QWISO and now a new method using 100% Grain Alcohol (Everclear) :hump::hump::hump::hump:

I want to see for myself the differences between these three methods for making hash from evaporating a liquid solvent. I've kept the whole process relatively similar.


:joint: 1oz of dried low-grade heady nugget.
Placed in the freezer with the Everclear for about 2 hours.

:joint: Filled up a jar with the frozen nug
poured the alcohol over the bud until it was just a little pass the buds

:joint: In the closed jar I agitated the nugget for about 60 seconds

:joint: The solution is poured through a coffee filter / metal strainer and into a small square Pyrex dish

:arrow: At this point the solution is practically Green Dragon. A tincture that can be consumed in low doses for an absinthe like high.

:arrow: Evaporating the Green Dragon tincture will leave a hash oil like substance.

:arrow: Anyone familiar with making QWISO would recognize the process is is very similar.

:arrow: 100% Grain alcohol (Everclear) does not evaporate like (92%) Isopropyl Alcohol does. It takes a lot longer, unlike the few hours Iso takes.

:!: :!: Making BHO QWISO etc inside is potentially dangerous / harmful be careful allow proper ventilation and safety :!: :!:

I am letting the Green Dragon tincture evaporate now as I did with the QWISO I would like to see how long it would take letting it sit out but in the morning I will make sure to get the final product done.

Will post the end result / weight tomorrow!

Soon I am going to do a larger extraction with my favorite method and I will detail it with pictures as well.

thank you for checking out my post
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Decarb first ?
 
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