Countzer0's "Emerald Dragon" (Pictorial Howto)

There has been allot of talk about green dragon / alcohol extraction here recently so I decided to write up this quick howto.

Lets Begin..

Things needed:

2 Large Mason Jars
About an ounce of herb
1 fifth of grain alcohol (Everclear or anything at least 151 proof)
1 funnel
Coffee Filters
Candy Thermometer
Pot (the kitchen variety)

1:

Decarbolize any fresh herb in the oven on a cookie sheet with foil at 325F for 5 minutes. This will convert remaining THC-A to Delta 9 which we want. I used 1/2 ounce fresh herb and 1/2 ounce vapor poo. You do not need to do this to the vapor poo.

2:

Add herb to jar and cover it with about twice as much alcohol. Cover and shake vigorously and put away for 1 hr.

3:

Uncap jar and place thermometer in it. Then place the jar in the pot of water and gradually heat the water. Heat the water till the thermometer reads 170. I usually begin turning the heat back down before this so it doesn't over shoot. Once you reach temperature set stove to simmer and wait for at least 20 minutes. The longer you go you will start loosing some of the alcohol but what is left will be more potent.
(Be carefull no open flames while doing this)

4:

Remove from heat and cool. Then put coffee filter in funnel and pour through slowly. Squeeze the last bit out. Throw away the herb in the coffee filter. Set a new filter in funnel and put funnel into your now empty bottle and filter one more time.

5:

Be careful and enjoy! About 1 shot of this does it for me. You can cook it longer to remove more alcohol and you would only need a few teaspoon fulls. I ended up with about 12 ounces which would be about 8 shots. I started with 15 ounces so a few cooked off. So 1 shot of this batch is about 1 and 3/4 grams.


Photos....

 

Heres a good recipe for a mixed drink using your green dragon....

Add the zest of 3 lemons to 5 ounces of your green dragon. Let sit for about an hour.

Filter the lemon zest out and add the green dragon to 5 ounces of heavy cream or half&half. Shake and store in freezer for a few hours.

Remove from freezer and you will have a creamy delicious treat.

Serves 5

 

Sure I used half fresh mids for my batch and half dank vapor poo..

Was thinking of you a few weeks back, check my cookie thread from a week or so ago, we were in new smyrna at my parents condo for 2 weeks (the rainy ones before memorial day) and were bored shitless.. We brought mad dank, the vaporizer and 9 foot bag, made herb cookies, etc...

Almost thought about dropping you a line but i know its real sketchy at best meeting people from the net. That smoke shop up there is sketchy. I almost bought a roor, but everyone they had on the shelf was scratched to shit or had major blemishes (kinda thought they might be knock offs). It was the one beachside across from the PO.

 

Im starting to prefer the green dragon as my extraction method of choice as opposed to butter. With the dragon you can cook with it in recipe's that don't need need butter or oil, and the alcohol will cook off leaving the good stuff. You can also put some on some herb and smoke it, or leave some out to evap and have some hash. In general it is proving more versatile. Plus it seems more efficient at extracting. Although i have been told alcohol/butter extraction makes a meaner butter then just weed/butter or weed/butter/water. Can even make some cannabutter if you need after the fact by adding some green dragon and butter to a jar and cooking off the alcohol.

 

I get Everclear in FL, as a matter of fact i bought that in your hometown when i was there. Try a different liquor store.

You can use anything 151 proof, i prefer something without flavoring like the everclear or vodka.

 

What he said

 

Here is another quick recipe on what to do with your green dragon whether you make it my way or some other way you will enjoy this.

We all know that the green dragon goes down hard so here is a good mix you can make.

1 part green dragon
1/2 part simple syrup
1 part crushed ice

Simple syrup is made by boiling equal parts water and sugar till full dissolved, then let it cool a bit.

So to serve 5 people a 1 ounce shot of the dragon...

5 ounces green dragon
2.5 ounces simple syrup (2.5 ounces water / 2.5 ounces sugar)
5 ounces crushed ice (or add ice and green dragon to blender if need be)

 

Another Green Dragon recipe i just made.....

Making a special white sauce to use on rice/meats/pasta/biscuits:

1 ounce of green dragon per person eating dish
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
salt
white or black pepper

Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in green dragon and simmer for about 10-15 minutes to reduce the alcohol content; stir in flour. Stir and cook for about 2 minutes. Do not brown. Gradually stir in milk and continue cooking over low heat, stirring constantly, until sauce begins to thicken. Season with salt and pepper.


I used this for some biscuits and gravy this morning and it rocked!!!! For a creamier sauce i used half&half instead of milk.

 

Yes should be ready to go right away. I would definitely let it cool mine stood at about 150F for almost any hour.

My second batch i let it cool all the way then brought it back to 170 one more time as i had read on another post elsewhere of the possiblilty of converting CBN/CBD's to THC with a second cook. Its hard to tell but i think it may have increased the potency.

The decarbolization process converts the THC-A to Delta 9 THC, the initial cook gets it extracted, then a final cook to try to coax the additional CBN/CBD's to THC as well.