Howdy folks. Been a while since i been around here. Glad to see it still rockin. So I made a heated everclear tincture (waterbath at 170 for 20 minutes). I used high quality trim for it. The result is pretty decent. Using it in a gummies recipe among other things. Here is my question: Can I make it stronger by boiling off some of the alcohol in a rice cooker? I have used the process to evap all of the everclear and left with just the concentrate. But if I want the actual tincture to be stronger, does boiling off some of the alcohol achieve that? In theory it seems it would, but I also dont know if heating the EC to that temp ruins the tincture or not. SO what say you blades? Thanks in advance.
I've made Gummies a few times with great success. I've boiled off the everclear and added the left over food grade hash in vegetable glycerin. Glycerin is water soluble, and is a great vehicle for thc gummies. Seeing as how it mixes easily into water with out giving it the flavor and drunkness of everclear. Glycerin is sometimes used as a substitute sugar for people with diabetes. Because of its sweet flavor and the fact it doesn't effect blood sugar levels. I highly recommend this method .
But to anwser your question yes it does make it stronger. But you have to be careful how long and how high the temperature your boiling it off . High Temps for long periods of time changes the thc-a to thc. But if cooked for too long it changed the thc to cbn. Which gives you a couch lock, sleepy feeling, not so phycoactive.