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First time making Cannabutter= Fail

Discussion in 'Weed Edibles' started by BakeDatHerb, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. #1 BakeDatHerb, Jan 31, 2011
    Ok, this was my second time trying to make Cannabutter. The first time it was just alright, and this time I ended up eating I think 6 brownies and I feel just a little bit high, but barely anything at all.

    I think where I may have failed was using to much water when slow-cooking the butter+weed+water. I think this is the case becuase I was only melting about a half a stick of butter, and I used a quite large pot, almost full of water. When the cannabutter "solidified", it was at best a millimeter thick and attached to the side of the pot. Is cannabutter supposed to be comprised primarily of little pieces, which got stuck in the cheese cloth a lot?

    Also, my recipe called for melted butter, but I thought if I melted the butter I would lose a lot just cause you can never get 100% of your butter out of the pot it melts in. I solved this dilemma by melting it a little at a time in a spoon and then putting that in, thinking this would be most effecient. There were little bubbles in the spoon so I guess it did boil for a second, so I may have lost THC that way.

    So I guess my three questions are...
    1. Did I use way too much water? Is there a certain ratio?
    2. How much butter is supposed to remain after the process? (i.e. I put in a little more than a half a stick and only was left with about a 1/4 stick at the end.)
    3. How do you get around the issue of a recipe calling for melted butter? Or is there a good way to melt it without loosing some in the process. (Maybe I need a spatula)
     
  2. #2 jay o2 waster, Jan 31, 2011
    It sounds like you may be on to something with your idea on the water to butter ratio. Perhaps if you are trying to make a smaller amount of cannabutter you should be using a smaller medium, perhaps take a look at hashmouf's guide on making it on the stove top with a sauce pan http://forum.grasscity.com/incredible-edible-herb/250160-hashmoufs-recipe-guide-cannabutter-step-step-pictorial.html. Also you didn't exactly say how much bud you were using in your batch or what quality it is (shwag, reg, chron). Maybe you are not using enough bud to cover a half a stick of butter and be able to break it into multiple servings.

    As far as losing butter goes, how are you straing your batch? I would strongly recomend cheese cloth or a fine mesh strainer, as they are both easy to mash the pulp for the last few drops of your water butter mixture. Neither absorb the liquid at alarming numbers. But in the end it will be impossible to retrieve the exact amount you started. I have read that if you make 4 sticks of butter in the you will typically end up losing up to a qtr of a stick, not so bad. Try adding a gram of bud and an extra tablespoon to your next batch to ensure potency.

    Hope all of this helps and welcome to the city, hope you stick around.
     
  3. #3 BakeDatHerb, Jan 31, 2011
    Thanks. I looked at Hashmouf's walk-through. I see he didn't use any water; I guess I was afraid it would burn the butter and therefore may result in loosing some THC... but I guess I'll have to try using less water/no water and compare the difference. I think my two main problems was that I used too much water with too large a cooling container. And also I didn't let the butter/water mixture separate long enough probably.

    I used 8.4 g in a half a stick of butter. But then again when all was said and done I had lost about half the butter with which I started. I think, since I am a little broke, I am just gonna try melting plain old butter with some water and just practice the art of melting butter/water, putting into a container, allowing to separate/cool, and just make sure I don't loose too much butter along the way. Thanks for the tips.
     
  4. #4 BadKittySmiles, Jan 31, 2011
    You never want to use more than a 3 : 1 ratio of oil, to water, and less is better. If you haven't decarbed, use no water at all. Personally I only add water, when I'm going to be allowing a larger batch of lower quality material, steep in the heat for well over a day. Additional water is generally used to prevent over-heating in long term (and possibly unsupervised, though that's not recommended) processing.
     

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