Trying to make a tincture but no grain alcohol

Discussion in 'Harvesting and Processing Marijuana' started by Kallaste, Jan 20, 2015.

  1. #1 Kallaste, Jan 20, 2015
    I want to make a tincture (an alcohol extract where the alcohol stays in instead of being evaporated off), but grain alcohol is illegal to sell in my state. Fantastic. Can I get a decent extract with 151 proof liquor? If I could get 80 % alcohol content I would go ahead with it, but 151 is only 75.5 % and I'm not sure what the outcome would be. Has anybody done this? Should I give it a try or just forget it?
     
    I don't want to make a different kind of concentrate or use any alcohol except ethanol.

     
  2. #2 7Grams, Jan 20, 2015
    Order it from Wine Chateau.

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  3. #3 Kallaste, Jan 20, 2015
    Oh wow, seriously? I had no idea you could do that. That's awesome. Great prices, too! THANKS man.
     
  4. #4 Jimmy Carter, Jan 20, 2015
    you could use coconut oil if you wanted too, tastes much better than alcohol and its cheaper.
     
  5. #5 Kallaste, Jan 20, 2015
    Yeah that's true . . . I already have some coconut oil in the cabinet, too. Maybe I can make some while I wait for the Everclear. I've never done that before though. Basically just heat and steep? Have to do a bit of research.
     
  6. #6 Jimmy Carter, Jan 20, 2015
    yeah its pretty simple. It solidifies at room temp, which I'm sure you know, but it can work just as good IMO.
     
  7. #7 Kallaste, Jan 20, 2015
    Okay maybe I'll give it a try. Then I can compare the two and see the differences. Thanks for the idea!
     
  8. #8 dekabos, Jan 22, 2015
    Vegetable glycerin is my personal favorite for tinctures, way sweeter than anything else I've tried. Nothing else meshes as well with the hashy flavor IMO/IME. Heat and steep, like you said. I leave a batch overnight in a crock pot on the lowest setting, trying to keep the temperatures fairly low but still warming it.
     
  9. #9 Kallaste, Jan 22, 2015
    That's interesting. From what I have read of glycerol extracts they extract just as well and don't denature. And you leave it overnight in a crock pot? Ha, if it's anything like what happens when I cook a roast, I can only imagine what your house smells like it the morning! Not sure my roommate would appreciate that lol.  :lol:  Or is the smell not that strong?
     
  10. #10 dekabos, Jan 22, 2015
    Smelly for sure. Not as weedy as you might think though, vaguely, but not like a freshly ground bud.
     
  11. #11 Kallaste, Jan 24, 2015
    Haha, I'll have to try it when he's out of town then.
     

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