Alcohol-based Cannabis Tincture

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Course: Drinks

Keyword: Primary Staple Ingredient, tincture

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 1

Strain & Package: 10

Total Time: 1 20

Servings: 118 Milliliters

Create this infused staple to use in cocktails, beer infusions, wine infusions and recipe food infusions.

MAKE SURE YOUR COOKING WORKSTATION IS VERY WELL VENTELATED.

BETSY BOT DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING A GAS STOVE FOR THIS INFUSION METHOD AS ALCOHOL IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE.

TINCTURES ARE POTENT AND JUST A FEW DROPS CAN PACK A PUNCH. BE SURE TO LABEL YOUR DROPPER WITH POTENCY PER MILLILITER SPECIFICS.

HINT: BETSY BOT RECOMMENDS USING DROPPER PIPETTS THAT ARE CALIBRATED AND IDENTIFED WITH MILLILITER MEASUREMENTS

1 Cup 190% Proof Everclear Alcohol
a Portion Size of Decarbed Ground Cannabis Flower Toss-In per Potency Preference

Use our Primary Staples Infusion Potency Calculator to determine how many grams of Cannabis Flower you want to use.
Weigh and measure the amount of Cannabis Flower you intend to use for this recipe on the digital kitchen scale.
Do not grind the flower. Break the flower buds to kernel sized pieces.
Add water in the bottom pan of your double broiler. Heat until boiling.
Add 1 cup of 190% Proof Everclear Alcohol, or other Spirit Alcohol of your choiceto the top pan of the double broiler.
Add Cannabis Flower to the pan of alcohol and give it a slight stir.
Place top of double broiler with alcohol and flower on top of the bottom pan of the double broiler holding the boiling water.
Bring mixture to a simmer.
Boil until alcohol reduces by about half (45 to 60 minutes).
Maintain your heat at about 165℉ during the simmer process.
Remove top of broiler from bottom broiler.
Allow mixture to cool.
Line your measuring cup with cheesecloth
Slowly pour alcohol mixture over the top of the cheesecloth and allow alcohol to strain through, leaving the flower pulp behind.
Carefully lift the cheesecloth out of the measuring cup and squeeze the remaining alcohol from the pulp mixture into the measuring cup.
Once strained, pour the cannabis alcohol into dark dropper bottles.
Discard or compost the pulp flower material.
Store tincture in a cool, dry place for up to six months.
Label bottle droppers with the cannabis potency per milliliter of tincture.