I just finished a batch of abv coconut oil using a recipe/technique that
@bulllee shared with me..... and I think that if any of you have a bunch of abv lying around, you might want to check it out as well.
I've been saving my abv for a long, long time now; hoping to figure out a way to use it. Any attempts I've made to make FECO or tincture... or edibles haven't really impressed me. Adding some abv to bud when making butter sometimes increases the potency.... but I wanted to find SOMETHING that would use strictly abv and pack a punch. Well... according to bulllee this does. I haven't tried it yet; except for licking the spatula last night. I did sleep pretty well lol... but I do not have dosage figured out yet.
Here's what you do.....
Wrap 6 cups of ABV in cheesecloth....
(pic from recipe)
Now you need to water cure it. Soak your ABV 'packs' in water using something like a bowl to help keep them submerged. In the beginning the water will be quite dark and you should change it several times a day. By the end, your water should be fairly clear. These are mine on the last day of water curing.
You want to get as much of the water out of the ABV as possible before the drying process. For this, I used a potato ricer.
Now it's time to dry it out. Divide the ABV into 3 containers or foil lined cookie sheets and place in a low heat oven (I used 225°F). You are going to want to stir the ABV occasionally during this process. I also rotated the pans every now and then. The entire drying process took about 1 1/2 hours.
Now we get to the 'triple cook method.' I used coconut oil, but according to the recipe, you can also use butter The cooking process ended up taking me three days and I believe butter might go rancid in that time if not refrigerated.
Place 1 of your 3 portions of ABV in a crock pot and add coconut oil to cover. I used this... and I used the entire jar; which is 30 oz.
Cook for 6 hours on low. Then strain using a mesh strainer. Place your strained coconut oil back into your crock pot, along with the 2nd portion of ABV.
Cook for another 6 hours; again on low. Strain the 2nd batch using a mesh strainer again. Put this strained oil back into the crock pot and add your 3rd portion of ABV.
Cook for another 6 hours on low. Strain this 3rd run through a mesh strainer... the again with cheesecloth to get any remaining pieces of ABV.
This is what I ended up with; about 28 oz. of infused coconut oil.
Before solidifying... you can see how dark it is.
After refrigeration:
I have to wait for Saturday to try this... I'll let you know about potency then. But I have it on good authority that it kicks butt for pain and sleep.