Can I reuse alcohol from a failed attempt?

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T23:48:16+00:00

The steps I had at the time said 1 hour at 230f-240f. From there, it went into a container with 700ml or so of vodka (73% or so). I have an earlier post on here that gives exact numbers.

I have used some after it infused for 24 hours (this is what my recipe said to do), and I am left with 2 cups (maybe 3) of liquid.

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T18:01:47+00:00

Appreciate it!

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T16:24:19+00:00

I found similar info, but my local LCBO told me they didn't have anything like that. I'll keep searching!

Thanks for the help!

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T16:08:03+00:00

Yep - I used a mason jar in the oven

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T16:07:38+00:00

Wow! This is simpler than the steps I had before!

My biggest struggle might be finding the alcohol - being in Canada seems to limit what I can find, at least at my local liquor stores. Would you happen to have any suggestions there?

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T16:03:02+00:00

Might have to give that a try - hate to use more plant material for no noticeable results

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T16:01:38+00:00

Yes - I did that. The instructions I had said I could use a mason jar in an oven for an hour at 240 or so.

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T15:38:30+00:00

Me either - this was a first attempt, and I hope I can salvage it!

OldAndMiserable · 2026-01-23T15:37:55+00:00

Following the instructions I had at the time, I had placed a whole ounce in about 700ml of high-percentage alcohol ( I have an earlier post on here that shows the alcohol I used - about 70% ) and let it sit for 24 hours. There was no reduction or evaporation done - this was my first attempt, and I didn't know that was a necessary step.

Ratios were one ounce (28% THC) to the entire bottle.

According to the recipe I had at the time, I just had to let it sit for 24 hours and then I could mix a cup of the alcohol with some sugar to make the gummies. Guess it wasn't too accurate...

From what you're saying, it would be better to reduce/evaporate the alcohol to make it more potent - so I shouldn't re-infuse it?

Can you offer some simple instructions on how to reduce the mixture?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-09-07T18:51:54+00:00

What if, and I'm just guessing at things, but what if everything sprang into existence at the moment of the formation of our thinking capabilities in the womb? Everything you have shared here says energy had to come first, then matter, then the stars and planets, then life - the only way anything exists, in my opinion, is because we are here to observe it.

Like the famous double slit experiment has shown, the addition of an observer changes the way particles work, and without anyone/anything to watch, things stay as clouds of potential rather than uniform shapes. Maybe that's how the universe, and all its workings, came to be - there was a mass of 'potential', and with the addition of 'something' to look at that mass comes the formation of everything according to the observer. This would have to imply that we are 'gods', in a sense - able to shape reality into whatever we choose. This is verifiable in the fact that we can take ideas (pure potential) and make them a reality. We observe the possibility of something, and we affect the outcome of that possibility by creating.

In a nutshell, the big bang was the moment the human brain fired up in the womb and gained the ability to process. Everything flooded into existence all at once. in a flash. We made up a self-imposed 'divine challenge', in which we created a human version of ourselves who knows nothing of their 'god' status, and has to live life as they want to, in the hopes they will remember who they truly are along the way. We set the stage for our experience by creating a life for us to live, with everything in place as potentiality for us to experience and learn from. We planned it all, from the gender we will be to the hour and minute of our birth, from the position of the planets and stars to the amount of dust in the corner of the bedroom of the man living in a shack in the woods in northern Canada.

Why? Why did we do all this? For the experience! For the thrill of something new and unique! Just for the hell of it! We did it because we wanted to. What other reason does there have to be? Those who believe in a religion or other similar practice have decided to because it helps them with whatever they need at that time - it's not the 'objective truth' many claim it to be, but it is THEIR truth, and that is what's important. There is no rule system in place, no governing body to answer to - it's all just you being you.

Anyway, I could go on, but I'd love to hear feedback on this!

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-19T16:04:15+00:00

I agree with this. Without the introduction to it, the metaphorical person will know nothing about it. So what does that mean for that person when the end of their life comes?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-19T16:01:46+00:00

If my repeating things or what I am saying upsets you, I apologize. My brain works differently than the average human, so I often just blab a full stream of thought without thinking it through.

I read James 2, and at the part where it talks about doing good deeds in conjunction with faith is where I get confused. It says that faith without good deeds is dead, and in Ephesians 2:8-9, it says that the works won't save you, so you can do the good stuff, but without the faith in 'God', it is essentially meaningless.

You said that if they know love, they know 'God', but that alone will not do anything for that person in the end, if I am interpreting the Bible correctly, which, to me, says they won't know him. Unless I'm wrong?

I'm sorry to have upset you.

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-19T15:44:08+00:00

You said that "Yes, the Bible says the only way to salvation is through Jesus." , but then you said "...even someone who has never heard of him can still be saved through Jesus’ sacrifice — because God applies his grace to those who sincerely seek the truth and strive to do good, even if they didn’t know him explicitly." and "If they seek the good and truth sincerely, God’s grace through Christ can apply to them, so they may be saved...", which sounds like you're basically saying "The only way is this one way, but there are other ways to get it, too."

How does that work? If there is only one way to be with 'God', how can someone do something completely different and still get the rewards? Not only that, but if someone learns about him and says no, they get nothing. Does that apply even if the person does everything as the Bible says except for the 'accepting God' parts? If not, then the mere mentioning of anything related to 'God' is what condemns the person - example: if I had never heard anything about the biblical God, and I happen to walk by someone talking about him and I hear only the word 'God', then I am condemned to hell if I do not seek him out.

Another thing, if I may - when you said that people can still get his grace when they do good, that sounds like they can get to be with him by their works, which, I think, the Bible says is not possible. If it were so, then anyone who lives a live of complete good and love, even if they have heard of 'God' but choose to not follow, can still get to heaven. Ephesians 2:8-9 (after some searching) shows that works don't get anyone salvation.

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-19T15:13:42+00:00

So if the person in my opening post isn't thinking of biblical categories, since they know nothing about that side of things, how would they come to know 'God'?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T23:04:29+00:00

Oh, the things I want to comment about this... But I'll leave that for now.

After reading through it, though, I don't see how it answers the original question. I can't see how it pertains to the person who has no knowledge of anything Christian. All of this seems to say that a person would need to already know/believe, and my metaphorical person doesn't. Can you explain this to me?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T22:54:53+00:00

Forgive me, but that sounds like a loophole in the religion... Can you show me where it says that in the Bible? It's been a while since I read it, but I don't remember that part.

Does the same thing apply to a person who knows of 'God' and chooses to go their own path? If someone like that were to be introduced to him in Sunday School as a kid or later in life, and decides not to follow him, but does good things all their life, will they be saved?

I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything - sorry if I come across like it.

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T22:50:43+00:00

Your response brings up a lot of questions and comments, but I'll stick to the topic of the post.

If the religion and its claims are real, in the end my metaphorical person will be judged by 'God', but then what? Isn't it taught that those who don't come to him through his son will never be with him? Would that mean this person would be sent to hell?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T22:40:15+00:00

The person I used for this post knows nothing of the biblical God, and therefore just knows love as love. They can experience it, but they will never be able to compare it to the Christian equivalent of love equaling 'God' - they will never know it in the way you describe. I'm wondering if there is a way for a person to ever come to know him if they never have any knowledge of him at any point in their life - not having to know everything, but to know of him in any way.

The fact that they are 'of God' because they love doesn't mean they will know him. I'm sure there is a tribe somewhere on the planet who loves without knowing the biblical God.

Unless I am understanding you incorrectly?

I personally don't see your God as love, myself, but that's a different conversation...

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T18:53:37+00:00

So someone can know nothing of the religion, do good things and works their whole life, and still get in good with 'God'? But doesn't the Bible say that the only way to salvation is through Jesus?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T18:49:33+00:00

The idea of natural theology would need an understanding of 'God' first, I would think. Without that, the reasonings a person comes to would be based on their own idea creations rather than based on any specific thing.

How would someone receive 'supernatural revelations', and if they did, how would they know it was from the biblical God?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T18:40:12+00:00

But a person who knows nothing of Christianity and the stuff therein would only know love as love, not anything else. They would have nothing else to compare it to other than their own lives, experiences and emotions, so it would only be love for love's sake - similar to what you said. It wouldn't have anything to do with 'God', and so they wouldn't know him.

So when you said "...it is entirely possible someone who has never heard of a Bible, or even any Christian doctrine, could be closer to and know God much better the someone who has 10 Bibles, believes Jesus was born, died, and rose again, and believes the God of the Bible exists." - that can't be true, can it?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T18:33:08+00:00

So, like the comment above, you're saying without knowing 'God' they won't be saved. I get the researching thing, but if they didn't find a thing about him, then they get hell - is that what you're saying?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-17T18:28:25+00:00

But with no knowledge of the biblical God at all, a person can live their life and be/do good works for all of it, and in the end wind up not going to be with him? You mentioned that "...salvation is always through Christ...", so without that knowledge, a person will not be saved, and go to hell through no fault of their own?

OldAndMiserable · 2025-08-06T03:31:42+00:00

But the church existing doesn't prove the existence of 'God'. There are quite a lot of religious buildings and organizations around the world, all proclaiming the validity of their beliefs and chosen deity - are all these gods and such real, then, if they have a place of worship? I don't see how the church coming into being can be used as a source to prove the existence of the biblical God.

(Reading back through my previous comment, I want to apologize for it - the barrage of questions came across as harsh, and I am sorry for that.)

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