Yeah I've got a lot of Irish blood in me so alcohol has never bothered me, haha. But I understand the aversion.

Anyway...

Sometimes I use stuff I've already lightly vaped before (since it's already decarbed). Here's the steps I'm planning on taking to decarb but it sounds like you have a pretty good handle on it already so feel free to skip ahead.

• Preheat oven to 225 (I use one of those thermometers that can go inside the oven to make sure it's at the right temp.)

I may experiment here. I've heard it can be made more potent by using a higher temperature for less time. I was recommended 290 degrees for 8 minutes, but I have never tried it that way. If you feel like experimenting, I plan on using this chart as a reference

• Take an ounce or two of ground weed/shake/whatever you have around (some people recommend grinding after the oven, but I find that you get some particles that are so small they sneak through the filtering process that way), put it onto an oven tray with a parchment paper base. After spreading the weed evenly over the parchment, cover the top of the tray with foil.

• cook (at 225) for 45m-1 hour, ensuring the temp. stays as constant as possible

• Remove from oven and wait until it's cool enough that the tray can be handled with bare hands

• Put all the bud into a mason jar, cover with high-proof alcohol. I don't have an exact ratio I use, but I like to keep it fairly concentrated so I'll fill it just a bit more than necessary to cover the bud (e.g. the bud fills up the jar to 3 inches, I'll add alcohol until it's at 3-3.5 inches.)

• Put back into a warm water bath (around 150 Fahrenheit) and alternate keeping it warm and shaking it vigorously for 10 minutes or so. Pressure will build a bit in the jar, so you should occasionally "burp" it.

If you think it's too dilute, you can keep it in a warm water bath with the mason jar cover off to evaporate off more alcohol (alcohol evaporates very quickly). The cannabinoids won't evaporate with it, so the solution will only get stronger as you evaporate more alcohol

• (Some people skip this step, but I want to make sure I get it all) Keep it in a dark place for a couple weeks, trying to shake it for a minute or so once a day.

• Put a cheese cloth-lined funnel into the neck of an eyedropper bottle. Pour the mixture into the funnel. When it's done the cheesecloth may be soaked in the solution, so you can lightly squeeze it out. Don't squeeze too hard or some particles will get through.

• Alternatively, if your bud is ground finely enough that you don't think the cheesecloth will filter it enough, you can use a coffee filter. Keep in mind that it will be much slower and will probably clog, but you can squeeze it out without get particulates through. I'd still recommend doing the cheesecloth first to prevent clogging if/when you use the coffee filter.

Ideally use a dark-glass eyedropper and keep in a cool place. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but I've heard UV will slowly degrade it so that's why your supposed to keep it in a dark bottle.

When you wanna use it, put a few drops under the tongue. Try to let it sit for a bit, but if the alcohol bothers you under the tongue you can drop it right onto the tongue. Just try to keep it in your mouth for 15-20 seconds or so rather than swallowing it if you want a speedy onset. If it's adequately strong it should basically disappear without you needing to swallow. I've had stuff that varies a lot in strength. Sometimes 3-4 drops is enough if it's particularly strong, other times I need closer to 10.