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Making higher proof alcohol

Oh, no Toker1. I will give a general apology to any of my humor offends. I am playing the devils advocate. Although I am not a fan of cats and have not exaggerated how cats treat me, I know they provide love and comfort to some kinds of people. My ex brought two cats into our relationship. One was an outside cat. After about two weeks it was gone. We lived on canyons that had coyotes. Pretty sure whatever the cat's name was became part of the ecosystem. The other cat I don't know the name of had something in it's throat that had to be operated on. I cared for the cat during most of it's recovery. My ex liked the cat but couldn't handle the icky parts. Animals... even... well... you know... don't know why they hurt and shouldn't hurt. I could just as easily have mentioned giraffe licks. One swipe'o that sumbitch will knock you on your ass.
I am serious about other things like vape products and laws and that. I am also serious about bashing cats. But in a fun cat bashing sort of way.
 
Geesum Crow, ( that’s one of those New England local expressions). This has gone berserk... sounds like we’re drinking the alcohol and not distilling it 😉
 
Good call @quirk
On a personal note, the only TN song I can get down with is the long version of 'Strangle Hold'. Cat Scratch Fever was done to death.
 
My speech and ideas would be much less intelligible were I to be drinking. I would be crying and telling you how much I hated something beautiful. Since I can't remember what the question was I just gave the answer to, because of weed, I am apt to segue frequently and tell you how much I love something ugly.
 
I miss spoke yesterday alcohol changes state at 173% so if you keep your temp at 180% and water doesn't change state until 220% theoretically you should not get water in your alcohol , if you install a thumper it supposed to distill the alcohol again as the process goes on
 
I am familiar with fractional distillation as it pertains to making oils. Since we're only worried about separating two things, the FD wouldn't need to be as variable as with oils. There is a step up in oil separation temperatures. With ETOH and water, there is no step up. Only buildup as the heating element gets up to speed. One it reaches 'N' degrees, there is no further adjustment. Maybe there's a difference in temperature in each successive distilling? Even a small amount of water should be left behind?
That's good info gbauto, sciency. I'm going to do a search on how liquor companies make the high-test.
 
Think of cats as hairy tomatoes. You can do the same to each. Peel them, puree them, and such. They're versatile and taste good hot or cold. Mmm... bowl of cat cereal for breakfast. Smoke a nice, dried and cured hairball rolled in kitty litter hash! That's the money shot, (girl)boy-o.
 
gbauto You put me on the correct path. It's possible, not probable. Trying remove the final moisture from 191 would be silly. Home distillation is about reclamation and higher proofing something like 151.
 
Wait a min. Are we still talking about extractions? Or just leaving behind water. Sure, making a higher proof could be beneficial. Let’s say you could control temp within +\- 10Deg F. So you boil the ethanol and are making a higher proof. Does that mean your water/THC/cbd and other oils mixture doesn’t get dried properly?
I think we have gone off on a tangent here. You won’t be making a higher proof anything if you are still drying your THC/cbd and other oils mix into a smokable product.
 
Yep, tangents. I was looking for what my last post said but my opening conversation didn't match the subjects and ensuing posts led me astray. My intent was to talk about distilling alcohol to make stronger alcohol. gbauto said just the right words that sparked me to research the idea that without special extra processing, food grade ETOH is not possible above 191 proof. Others may have said it but he gets credit for sparking me. Something scientific about water and booze bonding.
Cats that feel human angst. Cat scratch fever. Poisonous dog licks. Ted Nugent. Tangents, man. Tangents.
 
Much easier way to make a higher proof is stick the water/ethanol mixture in the freezer. The water freezes but the alcohol will not. Then the ice crystals can be removed by coffee filter. If you get it all done before the ice melts, you can obtain a higher proof than what you started with.
I would suggest this method over distilling.
 
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