nesta
08-02-2005, 10:13 PM
{posted this in the beverages forum, but also thought it may be of interest here, as well as get a better response rate}
well, last night i made a pretty decent amount of imitation amaretto (mostly used pure almond extract and honey for flavoring, rather than apricot pits...who cares, it tastes close enough) last night with some vodka. drank a little of the vodka plain, too. but apart from that i'm making something a number of people here may be quite interested in if it comes out half as well as i hope it does. its something i pretty much made up, since you wont find this kind of a recipe on most websites devoted to making liqueurs or other legal intoxicating beverages......
basically its a fruit flavored pot & shroom drink.
8-14 strawberries with the tops and inner white portion removed
~1" vanilla bean, broken into small peices
the skin and outer flesh of two small plums
~1g high grade marijuana, ground
~1.5-2g dried Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, chopped fine
sugar
honey
vodka
i put the fruit and vanilla in the bottom of an empty plastic water bottle (normal disposable type, like Ice Mountain) and put in enough sugar to cover the fruit. i then added the pot and mushrooms, and filled the bottle up almost to the top with absolut vodka. i added about a teaspoon of honey, but considering its strawberry flavored i figured white sugar may be a bit better as the main sweetener in this drink, and it wont interfere with the color (whereas amaretto has a nutty flavor well compplimented by honey, and dark honey gives it a nice golden/amber color). i also threw in some random pot stems i had laying around.
i capped it and i'm keeping it in a warm dark place for a couple days, but pretty soon i will move it to the fridge and let it steep for the remainder of 1 week from yesterday. when i feel its ready i'll meticulously strain out the fruit, vanilla and illicit substances then either drink or rebottle the liqueur.
i wouldn't have normally done this, being afraid of wasting my drugs, but i had some extra mushrooms laying around, and what the hell, its only a gram of nugs. my thoughts are the mushroom content should be high enough that you feel it, but not so high that you could trip. after all, this is primarily an alcoholic beverage, and i don't know about anyone else but i dont like the idea of tripping while drunk. same for the pot....enough so that you'll feel it a bit, but not so much that it completely knocks you out. if it comes out the way i -hope- it will, it will be a strawberry flavored drink with a slightly psychedelic/stoney edge to it. should be great for a party, as long as i don't drink anything else with it. i'm thinking if it's a little too sweet, it may be cool to toss it in the blender with some ice and make an electric booze slushy. at any rate, while people try making their own absinthe with disappointing results, i figured this should hopefully have the effects that most people believe absinthe has (though it doesnt really)
now i'm very very new to the world of homemade liqueurs, but i've suddenly had my interest sparked in an unreal way. this may well not turn out - i've heard mixed things about making "green dragon" or mushroom extractions with high proof booze (its active constituents are far more soluble in water....luckily vodka's still 60% water).....but i don't have too much to lose, except a few sessions with my peice. at least i know it will get me drunk, if nothing else!
i have to think of a name if it comes out well. considering its contents i was toying with the idea of calling it a strawberry alarm clock, but then thats a little cheesy.....too "hippy"
anyhoo, if anyone knows anything about making liqueurs at home, please feel free to share or critique my experiment to your heart's delight. in a week or so i'll be back with my results, how it taasted, how it drank, and how it made me feel.
wish me luck!
well, last night i made a pretty decent amount of imitation amaretto (mostly used pure almond extract and honey for flavoring, rather than apricot pits...who cares, it tastes close enough) last night with some vodka. drank a little of the vodka plain, too. but apart from that i'm making something a number of people here may be quite interested in if it comes out half as well as i hope it does. its something i pretty much made up, since you wont find this kind of a recipe on most websites devoted to making liqueurs or other legal intoxicating beverages......
basically its a fruit flavored pot & shroom drink.
8-14 strawberries with the tops and inner white portion removed
~1" vanilla bean, broken into small peices
the skin and outer flesh of two small plums
~1g high grade marijuana, ground
~1.5-2g dried Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms, chopped fine
sugar
honey
vodka
i put the fruit and vanilla in the bottom of an empty plastic water bottle (normal disposable type, like Ice Mountain) and put in enough sugar to cover the fruit. i then added the pot and mushrooms, and filled the bottle up almost to the top with absolut vodka. i added about a teaspoon of honey, but considering its strawberry flavored i figured white sugar may be a bit better as the main sweetener in this drink, and it wont interfere with the color (whereas amaretto has a nutty flavor well compplimented by honey, and dark honey gives it a nice golden/amber color). i also threw in some random pot stems i had laying around.
i capped it and i'm keeping it in a warm dark place for a couple days, but pretty soon i will move it to the fridge and let it steep for the remainder of 1 week from yesterday. when i feel its ready i'll meticulously strain out the fruit, vanilla and illicit substances then either drink or rebottle the liqueur.
i wouldn't have normally done this, being afraid of wasting my drugs, but i had some extra mushrooms laying around, and what the hell, its only a gram of nugs. my thoughts are the mushroom content should be high enough that you feel it, but not so high that you could trip. after all, this is primarily an alcoholic beverage, and i don't know about anyone else but i dont like the idea of tripping while drunk. same for the pot....enough so that you'll feel it a bit, but not so much that it completely knocks you out. if it comes out the way i -hope- it will, it will be a strawberry flavored drink with a slightly psychedelic/stoney edge to it. should be great for a party, as long as i don't drink anything else with it. i'm thinking if it's a little too sweet, it may be cool to toss it in the blender with some ice and make an electric booze slushy. at any rate, while people try making their own absinthe with disappointing results, i figured this should hopefully have the effects that most people believe absinthe has (though it doesnt really)
now i'm very very new to the world of homemade liqueurs, but i've suddenly had my interest sparked in an unreal way. this may well not turn out - i've heard mixed things about making "green dragon" or mushroom extractions with high proof booze (its active constituents are far more soluble in water....luckily vodka's still 60% water).....but i don't have too much to lose, except a few sessions with my peice. at least i know it will get me drunk, if nothing else!
i have to think of a name if it comes out well. considering its contents i was toying with the idea of calling it a strawberry alarm clock, but then thats a little cheesy.....too "hippy"
anyhoo, if anyone knows anything about making liqueurs at home, please feel free to share or critique my experiment to your heart's delight. in a week or so i'll be back with my results, how it taasted, how it drank, and how it made me feel.
wish me luck!