After messing around with everclear extractions over the last 6 months or so , there are a couple of conclusions i have reached...
The first is that boiling the everclear/shrooms for three hours is a waste of alcohol+ proly does degrade the psilly and is a fire hazzard to boot..
A finely powdered mush boiled in EC for 45 mins yielded a very weak extract...
Chopped shrooms kept in EC in the freezer for 3 months then warmed and filtered yielded a fairly strong extract..
I taste tested the crystals alone by pouring off the liquid while still cold and ingested about a match head sized dose - They are active but i cant tell what % of the extract was in them , created a nice buzz but not "tripping"
My latest attempt was to heat the EC/mush to near boiling then add some ascorbic acid crystals then let cool to room temp for about 2 weeks, shaking occasionally..
I then re-heated and filtered....It appears to be a richer extract than i have seen before but have yet to taste test....
It takes a lot of time and testing..
to determine the most efficient methods and this is just another experiment in many to come...