GG4 x Cookies - Blueprint
I’ve been a fan of Glue since before I started smoking as many strains a year as I do now, and it’s one of the most exciting things for my tastebuds. The last time I had a Glue cross from TJT, I was frankly quite disappointed, that being the Biscotti x GG x Oreoz on the Doja menu which later became Blueprint’s P90. But this hybrid smokes like a dream and I went through it way more quickly than I’d like to admit.
Permanent Zangria - Wizard Trees
This sample is a hybrid between Seed Junky’s Permanent Market and the afformentioned Zangria, which translates to a crushed wine grape quality with the sharpie bite and saturation in the aroma and flavor. It arrived pretty fresh which translates to a good bit of smoothness. The effects are a fairly familiar slumpy heady pressure with solid potency.
Peaches - Blueprint
Over the last few years I’ve smoked a handful of strains from Blueprint or that have been on the Blueprint lineup but from other brands. Peaches was one of the strains at their Zalympix booth last weekend that is pretty new in the lineup, and this is the first time I’ve seen it on any of the local menus.
Grape Gas - Shmu the Canna Prophet house curation
This version of Grape Gas as flower is one of the most pungent grape aromas that have ever crossed the olfactory. The nugs are frankly not that pretty, and the structure is quite foxtail-y and the resin is caked all over the place, but once you blend this down it’s reasonably fresh and the scent really erupts.
Seabiscuit - Gotti x Deep East Oakland
The last time I smoked Deep East was two or three years ago and I was not impressed due to how unclean the smoke was. So far, everything I’ve smoked from Gotti has been of great quality and super smooth smoke, and this is not exception.
Z Face - Archive Portland
I’ve been seeing some small drops of flower from Archive hit menus like Astor Club over the last year. I’ve smoked Z Face a few times in hash but trying it for the first time as flower I see why it’s gotten so much attention
T-Bone - The TenCo.
We’ve been hearing for years that TenCo. had an incredible cut of Headbanger and that they grow it immaculate. This is not one of their living soil batches – it’s grown in coco – but some say that the diesel strains do better in inert media and hydro.
Sour Rainbowz - Tuna Melts 710
Maywood made some big waves a couple of years ago with Pomelo Anderson from their house brand Fioré, and they remain putting out products that actually give Cookies a good reputation. Sour Rainbowz is one of the six available from their most recent drop, and after trying it I could definitely see this brand becoming more popular in the Cali METRC scene.
Grape Z - Checks All Boxes
I’ve been a big advocate for people taking cool flower and branding it so people will remember where they got it, and Checks All Boxes is the epitome of that. Checks All Boxes is a curation brand run by the same group that does K Press, so the same palate chooses which flavors get the branding. Grape Z is exactly the level of flavor saturation I would expect from this brand, and frankly it’s more potent than I would’ve expected too.
Ravenite x Georgia Pie/Z - Gotti
Past offerings have been “good for [blank]” but this one is just really good.
Alaskan Crab Legs - The TenCo.
Alaskan Crab Legs is basically in the middle part of its R&D, where they're getting batches out there but it hasn't really been built into a product yet. When the strain arrived, it came in the white square corner bag that has a white UV label on the back rather than a die cut mylar like the Nishi I reviewed recently.
Gary P - Malek’s Melts
I first heard of Malek’s Melts a few months ago on one of my deep dives into Colorado rosins where I saw their delectable looking thumbprints and interesting flavors.