GG4  x Cookies - Blueprint
Flower, Cali, Large Facility, Value, Blueprint, DC Source Michael Blickstein Flower, Cali, Large Facility, Value, Blueprint, DC Source Michael Blickstein

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.

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Permanent Zangria - Wizard Trees
Flower, Cali, Large Facility, Value, Wizard Trees, DC Source Michael Blickstein Flower, Cali, Large Facility, Value, Wizard Trees, DC Source Michael Blickstein

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.

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Peaches - Blueprint
Flower, Cali, Large Facility, Value, Blueprint, DC Source Michael Blickstein Flower, Cali, Large Facility, Value, Blueprint, DC Source Michael Blickstein

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.

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Grape Gas - Shmu the Canna Prophet house curation
Flower, Nevada, Large Facility, Shmu Michael Blickstein Flower, Nevada, Large Facility, Shmu Michael Blickstein

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.

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Sour Rainbowz - Tuna Melts 710
Hash, Rosin, Cali, Premium, Large Facility, Branded, Terpy Dabber Michael Blickstein Hash, Rosin, Cali, Premium, Large Facility, Branded, Terpy Dabber Michael Blickstein

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.

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Grape Z - Checks All Boxes
Flower, Oregon, Large Facility, Soil, Checks All Boxes Michael Blickstein Flower, Oregon, Large Facility, Soil, Checks All Boxes Michael Blickstein

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.

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Alaskan Crab Legs - The TenCo.
Flower, Cali, Premium, Large Facility, Branded, The TenCo., Terpy Dabber Michael Blickstein Flower, Cali, Premium, Large Facility, Branded, The TenCo., Terpy Dabber Michael Blickstein

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.

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