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The Shiver
02-13-2005, 08:12 PM
I have recently gotten a good hook-up for KB and I thought I'd start critiqueing the differant strains I have smoke thus far. If any of you have ever read the "Smokes Guide To Amsterdam" website it'll be in that style. I'll include the link at the bottom of this page since you guys should look through it. To me, it is the definitive guide on strains that are common in Amsterdam.

First strain:
"G-13" x Skunk x Shiska Berry

Cost: $65 for an 1/8, weighed out just a tad over if I remember correctly.

Appearance: Whispy, jutting greenery with alot of orange and red hairs. Trichromes are very visible and cover the bud. As I broke it up I noticed the there were many crystals on my fingers. This stuff would definatly produce some good Keif. I basically got two long buds that were about the length of my pinky. Then a small bud and a bit of shake.

Smell: Fruity, very fruity. Smelled like Fruit Punch that was a little heavy on cherries. Then asyou take your nose away from the bag you can definatly smell the strong skunk part of this stuff. When it burned you could smell kind of an Earthy, musty smell.

Taste: Tasted like berries with a very slight hint of citrus. This is definatly the best tasting strain I've had yet.

Effects: This stuff must defiantly be Sativa in genotype. I wanted to go out and play a game of basketball or spar with someone despite the fact that it was 30 degress and icy outside. I'll have to smoke some of this stuff and go to my local rec center for a game of 4 on 4 soon. This gear really puts your brain in over-drive.

Solaris

Cost: $55 for an Eighth. The price for "normal" KB around here. It's basically more potent then schwag and doesn't have seeds.

Appearance: Bright green with a decent amount of hairs. No trichromes. This stuff has probably been sifted before and stripped of all the goodies that can be made into Keif.

Smell: Nothing special really. Slight smell of pine and also the smell of one of those lint sheets from a dryer. Probably due to being recently transported.

Taste: Had somewhat of a licorice-esqe taste. Once again, nothing really out of the ordinary.

Effects: This stuff actually kinda caught me by suprise. I smoked a bowl of this stuff with my friend Chad and we we're playing Halo2. I noticed that my periphreal vision was very blurry and a couldn't wipe the grin off my face. It wasn't exactly an uplifting high but I didn't feel too zoinked out to move. I smoked a clove and that's when I started feeling a little but more glued to my chair. I dropped that heavy ass X-Box controller a few times, just out of the blue. Overall, I liked the high and I felt great with this stuff.

Brazillian Fire

Cost: $60 for an 1/8th, exactly 3.5 grams.

Appearance: Dark and nuggy with alot of fuzzy hairs and visible trichromes. This stuff looks like pieces of popcorny heaven.

Smell: Fruity, but that's because I put a small slice of Lemon in the jar with this stuff. It originally had a fruity smell but the lemon really set it off. It's kinda like chopping up a bunch of fruit and putting it in a bowl then smelling it.

Taste: This stuff doesn't taste like it smells, that's for sure. This stuff tastes straight up like chemicals. I had to take a drink of water but this stuff kinda tasted tart, definatly something I didn't expect.

Effects: Couchlock, just straight up couchlock. I couldn't move and I was compleatly content being where I was. Sitting on my couch instinctively switching channels until I found ESPN News. It pretty much didn't change after I saw some highlights of the Dunk contest tonight. I'm still really blizted and I realized I didn't write the review last night. This gear had me on my ass and in a daze. Good stuff though.

Antique Sativa

Cost: I bought an 1/8th, one gram of this, a Gram of Kahuna and a gram and a half of regular KB. It's ran me $65 but it was well worth it.

Appearance: Long skinny bud with small leafy things all over. In between there was alot of hairs but not much on the trichrome action.

Smell: I think that name fits it pretty well. This stuff smells pretty musty with a hint of spice to it. Once you grind this stuff up the must smell is heavily magnified, it seems to over power whatever spice smell there was to it.

Taste: I couldn't really taste this stuff since I had a cold. My friend said it did taste kinda spicy, like a really small drop of tobasco on his tounge. He was high though so I don't know if he was just BSin.

Effects: Couchlock. Wow, after a spliff of this stuff it felt like my face was melting. After staring at the T.V. for what seemed like years I had a crazy hankering for Burger King. I settled for homemade pizza though. This stit was definatly a heavy Sativa.

Kahuna

Cost: See above.

Appearance: Fat bud that was pretty solid and had lotsa fuzzy hairs all over the buds. I couldn't tell if they were trichromes, they didn't dust off like trichromes so I assume they were hairs. This stuff had a very deep green hue to it. Like mid-summer grass. Nice and sticky too. I could pick the bud up if I pressed down on it well enough.

Smell: PineSol anyone? The only thing this stuff smelled like was pine. It was crazy, I had to take a few more sniffs just to make sure someone wasn't fucking with me. Puzzling but I'm down with unique smelling weed. That can mean it's really good.

Taste: Pine/Chemical. When this stuff burned it gave off a thick strong smelling smoke. I hope no one sprayed something on this bud during the growing or transportation. The smoke didn't burn my lungs or anything so hopefully that's a good sign.

Effects: This gear had a very subtle high. Buzzing in the back of my head and lights seemed much brighter. I didn't feel strung out or anything but this stuff had me buzzing pretty good. I seemed to catch myself really getting into Halo 2 when I was smokin this stuff though.

Northen Light X Kahuna

Cost: Normall $70 for an 1/8 but I got it for $60 because it measured out to 2.7 grams which is a tad short.

Appearance: Several medium sized nuggets, whole shitload of trichromes and hairs. The greens were kind of dull colored. This stuff just looks great. Not much to say, wish I had a pic of this stuff.

Smell: This stuff smells like the bomb. When it's not cut up it smells fruity. I took some put it in a medicene bottle and cut it up with some scissors. This stuff smelled like pixie sticks. Strong fruity smell.

Taste: This stuff tasted like sugary fruit. The smoke was very smooth on my throat and the fruit taste lingered in the back of my throat for quite a while. I've never had bud with this defined of a taste. Usually bud tastes like a mix of many things but this stuff was definatly fruity. Best tasteing weed I've ever had.

Effects: This is the best bud I've ever had. To me, this stuff was my pinnacle of a high. It had a great balanced of being stoned but still buzzing and wanting to do something. I felt like I wanted to go play some basketball with this stuff but I'd probably just have fallen on my ass if I tried. This is easily the best bud I've smoked.

Here's the link I was talking about earlier: http://www.smokersguide.com

Until then, happy toking. :)

boo berry
02-13-2005, 08:42 PM
This thread really sparks my interest. Keep posting more strains! Voted +

Ikonoclast
02-13-2005, 11:56 PM
Vo+ed & Archived.

Soul Rebel
02-14-2005, 03:26 AM
This is a beautiful start to a wonderful thread. I'm looking foward to future updates. I'll definately be dropping by this thread often. Voting and rating.

The Shiver
02-14-2005, 08:57 AM
Update: I'm definatly going to be putting another review up on Wednesday. I'm trying to decide between Sliver Haze and Green Thumb. Both are $60 for an Eighth. So, I want you guys to decide. Which one would you like to see me crituique next? I'll take the votes into consideration but if my hook-up runs out I'll just get what sounds good.

ootdude
02-14-2005, 09:08 PM
Any chance of adding photo's to you're critiques, preferably of the shit you actually got, instead of from a website describing it?

Soul Rebel
02-14-2005, 10:23 PM
My vote goes to Green Thumb... so wait...are you personally writing out these reviews or just copy and pasting them from another website?

The Shiver
02-14-2005, 10:42 PM
My vote goes to Green Thumb... so wait...are you personally writing out these reviews or just copy and pasting them from another website?


Any chance of adding photo's to you're critiques, preferably of the shit you actually got, instead of from a website describing it?

No, I'm not copy and pasting anything from a website. The only thing that is copied is the style that I tell it in pertaining to the differant categories I use to describe the bud (appearence, smell, taste, effects.) Other then that everything is 100% original and is from my experiance with the respective strains. I smoke all of the bud I put up and although I regret not having a digital camera because my 16 year old sister lost it at a dance party. The old camera was only 1 Megapixel and wouldn't have been able to even capture the color of the greenery let alone the abundance of trichromes and hairs. It would have looked like a glob, to be honest.

If this becomes more successful, you all have my word that I will look into a digital camera that I can get good shots of the bud. For now, I guess your going to have to take my word whether you believe it or not. If you don't, come to Iowa and I'll get ya' blazed on some Nuggz. :p

P.S.- Keep the votes coming!!!!!!!!!!!

ootdude
02-14-2005, 10:53 PM
I didn't mean to insinuate you took this from a website. I just meant that I wanted to see some pictures of these buds that aren't all gussied up to look good on a website/magazine. Just find a friend with one or get yourself a camera so that I can see these nuggets in their true form.

The Shiver
02-14-2005, 10:58 PM
Ok, I'll see what I can do. My friend Chad should have a good digital camera and he usually comes with me to our mutual friend/dealer's house. I'd love to take pics of some of this bud for you guys and I defaintly would if I had a camera but I'll see what I can do.

And, I didn't want to come off as condescending or anything. This thread had probably been one of my better posts in D&B so I wanted to defend myself against anyone who might want to say that I'm ripping. It's all good though, I'm one to often make ambiguous statements during coversation and such as well. No worries.

NOW VOTE!!!! :D

n00dle
02-15-2005, 02:42 AM
hey i posted this earlier but some admin keeps on taking all my stuff down... i guess he doesnt like me. I just wanted to know about the hybrid "white russian" i want to get some info on it because i am looking to try it and if i get a cannabid club hook up it would be what i would ask for. It is AK and white widow so please if you have any information on it, hook it up because i want to know

Soul Rebel
02-15-2005, 03:02 AM
No, I'm not copy and pasting anything from a website. The only thing that is copied is the style that I tell it in pertaining to the differant categories I use to describe the bud (appearence, smell, taste, effects.) Other then that everything is 100% original and is from my experiance with the respective strains. I smoke all of the bud I put up and although I regret not having a digital camera because my 16 year old sister lost it at a dance party. The old camera was only 1 Megapixel and wouldn't have been able to even capture the color of the greenery let alone the abundance of trichromes and hairs. It would have looked like a glob, to be honest.

If this becomes more successful, you all have my word that I will look into a digital camera that I can get good shots of the bud. For now, I guess your going to have to take my word whether you believe it or not. If you don't, come to Iowa and I'll get ya' blazed on some Nuggz. :p

P.S.- Keep the votes coming!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, cool. I had the feeling that you were writing them yourself but the guy that posted after me said something about you just gettin info from another site or something like that, and I was a bit confused. Looking foward to your next update.

The Shiver
02-15-2005, 09:04 AM
hey i posted this earlier but some admin keeps on taking all my stuff down... i guess he doesnt like me. I just wanted to know about the hybrid "white russian" i want to get some info on it because i am looking to try it and if i get a cannabid club hook up it would be what i would ask for. It is AK and white widow so please if you have any information on it, hook it up because i want to know

I've never heard of 'White Russian' in regards to a strain but I'll keep my eye out for it. Sounds like an interesting blend, AK is supposed to hit you hard and White Widow supposedly produces a dreamy high where your just kind of in this hazy state. Personally, I'd like to try both individually then see what the hybrid is like. I've smoked AK before and it definatly lived up to the hype. I haven't had the chance to get my hands on some White Widow but I definatly hope my friend gets some in.

The Shiver
02-18-2005, 08:54 PM
A new strain will be up tonight. I'm going to pick up an 1/8th of Brazillian Fire. I tried to get the Greenthumb but my friend ran out so he said he could hook this stuff up for $60. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get pictures immediatly but if I smoke out with my friend Chad I'll use his digital camera and put up some bud shots.

note: Sorry bout the double post. :D

The Shiver
02-19-2005, 11:06 PM
Updated as of February 19th. Brazillian Fire added. Enjoy!

M Dizzle
02-20-2005, 04:54 PM
Not to knock your thread or anything, but im pretty sure none of the strains you have critiqued already are real. They are probably just names that whoever is selling it to you made up. Marc Emery has pretty much every strain known to man, and those arent on his site. The only strain with a real name is Silver Haze, which I know well. Ive grown it many times personally. White Russian is also a known strain. Even that smokers guide has none of those other strains listed.

http://www.emeryseeds.com/search.html

Im sorry to hear you are paying so much per 8th, as an 8th should never exced 50$, 60$+ is unreal.

The only G-13 strain ive ever grown is Mr. Nice, which is G-13 x Hash Plant, and it was very nice to say the least. There is only one other known G-13 strain, known as the Mk-Ultra. Which is G-13 crossed with O.G. Kush. So unless you know the grower is breeding his own strains, I would not believe him. To clear up the myth of the G-13 here is a quote from the marc emery page. Do a search for G-13 to find out for yourself.

"The G13 is an outstanding pure Indica cutting reputedly discovered by the U.S.government research program in Mississippi. Crossed with the Hash Plant it produces one of the best indoor hybrids that unfortunately was only available in the late '80s. Now the Sensi Seed Bank is very proud to have this hybrid in production again and to bring it on the market labeled as "Mr. Nice". This is in honor of Howard Marks, an Oxford graduate, who became one of the biggest Marihuana smugglers of our time. After spending years in an American Penitentiary, Howard released his autobiography, "Mr. Nice" and now spends his time promoting the normalisation of Cannabis. If you like a solid and resinous bud with a "double Indica" hashish taste and aroma, it is time to go for the Mr.Nice G13 x Hashplant. "

dankotron3000
02-20-2005, 05:11 PM
Not to knock your thread or anything, but im pretty sure none of the strains you have critiqued already are real.

I was trying to hold back on saying the same. Most "strains" you get are just names your dealer slaps on. Products with a nice sounding name sell better. Unless you know the grower directly, there's no way to be sure of anything you get, and weed dealers universally make up names for their weed.

M Dizzle
02-20-2005, 06:04 PM
I was trying to hold back on saying the same. Most "strains" you get are just names your dealer slaps on. Products with a nice sounding name sell better. Unless you know the grower directly, there's no way to be sure of anything you get, and weed dealers universally make up names for their weed.

Yeah you got that right. I used to make up names as well, back in the day, and people would love it that it had a name, even if the weed wasnt that good.

The Shiver
02-20-2005, 06:25 PM
Yeah, thanks for shitting all over my thread guys. I try to make a good contribution to D&B and you guys fuck it up. Well sorry, but I'm gonna keep posting them and if you don't like it then just don't read the thread. The names of each strain might not be accurate but my reviews are, the content is 100% original and I have smoked distinctly seperate types of KB, there's no question that each time I've bought bud that they are all seperate kinds because of the differances in appearance, armoa and the effects.

Now about the G-13, I just have to say, NO SHIT. Obviously it's not the REAL G-13, doesn't take rocket science to figure that out. Dealers just use something like that as a selling point but that doesn't change the fact that it was some good bud.

Fact is I'm going to keep posting each type of KB I get, I just buy it and my dealer tell me the name. I bought some more today, Kahuna, Antique Sativa and an un-named type. I'll be putting up reviews on each.

dankotron3000
02-20-2005, 06:26 PM
Yeah, thanks for shitting all over my thread guys. I try to make a good contribution to D&B and you guys fuck it up. Well sorry, but I'm gonna keep posting them and if you don't like it then just don't read the thread. The names of each strain might not be accurate but my reviews are, the content is 100% original and I have smoked distinctly seperate types of KB, there's no question that each time I've bought bud that they are all seperate kinds because of the differances in appearance, armoa and the effects.

Now about the G-13, I just have to say, NO SHIT. Obviously it's not the REAL G-13, doesn't take rocket science to figure that out. Dealers just use something like that as a selling point but that doesn't change the fact that it was some good bud.

Fact is I'm going to keep posting each type of KB I get, I just buy it and my dealer tell me the name. I bought some more today, Kahuna, Antique Sativa and an un-named type. I'll be putting up reviews on each.


That's fine, I just thought it should be noted that the names don't necessarily mean anything. Nobody is shitting all over your thread, we're providing facts.

M Dizzle
02-20-2005, 06:28 PM
Hey I wasnt trying to shit on it, just point out the truth. But honestly I like reading stuff like this, and hearing about other peoples experiences so please do go on with your critiques, and im going 2 vote+ for your post anyway. Happy smoking!!!

The Shiver
02-20-2005, 08:27 PM
Thanks guys, I realize I may have over reacted a bit but it's hard to tell over the net sometimes.

The Shiver
03-14-2005, 11:10 PM
Updated with 4 new strains. March 14. Until I get more hours at work I won't be doing as many strains unless I smoke with my friends. My friend told me that his KB hookup has some 'Trainwreck,' if I get a good paycheck I might pick up some but I'm not sure if I will.

Soul Rebel
03-15-2005, 01:37 AM
Yes! Another update! Keep it going, and good job.

Dc
03-15-2005, 02:09 AM
Pretty thorough reviews of each. I've never had the vocabulary needed to describe a particular variety, and I'm always interested in how others manage it. The breed "title" thing others have mentioned will probably always be an issue in question for serious weed connoisseurs except maybe in Holland or somewhere like that where the breeds are carefully documented and remain pure after the hybrids are developed. I've heard the words "skunk" and "hydro" used falsely so many times that I rarely accept them as valid remarks anymore unless they come from an obviously seasoned (and skeptical) smoker with adequate connections to people in the know. The prices you quoted are high enough that these might, indeed, be authentic hybrids produced by skilled horticulturists, though. Could also mean that 2 or 3 too many people have laid hands on them, and the greed factor is always an issue. Cool post, at any rate.

thealmightyperez
03-15-2005, 03:08 PM
I feel more educated on weed already. Thanks.

Frumpix
03-15-2005, 03:27 PM
good content.
Warned: Mar 22, 2005 12:03 PM by Ikonoclast for "Poor Post"

pinkeyedjim
03-22-2005, 03:52 PM
I just got back from Amsterdam and had the opportunity to try quite a few strains not listed here, would you like me to add my critiques to your post or start my own?

Ikonoclast
03-22-2005, 04:05 PM
I just got back from Amsterdam and had the opportunity to try quite a few strains not listed here, would you like me to add my critiques to your post or start my own?
I would appreciate if we kept all the strain critiques in one thread. I'm sure that The Shiver will have no problem with your collaboration.

The Shiver
03-22-2005, 08:43 PM
By all means, PM or AIM me with your critiques and I'll put them in the first post. Remember to put them in the same format, makes it more attractive and readable. I'll put your name with the ones that you do as well.