Northern Lights (at least the name) is a familiar strain that few potheads and regular folk have not heard before. We have looked at northern lights before but it’s been a long time and surprisingly we don’t come across it very often. Rated at 15-21% which is mid-high this bud is rated high and priced accordingly :D
Opening the bag we get a very SWEET, floral, PINEY smell (not as much as the sweetness) with quite a bit of the lemony acidic smell as well. Def a great and appetizing combination as you have to take into appreciation that it has a quite complex array of scents. Up close the buds have very long red hairs (which shows a lil’ care and love) with an overall nice mix of light green, some dark green, some strands of purple as well but if it’s not covered in red hairs it’s covered in crystals.
Tho dense, the buds are quite fluffy, easy to pull apart, and due to the fluffy-ness we get crystals down to the core giving it quite an illustrious shine. Peeling it apart we even see some STRANDS of red hairs poking out, showing how nice it growed / was dried so that it was a good mix of everything together. Broken apart the acidic smell almost burns the nostrils now which is quite different than our initial bag smell (almost no sweetness). Just burning, aciding, lemon-pledge (not chemical)/lemon-zest.
Grinding it up we see the red hairs give it a bit of a darker look overall but is still covered in shiny crystals. Squeezing it is very sticky (hand and to itself) leaving a bit of crystals between the fingers. The smell is even MORE acidic/lemony burning nostrils smell. Not the most unique smell but we haven’t really seen it at this strength (tho quite often).
Having tried it from the vape the taste def. takes you aback. Expecting the taste to match the smell (lemony/acidic) it was quite incorrect. At 185 we got a very food-like, skunky flavor (chinese-food taste). The longer we left it in the vaporizer we got a more PEPPERy taste. It left a bit of a string in the back of the throat and woke up the senses. This skunky, peppery, full-bodied flavor was def one of the most unique flavor combinations we’ve come across. Last time we had peppery like this was from OCS’s DNS Lemon strain ... whereas this one showed a more dominant SKUNKY + Peppery feel. As well even after the vape we’re already feeling the indica effects which is quite fast (as we dont usually get it till burning in the pipe) so we know it’s either a kick-in fast kinda strain or simply high THC.
Smoking from the pipe we’re left with a quite WHITE ash / light grey ash. This closely resembles our very smooth, white smoke that’s easy on the lungs and throat. We actually got quite a bit of that pepper taste pull through. The effects at first were a bit Hybrid-Sativa leaning but quickly leaned toward a heavy indica / body buzz / relaxed but still able to socialize and put you in a good mood (with a bit of cottonmouth). Not something I would personally smoke in the morning but something I could have as a nightcap even with guests.
Overall was greatly impressed and happy to see Northern Lights back in action. From a great smell out of the bag, unique colors and long red hairs, to the smooth and tasty smoke the strain performed well on all fronts. That unique lemon/skunky strain in the vape coupled with the pepper coming through the smoke really made it memorable and perhaps was one of the few times I quite enjoyed this lazier indica experience.
Light lemon smell followed by fairly strong diesel smell that seems to stick around. Decent size nugs for a 99er. Tasted more diesel than lemon but it burnt white ash and gave a strong sativa buzz. 8.5/10
I have to tell you I really enjoyed it and I am the kind of person that doesn’t typically get high from hash but after mixing it with some weed I was very high.
Grabbed this for $99 am surprised in the quality though says small buds but has a few 0.7 - 1 gram buds in there and not very much shake at all very potent smoke aswell. First time ordering from these guys I got a free preroll and pack of papers as gift and with a bowl for my bong (which came broken... but can’t complain about a gift eh?) the broken bowl would be my only complaint great service and product guys!!
BC
