For $180, this is pretty perfect.

Looks fantastic, smells nice and earthy/musty. Taste is about as expected with a chocolatey-earthy flavour. Nugs are medium to largish; the one pictured was 3.79g. Still fresh ans squishy, no crumbliness at all.

High is sedating for a sativa-...dominant hybrid, but does give strange little boosts that annoyingly fade away right about in the middle of the thing they inspired you to do. Also helps to ease into a nice sleep, so more an afternoon evening weed, where I was hoping for a morning sativa.

Nonetheless, this is good stuff at this price, and I probably wouldn't have complained if it was a little more expensive, either. Solid 4/5 stuff.
See More

This first dropped in Feb or March I believe, but I got the re-up batch as part of their 4/20 promo and I'm pretty sure this will end up being my favourite of what we tried from this source in April

Listed as the sativa-dominant offspring of Sour Diesel x Blackberry x White Widow x an... unknown Thai sativa, this Crown Chakra arrived slightly dry but with a pronounced nose that is woody, musky and herbal, with an underlying sweetness in the jar. Really attractive, highly resinous medium nugs that came in chunky, funky shapes - I felt horrible about breaking these nugs down. Found this fairly smooth and quite flavourful along the same lines as its aroma, though it's a bit harder to describe all of the sour and fruity notes on this, likely 9 Enjoyment score

Would describe the experience as an uplifting but slightly stony/foggy cerebral buzz that builds and builds over time before descending as physical relaxation and improved appetite, with a tiny bit of burnout.. I happened to try/review this alongside some Violet Vixen from the same source, and I found that hybrid to be more heady and uplifting, with this Crown Chakra feeling more like a balanced strain between the two

Excited to get to know this better over time, but have really enjoyed photographing this cultivar while getting acclimated to new equipment - kudos to the grower + source for getting such beautiful flowers to us with minimal signs of handling

Expected 416 Database Score: 89-92 AAAA

Full Disclosure: Subsequent to our reviews, we are humbled that Kootenay Craft has become one of our approved charitable sponsors. Please visit our Community Resources page for more details – 416 Strains is committed to grading every cultivar objectively for our Canadian cannabis database.
See More

Arriving as a giant purple nug with long bright orange pistils plus some smaller nugs to complete the weight, this Woolly Mammoth (LA Confidential x Snowcap) has a modest aroma of woody, slightly berry-sweetened baked goods in the jar.. Not super loud, but its nose has grown on me over time
...r/>Flavour-wise, this begins mostly woody, musky before settling into an unexceptional earthy sweetness with surprising splashes of berries and baked goods at the end.. In terms of the experience, this balanced cultivar turns out to be right up my alley as a euphoric experience that hits fairly quickly before slowly subsiding into some physical relaxation, more heady than I was expecting which is always appreciated. Overall I think I enjoy the experience more than the flavour profile on this one, solid daytimer

Always a pleasure photographing beautiful purple buds as well - the colours really jump out in the macro images, really glad to have experienced this cultivar

Expected 416 Database Score: 87-90 AAAA-

Full Disclosure: This is a donated product that will result in 7g of flower being gifted by 416 Strains towards our Cannabis for Good initiative. Subsequent to our reviews, we are humbled that Kootenay Craft has become one of our approved charitable sponsors. Please visit our Community Resources page for more details – 416 Strains is committed to grading every cultivar objectively for our Canadian cannabis database.
See More

Hempstar is an all time great that I grew up on. Famous OG strain that I had to grab for 420 to help me reminisce of the good ole days. 17 years ago... I was smoking this strain all through high school and for many many years after. It was the go to for quads where I grew up. You couldn’t get it a...ll the time but when you did all your friends knew what was up.

This stuff from Kootenay craft is an absolutely perfect representation of the strain. Bag apeal to the max, as usual for hempstar and KC. Huge nugs with crazy light green and an even more yellow colour inside, multiple layers of trichromes throughout!

High: love hempstar high it’s so relaxing and focusing the perfect combo! Really helps take the edge off at the start of the day and lowers my anxiety and stress. This strain is high to medium high potency that won’t burn you out hard.

Burn: this weed burns clean and it’s got an amazing cure to it. Still sticky and fresh. Burns slow with a smooth exhale.

Taste: this tastes like the early 2000’s to me but more pronounced for sure!! Amazing way to reminisce on the wonderful and dank hazy terps of this all time OG.
See More

This arrived as a giant, chunky nug and a small nug to complete the weight, pretty caked all over despite a seed (more below) and noticeably better humidity than most of what we've tried from this source. The strain is completely new to me, but the source has ”Jupiter 7” listed as being a ph...enotypic variation of Jupiter OG (Chemdawg 4 x Goliath)

In the jar, I'd describe its nose as being earthy/piney, kush and sour, while still retaining a bit of gassy sweetness. Very terpy

The experience mostly matches, with some woody/chemmy notes early that settle into a pungent gas-dominant experience, with a little bit of harshness about halfway unfortunately.. Then concludes as a refined, 'roasted' earthy/kushy sweetness that is quite smooth. Definitely one for gas lovers

This was my favourite of what we tried from this source last month despite the premie seed (2nd, 3rd pics) on the large nug - shouts to the growers who helped me take a look, as none of us were really sure what those tiny square/leaf shaped orange/yellow attachments to some of the trichome gland heads are (1st pic).. From photographing other flowers, my guess was that it was pollen - but again, nobody so far has seemed sure or had regular experience with viewing buds at 2-4x magnification

Pretty solid potency so far as a stoney relaxant that hits up top first before settling into general relaxation.. Makes me lazier but not sedated, which isn't too different from many of the OG Kush family of strains

(From some recent experiences, would say the quality of seeded flower can range quite a bit, depending on when the plant switches over to providing for seeds vs flower)

Expected 416 Database Score: 88-91 AAAA-

________________

Full Disclosure: This is a donated product that will result in 7g of flower being gifted by 416 Strains towards our Cannabis for Good initiative. Subsequent to our reviews, we are humbled that Kootenay Craft has become one of our approved charitable sponsors. Please visit our Community Resources page for more details – 416 Strains is committed to grading every cultivar objectively for our Canadian cannabis database.
See More