Skookum

Modified Banana - GetSkookum - Nov 2021

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Whenever I see in the description that one of these Skoomum strains were grown by The Humble Gemini, I am putting it in my cart. Having had a number of their offerings in the past I consider their cannabis to be some of the most consistently impressive. Appearance: 9.1/10 - the buds in my tin were medium strawberry sized, meticulously hand trimmed and glitzed out nicely in trichomes. The cure is spot on, with a nice snap to the stem and a stickiness to the touch. Burns nicely to a light fluffy ash. Smell: 9.4/10 - very attractive to the nose with a sweet and creamy banana dessert aroma that is mixed with a gassy pungency. Flavour: 9.4/10 - sweet and creamy with a gassy spice, nicely expansive and smooth to exhale. High: 9.4/10 - for 17% THC this has a good bite to it. It maintains an effect that settles in behind the face and eyes at first and churns onward with a focused and calmed buzz. I’ve found this to be good to smoke any time. Overall: 9.3/10 - this is really great weed, I’m having a blast trying all these cultivars and talking about them. This one fits my requirements for good performance and unique/attractive flavours and aroma.

Nov 19, 2021

Headbanger - GetSkookum - Nov 2021

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Headbanger crosses Sour Diesel and Biker Rush. I consider this to be one of those “if you know, you know” strains. Ive had this a couple times prior and it always leaves me with eyebrows up, as one of my old colleagues used to say. Appearance: 8.8/10 - I will say that I am a fan of Skookum but have to be fair with the gradings. This one came in with a really nice cure but the buds were a bit smaller and a bit larfy. What saves its rating is that they are caked in trichomes and leave your fingers resinous and tacky after handling. They are bright and fresh in colour and perhaps the plant is not a dense cola producer, I believe this takes 11 weeks to flower. Smell: 9.4/10 - loud and gassy but in a sweeter, fresh grated ginger territory. Really alluring and powerful aroma, curious what its lab test said. Taste: 9.6/10 - Very impressive flavour endurance, it is flavourful from tip to roach with a sweet and creamy gassy flavour with a smooth inhale and resinous and expansive feel to the smoke. High: 9.5/10 - Hard charging and strong immediacy, it first builds with a humming pressure behind the eyes and face but settles into a stoney body melt. Nicely stimulating and focused, I enjoyed smoking this before a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class, as it left me in a present but creative state. Overall: 9.4/10 -This was a real performer, showed up to impress every single joint. Would get again if I see it online.

Nov 13, 2021

Grandaddy Grease - GetSkookum - Nov 2021

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There’s been a lot of character in the descriptions over at Skookum and I’ve been lured in once again. Touted as the original Grease pheno that started the craze, let’s see how she stacks up. Appearance: 9.7/10 - honestly I can only dock a couple points for some flat edges on the buds, in my picture of it in my hand is almost the full tin. So densely formed and tightly manicured, all the trichs left intact. Really attractive thick mountainous formations. Smell: 9.4/10 - loud, nutty and gassy, this smells like it would wreck you. Flavour: 9.6/10 - this smokes beautifully, skunky and gassy with toasted nuts, the flavour endures throughout an entire J. Very smooth and expansive/resinous smoke. High: 9.5/10 - very potent with exceptional immediacy. I am feeling it mid joint, calms racing thoughts and eases aches and pains with a body centric melt, great for a post workout or a late night content binge. Overall: 9.6/10 - this stuff is rude being as good as it is, gets me in all the right spots with a formidable slam. Would get again (& again)

Nov 05, 2021

Cookies & Cream - GetSkookum - Oct 2021

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The newsletter drew me into this one, with attractive genetics and a super alluring description, I was prepared for a flavourful experience. Appearance: 9.1/10 - attractive blends of colour, tightly manicured and cured to the standard you’d expect from Skookum. My pictures were taken in the light of my kitchen so they don’t do it proper justice, I’m thinking of getting a mini light tent. Smell: 9.6/10 - wow, you love to see strains that smell just like their name. This one smells literally like a cookies & cream bar, with that oreo wafer and white chocolate creaminess Flavour: 9.5/10 - following right through in the taste, it is all cookie and cream notes to smoke as well. Burns so clean to a white ash and is very smooth on the exhale. High: 9.3/10 - I was pretty surprised at the potency for this cultivar, this one hits me in all the right spots. Organizes my racing thoughts, soothes aching muscles and leaves me in a pleasantly uplifted euphoria. Overall: 9.4/10 - so glad I got this one, it really surprised me with its flavour and performance. Grab some while you can!

Oct 29, 2021

Cookies n Cream - GetSkookum - October 2021

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I don't know why I can't take decent pictures anymore... I tried, I swear. So I did Skookum kind of dirty here last week, though rightly so I think. Anyway, I bitched here but also reached out to them, and they offered me a replacement can. First off: their customer service is like 11/10. Super friendly, helpful, apologetic. Just top notch. They shipped this on Thursday and it arrived Monday morning, not bad for a 4000km journey. This stuff isn't as wowsers as the Octane visually, but it's clearly well-treated. Like others here, I don't like that the small tuna cans squish the bud. But at the same time, the parts that aren't squished are immaculate, and I feel like overall the cans probably protect the bud better just because they don't get jostled around in shipping. Sorry, I digress. Smell on this out of the can was great, but after a few days in a jar it's just awesome. Sweet, creamy cookie terps, but with a nutty, kind of earthy backdrop. They're so loud and so delicious. The taste (in a joint) is kind of a curveball cause the earthy/nutty dank bits come through more than the sweet cookies. I kind of missed the sweetness at first but after smoking this all week it's really grown on me. Burn is smooth and even, with a fluffy grey ash. This is the smoke I was expecting from the Octane. The buzz is pretty upbeat. Hybrid but creative and energetic, uplifting. For me this is a great daytime/early evening smoke. Overall I had a pretty disappointing introduction to Skookum, but they made it right, and their second attempt was on the nose. Their stuff is pricey as fuck, but based on this experience I feel like you get what you pay for. Sealed can wrapped in tissue paper in a branded box, boveda included. Not something I'd order every month, but definitely a "treat yourself" kind of purchase.

Oct 23, 2021

White Sumo - GetSkookum - Oct 2021

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Nice review. Always enjoy Skookum. I wish more reviews would include an ash pic.

Oct 19, 2021

Octane - GetSkookum - October 2021

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Didn't really wanna do this but I figure it's a necessary pubic service. Was super stoked to try out skookum, despite the exorbitant prices. (For the uninitiated this is $150 a half without discounts). Order took two weeks to arrive (CP's fault, not Skookum) so I was pretty antsy by the time it finally got here. Cracked the can and wow.... What a beauty. Beautiful buds and these gassy, dank, cakey terps. It actually smells a lot like the KK/TQF cut of Dosi. At this point I'm thinking, wow this stuff might actually be worth the money. (Other than the fact that the cans are too small and the bud is a bit squished.) So I go to roll up a joint, and when I open my grinder there's an immature seed sitting in the pile of weed I just ground. I sift through the rest, don't see any seed pieces, so I roll it up and light up. Immediate burnt popcorn aroma. The ash is dark and falling apart. Great. So I rolled up another one. This time checking the buds as I break them up. No visible seeds. So I pop the pieces in the grinder, grind it up, and immediately find chunks of broken seed. So I open the second can, at which point I find the bud with the seed pod crater on the outside. So I break up that bud, don't find any other seeds. It smokes okay. Kind of tasty, but still with a dark ash and a "hot" taste. Attempt number four is where I found my first mature seed (and another immature one). Again, I poked around like a truffle pig, looking for other seeds. Didn't find any. But again that joint burns dark and doesn't taste very good. I would be disappointed by this experience at any price point, but for $150 a half I'm pretty disgusted. Although I do have to laugh that this came from a company whose motto is "the truth is in the burn" lol. At least they got that part right - just not how they intended.

Oct 13, 2021

Animal Face - GetSkookum- September 2021

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Animal Face has probably emerged as one of my new favourites, alongside Mint Choc Chip and Ice Cream Cake, when grown well it never fails to disappoint. This is maybe the nicest example I've had to date and I'm very stoked to review. Appearance: 9.6/10 - Big chunky pieces in my tin, expertly cured, bright mantis green and violet hues and completely caked in frost. The cure is on point, touching the buds leaves your fingers oily and resinous. Smell: 9.5/10 - Captivating to the senses, I get creamy meringue-like dessert alongside sweet gas, lacquered wood and aniseed. Flavour: 9.6/10 - Strong flavour endurance from tip to roach, the creamy dessert notes and gas are most prominently featured. Very smooth but expansive. High: 9.7/10 - A heavyweight in the effects department, this one hits me in all the places I need. Calms and aligns my racing thoughts while providing a soothing pain relief and buzzing stoniness throughout the body. Also I've identified this as sexytime weed, puts me and my partner in the mood, big time. Overall: 9.6/10 - This is a must-try in my opinion, I'm hoping to get another tin of it before it's gone. Burns to a nearly white ash with a grease ring, can osoto gari you to the mat if you trifle with it, but also provides a really present and engaged stone that is great for connection.

Sep 29, 2021

Black Mamba - GetSkookum- Sept 2021 ?

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Does getskookum have a coupon?

Sep 24, 2021

Mandarin Cookies - GetSkookum - Sept 2021

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Mandarin Cookies has a name that just calls to you, and Cal from support tipped me off that the buds in here are a sight to behold. I am truly getting spoiled with the level of quality that Skookum has been putting out, this was no exception. Appearance: 9.7/10 - Wild looking and huge alien-esque buds, flourished with purples and blues and coated in trichomes while the calyxes are densely formed. My tin was no more than 6 pieces. Tightly trimmed and a true quad in every sense. Smell: 9.2/10 - Aged wood, perfumy citrus and cream comprise the aroma, has a bit of an attic-like quality. Flavour: 9.4/10 - Nicely expansive while smooth on the exhale (burns to a nearly white ash) where it imparts a doughy sweet, citrus & spice flavour. Very enjoyable to smoke. High: 9.4/10 - This is a versatile smoke that I would enjoy about any time of day. A bit of cerebral snappiness while a sense of well-being pervades you. Great for mood enhancement or tackling the daily minutiae with a bleary-eyed grin. Overall: 9.4/10 - These buds are insane looking, grown insanely well, and it performs well in a joint. Very stoked to have the opportunity to smoke Skookum, they've done me good so far.

Sep 24, 2021