Afghani Bullrider would be loved by enthusiasts if they could find it as easily as Kush. Dense AB buds will not release their beautiful silken hashish aroma until busted, but then they stink up a room something fierce with an exceedingly pleasant exotic, erotic smell. Afghani Bullrider produces an awesome and extravagant hardy toke. The flavor has plenty of depth to it, and its smooth, earthy tones blend perfectly with the hash-y taste. Afghani Bullrider pain relief is top notch without too much of a mental thud. I didn’t lose my mental focus after a session. It made sitting in a chair much easier to the point where I was glued to my office chair happily getting tasks done. It is an excellent couch-locker with long lasting effects, stellar taste, stone and aroma.
Alien Dawg is a heavy indica without much distinguishable odor. The Cali Connection has bred their landrace Afghani (referred to as Alien Technology) with ChemDawg, and the stone definitely takes after the Afghani, providing a very sedate, heavy, couch-locking indica effect. Its lack of smell can be easily overlooked because it has a deadly taste and buzz. If you’re lucky you will catch a whiff of a flat, earthy Afghani aroma, but don’t be surprised if you don’t smell anything at all. The smoke starts out very hash-y, then becomes an acidic bite. The wonderful Chem-style bite lingers while you’re comfortably numb; exactly what you would expect given its ganja genetics. This makes Alien Dawg a great choice for people with chronic pain problems. The sleepy quality is wonderful late at night, meaning this strain has two fantastic medicinal marijuana traits. Alien Dawg’s taste is purely from the ChemDawg lineage, and combined with the effects, it’s perfect for an after dinner, “got-nothing-to-do-but-kick-back-and-unwind-after-a-difficult-day” session. Resistance to its overpowering downward effects will be futile. It’s totally toking out of this world.
Alien Kush’s toke must be from another planet. Kush genetics have been treated with some extraterrestrial wizardry to create this stoner standout. It has a wonderful down-to-earth taste and a vibe that is somewhere between Hindu Kush and Purple Kush. Anticipate spacing out for a few hours and losing track of time, just as if you’ve been abducted. It’s Alien Kush’s best feature: suddenly you’re jolted from your spaciness wondering where the last two or three hours went. Did I just sit here staring off at the walls listening to my own voice or did aliens beam me up to their fantastical spaceship and test my cannabinoid levels? Before now, sightings have mainly been along Cali’s west coast, but now Alien Kush is starting to get spotted in the rest of North America, too. In the words of Fox Mulder, “I want to believe!”
The combination of many cannabis strains in a single joint is commonly referred to as a salad, and Ambrosia truly is a stoner salad. It’s an equal balance between God Bud, an indica and a Burmese sativa, with an aroma leaning more towards God Bud – so much so that the first toke got me thinking I’d picked up some God Bud nugs. Ambrosia is a relaxing, clear headed, thought-provoking kind of toke, and video gamers report that Ambrosia is fantastic for long online sessions. Fascinatingly, I found my second vapor bag to be much more flavorful, dense and astonishing than the first. The beyond solid Ambrosia nugs have an incredible heft to them and should make a plopping sound on the scale when weighed. Ambrosia is wonderful weed with enough couch-lock and alertness to keep potheads pleased while playing.
There are a growing number of cannabis Cheese varieties, with all of them gaining much love for their pungent, astringent aromas. According to folklore, the original Cheese was discovered in a pack of Sensi Seeds’ Skunk #1. Due to its unique flavor it was kept as a clone only – slowly growing more and more legendary – until seed breeders began to offer their own versions. Amsterdam Cheese, with its softer tastes than the original Cheese, more closely resembles UK Cheese than Exodus Cheese. I acquired all three during the same strain hunt to create my own Cheese-y comparisons. Amsterdam Cheese is easier on your taste buds and the buzz doesn’t last as long as the UK or Exodus varieties. It’s a moderate indica stone, but nothing spectacular. There’s some noticeable mild and mellow effects, but professionals will not be impressed. The aggressive taste is spot on Cheese, but kind of generic – like a watered down example of UK Cheese. Amsterdam Cheese is the spray cheese of these strains – the generic or “no name” brand of the Cheese varieties. Seek something more exotic when it comes to Cheeses.
You’ll be able to really distinguish Apollo 11 from the smells wafting from her. The aroma is soft lemon, but doesn’t explode into a beautiful stink when busted, which is kind of disappointing. Apollo 11 is a zippy “get-up-and-go” booster rocket of energy that is great for your morning wake and bake. However, it’s not a smooth buzz, but a distracting, hard to focus weed wallop. Too much will for sure send you on a space-y trip beyond the moon. Unlike other sativa strains with their wonderful flavors, there’s little noticeable in the taste department here, making it a challenge in a blind toker taste test. However, it does have an awesome, long lasting flight. Apollo 11 buds should be incredibly dense, glistening with crystals and specked with little red hairs. The strain appears and grows like an indica, but the buzz is all sativa. An awesome choice for sativa lovers if high is more important than taste.
A delightfully unique smelling strain, especially for an indica, Apollo Snow has everything that professional potheads seek in a stone. The smell is loud and proud with a Cinderella 99-esque flavor that’s more than impressive. These two traits and the appearance of the curiously compact buds may confuse some tokers into believing Apollo Snow is a soaring space-y sativa, but it isn’t. Well... it kind of is. The buzz is very physically grounding while your mind becomes intensely introspective. After inhaling Apollo Snow you might even find yourself watching paint dry because a doobie of this strain will have you daydreaming all day long. It’s really easy to lose track of time after a session and only when Apollo Snow’s long lasting stone wears down will you discover that your mind has been floating in space for hours.
When pummeled by your grinder, Atomic Haze releases a surprising and spicy berrylicious aroma that is similar to Northern Lights #5. I was thrown off a little when I busted the light, fluffy buds for my morning session, thinking someone slipped me an indica instead of a sativa, but it was fantastic for my wake and bake. Atomic Haze is loaded with a mental get-up-and-go, but also has a strong couch-locking sensation that is difficult to break out of. The soaring, creative high is a fascinating combination of the heady Haze and relaxed Northern Lights. There’s nothing worse than
