Latest Reviews
Whole Flower Reviews
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BC Black Grape Pop Rocks
Intro It’s Squid Pants here looking at another offering featuring grape scents and tastes. I like grapey weed, the problem is I’ve never had any cannabis that was as grapey as the first grapey cannabis I ever had. Closest I’ve come
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-Ness Jelly Breath
It’s Squid Pants here lamenting all the mediocrity in the recreational Canadian Market. Ok, let’s just do this. Jelly Breath Jelly Breath is, according to the producer, Jelly Doughnuts X Blackberry Breath. Bit of a mystery as to what these are but
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Tweed Wedding Cake
It’s Squid Pants here, and I’m paying the price for giving Tweed a second chance. The first time I tried Tweed was from Toronto’s first legal recreational store right when it first opened. The store sucked but truly nothing could prepare
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Reef Queen SanG
Squid Pants here checking out another one gram package. I like one gram packages to get a taste before I decide if I’d like to commit to a larger purchase. These are a little harder to review though as there’s
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San Rafael ’71 Buttered Toast
Hey pancakenap here with a 3.5 gram package of San Rafael '71 Buttered Toast. This is the 517th flower product I've purchased, not including duplicates or products I purchased and didn't review. Product Type info Trying to loop-in more information about our purchase
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True Fire and Co. 33 Splitter
Hey pancakenap here with a 3.5 gram package of True Fire and Co.'s 33 Splitter. This is the 516th flower product I've purchased, not including duplicates or products I purchased and didn't review. Cleaner Meds 33 Splitter We still study the illicit market
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OGEN Bacio Punch #8
Hey pancakenap here doing a 3.5g package of Ogen Bacio Punch #8 here today. Bought this one at Canna Cabana in Calgary when I was buying the Country Side Grape Diamonds cartridge. This is the second time we've looked at this offering,
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OGEN Gas Berries #112
Hey pancakenap here with OGEN's Gas Berries #112. This is my second time seeing it, I saw this back in 2021, read about it here. Introduction This one was gifted to me by OGEN late fall. The didn't pay me me anything
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GreenTec Tranquil Elephantizer
pancakenap here with Green Tec's Tranquil Elephantizer. I think this was grown by a micro (Lotus) but I didn't do any work to confirm that. I suspect this lot has been around for a while, or at least that's how this
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Organic Sour Cookies From 1964
It’s Squid Pants here looking at a one gram package from 1964. Buying weed one gram at a time reminds me of long ago days where your choices when buying weed were to buy whatever the guy had or not.
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Strains Limited RNTZ
Squid Pants here looking at a Runtz offering from Strains Limited. The hype on this variety hit its peak in 2020 when Leafly called it “Strain Of The Year ''. The site published an article about it which really was
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Edison Hollywood OG
Hey pancakenap here, doing a single gram of Edison Hollywood OG. Introduction Bought this one at Value Buds one day when I'm looking to buy some cannabis from larger producers. I make the order through Value Buds online system to speed up
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Edison Cookieberry OG
Hello, pancakenap here as your reviewer today. We're looking at an Ethos bred offering produced by Organigram, sold as Edison Cookieberry OG. Introduction Bought this one at Value Buds one day when I was targeting offerings from larger producers. That day I
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Pineapple Buds Pineapple Party
Hey pancakenap here, attending the Pineapple Buds Pineapple Party. Big pineapple fan here. That's one thing I need to get out there. I love it. Love the flavour, the texture. Love how juicy it is and how fibrous it can be.
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GreenTec Orangeade
Hey pancakenap here, getting one out the door today; and that one is GreenTec Orangeade. Summary Short story here is this: I surmise this was quality cannabis, just based on brand reputation and my previous experience with the cultivar, but this flower
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Carmel Hippie Headbanger
Intro Squid Pants here testing the wisdom of crowds and checking out an offering a large part of my social circle were gushing over. This one is packaged by Carmel but grown by Magi Cannabis. Let’s see if it lives up
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Organnicraft Miss Kim
Hey pancakenap here, with Organnicraft's Miss Kim. This is Mother Lab's cultivar. It's a cross of a couple of familiar offerings so I was pretty keen on it. I had actually driven to my nearest retail hub to pick up a
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Good Supply Monkey Butter
Hey pancakenap here, looking at Good Supply's Monkey Butter. This is from the Aprhia/Tilray conglomerate. Purchase Bought this one from Value Buds when I was looking for big box brands. Look back to the Aurora Drift Alien Cake 3030 review for motivations.
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GreenTec Lee Anne Womac
She's like a spring fragrance; somewhat faint but never dull. She's all upwards, towards the sweet and sunshine. Clean cut and polite. Her character has no depth into the rippling lows, she's unsoiled by any dark clouds. Whenever we were
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Natural History Supreme Grapes
Intro It’s Squid Pants here checking out a grapey offering today, Natural History Supreme Grapes. I like grape tastes, I like cannabis, I have all the motivation I need so let’s see how it was. Supreme Grapes Supreme Grapes is bred by In
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Drift Alien Cake 3030
pancakenap here with Drift Alien Cake 3030. List of Reviews Squid Pants and I use a Google form to review each offering of cannabis. That form connects to a spreadsheet, which connects to a data preparation program that joins my old reviews
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Black Kettle Farms Triangle Kush
pancakenap here with Black Kettle Farms Triangle Kush. This one is sold under the BC Black, Joint Venture Craft Cannabis label. Summary I'm writing this mid-December 2022. About 2 months since I purchased this offering and I can tell you its memory
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Tenzo Ice Cream Sandwiches
Intro It’s Squid Pants here checking out an offering from Tenzo. Today we have something that I might have been a bit harsh in the grading of. This cannabis I rated at a C. Of note it was the quality of
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Next Friday Animal Ice Mints
Hey pancakenap here, with Next Friday's Animal Ice Mints. Animal Ice Mints is the rename by the brand. The rest of the world calls this by its lineage; Animal Mints x Ice Cream Cake, and most of the listings I could
Drink Reviews
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XMG Root Beer
Hey pancakenap here with an XMG Root Beer. Summary This is an old time tasting Root Beer with 10mg of THC and a very high price. Taste Taste is very sweet and caramel heavy with long notes of drippy molasses and tobacco. That's over-describing
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Mollo Lime
Hey pancakenap here drinking Mollo Lime. Mollo I've tried Mollo before. It's fine. Nothing I'd seek out, but I don't mind drinking one. Store So I'm in Value Buds one day with a list of drink and edible products I'd like to buy. I'm
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Collective Project Mango Pineapple & Coconut
Hey pancakenap here doing a beverage review. We're looking at Collective Project Mango Pineapple & Coconut today. I've seen Collective Project being recommended by a few people I follow on Twitter and I know they're one of the better selling beverage
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Summit Lemonade Iced Tea
Hey pancakenap here doing a beverage review. We're looking at Summit Lemonade Iced Tea today. Grabbed a few drinks and thought I would review them. These go pretty quick and just hits the high points of the product. We track the
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Impromptu 1:1 Blue Majik Lemonade Kombucha
Hey, pancakenap here with a beverage review, this is Impromptu's 1:1 Blue Majik Lemonade Kombucha. Summary I thought this was a great product available at a rather unobtainable price point ($6.96, on sale). When I say great, I mean I thoroughly enjoyed
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Bedfellows Haus Mates
Hey, pancakenap here, with a beverage review. This time it's Bedfellows' Haus Mates. I suppose cannabinoid content is an interesting point. The ratio is 3:1 THC to CBD (7.5mg THC, 2.5mg CBD). Short review here today. Below, I just make a few
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Sweet Justice OG Cola
Hey, pancakenap here. I saw this Sweet Justice OG Cola pop up in the store, and I thought it was kinda cool. I think it's the first legal cola product in Canada. I just let it pass me by, I
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Houseplant Lemon
Got a drink review for you today, this is Houseplant Lemon. This is Tweed licensing the Seth Rogan brand, of which there is little overlap here in Canada. Feel Light feel int he mouth, very drinkable. TASTE Not sweet at all. Carbonation makes good fizz
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Haven St. Focus No 350
Today we review a tea bag. This one is called Focus No. 350, it's done by TerrAscend, and is sold through their brand Haven St. Tea, particularly loose leaf tea has some parallels with cannabis, especially in the way you navigate
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Little Victory Dark Cherry Sparkling Water
Hey thanks for joining me for the review today. This review is part of two drink reviews I did one night. Here we'll discuss Little Victory Dark Cherry. This is another HEXO drink. These reviews go pretty quick, I show pictures of the
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Ginger And Lime
Looking at Quatreau's Ginger + Lime in this review. This was my favourite drink of the 5, just for how drinkable it was. Wasn't heavy, not a lot of sugar. Besides the cloudy appearance, there's not much separating this from sparkling
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Houndstooth & Soda
Looking at Tweed's Houndstooth & Soda today. Quick cuts on this one; it's below average price, below average content. Below average price by volume. When you do the math on content, it's a bit more expensive than average. Flavour Tastes are abbreviated sweets over
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Everie Mango Passionfruit
Looking at a Tilray offering, or High Tide. This is Mango Passionfruit, sold under the Everie brand. All CBD on this one, at half the price of the average price per mg of cannabinoid with respect to the other drinks I
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XMG Tropical Fruit
Thanks for joining me for the review, we're looking at HEXO's Tropical Fruit. This was the strongest of the 5, you could really taste the cannabis. Tied for second highest for the amount of sugar contained. It was the most expensive of the
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Bakerstreet & Ginger
Checking out Tweed's Bakerstreet & Ginger today, thanks for joining me for it. This is like pop. And not the movie theatre or fast food pop that's watered down. This is thick, sugar soda pop like you'd get out of a
Gummy Reviews
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Back Forty Sour Cherry Gummies
Hey pancakenap here with Back Forty Sour Cherry Gummies. Purchase stats We got a 10mg THC gummy product here. Price was $3.89. Bought at Canna Cabana. They showed the market price at $5.99 for this product. This product came with a desiccant
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Camino Sours Sour Orchard Peach 1:1 Soft Chews
Intro It’s Squid Pants checking out a soft chew product. After that riveting introduction let's get to it! Camino Sours This is under the Camino Sours brand which is under the Camino brand which is under the Kiva brand, a brand licensed by Tidal
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Deep Space Xpress
Hey pancakenap here, hope I got this product name right: Deep Space Xpress. Is that it? Or is it Cannabis-Infused Gummy by Deep Space Xpress? I don't know. Producer in the fine print is Supreme Cannabis, so that's the party
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Shred’Ems Wild Berry Blaze
Intro It’s Squid Pants here. I’ve reviewed this brand before on Twitter, and I wasn’t impressed.
Of course this doesn’t tell you why it’s vile, if it was just the one specific flavour that was vile and so on. So, by theOne word cannabis edible review:
— SquidPants (@squidgrow) August 11, 2022
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Twd. Mixed Berry Gummies
Intro It’s Squid Pants here and today I am seeing what $2.00 gets you in the legal cannabis market. Past experience says across categories you get disappointment regardless of price, let’s see if that trend holds here! Producer Twd. What else can be added,
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Peach Orange Sourz By Spinach
Intro Hey, Squid Pants here with an edible review! This line from Spinach features jelly candies in a non-cube shape of non-teeny size. In the legal Canadian market that’s kind of noteworthy. Now that expectations are set, let’s get to it! Producer This
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Sunshower Mango Tangerine
Hey pancakenap here today with another review of a Canadian gummy product. This is Sunshower Mango Tangerine, which is a Dynaleo brand. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from every brand available on the provincial online store (that
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Sugar Leaf Strawberry Peach
Hey pancakenap here today with another review of a Canadian gummy product. This is Sugar Leaf Strawberry Peach THC gummies, and the producer is Bliss Co for this one. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grabbed one offering from every brand
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Twd. Sativa & Strawberry
Hey pancakenap here today with another review of a Canadian gummy product. This is Twd. Sativa & Strawberry, a product by Canopy Growth. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from every brand available on the provincial online store
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Daize Alpha Berry
Hey, panackenap here, with Alpha Berry, by Daize. Which is a brand under the Dynaleo umbrella. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from every brand available on the provincial online store (that I haven't seen yet). This is
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Sourz Blue Raspberry Watermelon
Hey pancakenap here today with another review of a Canadian gummy product. This is Spinach's Sourz product, produced by Peace Naturals The flavour I am reviewing today is Blue Raspberry Watermelon. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from
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Chew Me Goofy Grape
Hey pancakenap here today with another review of a Canadian gummy product. This is Goofy Grape, by Chew Me, which is Weed Me's edible brand. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from every brand available on the provincial
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Kanha Strawberry
Hey pancakenap here today with another review of a Canadian gummy product. This is Kanha Strawberry, from Reef Organic. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from every brand available on the provincial online store (that I haven't seen
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Dynathrive Apple Cider Vinegar
Hey pancakenap here, doing another group of gummy reviews. This one is on Dynathrive Apple Cider Vinegar gummies, which is a CBD gummy done by a producer called Dynaleo. Gummy Reviews For these gummy reviews I grab one offering from every brand
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CBD Gummies
Hey pancakenap here. Gummy Reviews Preparing to do some more gummy reviews from the legal side coming up. Thought I’d post this review on a gummy product that came from the legacy side, for comparative purposes. Short review here. There’s no ingredients list
Chocolate Reviews
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Phat420 Dark Chocolate with Almonds
CHOCOLATE REVIEWS Reviewed last of the 7 chocolate reviews I completed in March. As I said before, there’s no set protocol with these reviews. I try to get you all the sensory observations needed to approach the product; and I’ll tell you
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Edison Bytes Milk Chocolate Truffle
CHOCOLATE REVIEWS Reviewed this one 6th of the 7 chocolate reviews I completed in March. Time of review was 6:28pm. Again, no set protocol with these reviews. I've lazily reviewed a few chocolate review criteria, and I make sensory observations about the
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Kolab Cherry Cola Pop
CHOCOLATE REVIEWS Reviewed this one 5th of the 7 chocolate reviews I completed in March. No set protocol with these reviews. I make sensory observations about the product only. Consumer Report In lieu of price and content calculations based on my small purchase dataset,
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Legend Raspberry Milk Chocolate
CHOCOLATE REVIEWS Reviewed this one 4th of the 7 chocolate reviews I completed in March. Again, no set protocol with these reviews. I make sensory observations about the product; and I’ll tell you my preference, in hopes it helps you make your
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Foray Salted Caramel
Chocolate Reviews Reviewed 3rd of the 7 chocolate reviews I completed in March. As I said before, there's no set protocol with these reviews. I try to get you all the sensory observations needed to approach the product; and I'll tell you
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Bhang Caramel Chocolate
Edible Reviews Second in the set of 7 chocolate reviews here. All reviews were completed concurrently, within about an hour. And there's no set protocol. I make sensory observations, and provide comment based on my personal preferences. Consumer Report I've decided not to add price
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Daily Special Caramel Mocha Milk Chocolate
Edible Reviews I completed 7 chocolate reviews in March of 2021, this is the first of the set. All reviews were completed concurrently, within about an hour. And there's no set protocol. I make sensory observations, and provide comment based on my
Extract Reviews
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Dymond Concentrates 2.0 Purple Punchsicle
Squid Pants here with another 510 cart review. Yeah, this’ll go great. I really hope to have a good product to review again some time soon, but not today friends. Not today. The Cartridge So, they say this is diamond sauce, but there’s no sugariness
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Back Forty Kush Mint
Here we go with Back Forty's Kush Mint rendition in a 510 cartridge. Date Stats I started using this product on the day of purchase up until the date of review. A 49 day span. The product spent 76 days in package which
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Country Side Grape Diamonds Live Resin
Summary Set at the right temperature, this live resin has a pleasing flavour profile but lacks the magnitude of traditional live resins and the claimed terpene content(~11%). Poor functionality due to clogging and issues with the connection of the Pod with
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1964 Organic Lebanese Hash
Intro Squid Pants here looking at some hashish. I like hashish, and I like the idea of the genetics that are represented here so let’s see if this is yet another disappointing purchase. Blue Dream X Pink Kush This is a cross of
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Best Vape Reviews
Vape REVIEWS BY SCORE Here is a list of every vape product we’ve reviewed so far. There aren't very many products reviewed right now, so we haven't included a date filter or letter grades for this version. Each bar signifies the amount
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Oy Vapes! Kosher Honey Apple Kush
Intro Squid Pants here and today we are giving a nod to the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by checking out a product that’s kosher and flavoured for the tastes of the Jewish new year. No time
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Viola Grandma’s Pie
Intro Squid Pants here checking out a balanced cart from Viola. This is from the medical market and I’m as unenthusiastic to write about it as the Canadian producer is! Because I tried to contact them with questions but they just
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Hank MAC1 Bubble Hash
Hey pancakenap here, got some MAC1 Bubble Hash by Hank or Embark Delta. Old review on an old product going on here. Bought this one at Shelter Market in fall of 2021, the product was about a year old at that
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Crooked Dory Hybrid Wax
Hey pancakenap here, with a wax product, this one is called "Hybrid" by Crooked Dory. The producer here is Atlantic Cultivation or Noya Cannabis, both are listed. Newfoundland Perhaps the most interesting part of the review is the region this product is
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Purple Hills Lemon Pepper Live Resin
Hey pancakenap here, with a live resin product; Purple Hills Lemon Pepper. Agripharm is the producer noted on the label for this one. Cleaning up some of the old reviews here today. I bought this one last year at Shelter Market's
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Kolab Project I.C.C.
Intro One dimensional, faint taste and tons of pseudoscientific marketing nonsense are the hallmarks of this I.C.C. cartridge from Kolab Project. It’s Squid Pants here taking a bullet for all you good people. I.C.C. My guess is here I.C.C. is meant to stand
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Hazel Hash Stick
Hey there, pancakenap here, with a hash stick, by Hazel. Product Description Bought this at Value Buds, where there was no description given, just says indica on the label. I've seen this listed elsewhere and the vendor lists the offering as Death
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Atlas Growers Terp Sauce
Hey pancakenap here, with a review on Atlas Growers Terp Sauce. I have a few postive reviews for this producer, and their flower brand Natural History. So I'm surprised to say I didn't prefer this product and I'm having difficulty bringing
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Simply Bare SFV OG Kush
Hey pancakenap here, with a retail hash review, Simply Bare SFV OG Kush This is my first retail hash review. I haven't yet come up with a specific criteria to relay quality, so this review will be mostly descriptive. Basics I’m
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The Batch Dry Sift Hash
Introduction It’s Squidpants bringing you a retail review. This time we are looking at a hashish offering from the legal market, some dry sift from The Batch. The Batch harkens back to the olden days when the type of weed you
Pre-Roll Reviews
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Hexo Ultra Sour Pre-Rolls
It’s Squid Pants checking out another pre-roll product. This offering comes from the budget brand Hexo and was gifted to me by a friend who considers these his favourite pre-rolls. I’m a bit conflicted on these, so let’s dive in. Ultra
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Carmel Animal Face
Intro Hi, it’s Squid Pants here looking at another pack of pre-rolls today. This time it’s Animal Face from one of my favourite producers, Carmel. Surprisingly this isn’t one I’d recommend, and it’s for all the usual pre-roll reasons. Let’s break
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San Rafael ’71 Pink Kush
Intro Squid Pants here, going on and on about Pink Kush again. Pink Kush Ah, my beloved Pink Kush, my most favoured descendent of OG Kush. A real Pink Kush too, not that crappy Tom Ford cross. Before recreational legalisation this Pink Kush
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Tommy’s Craft Cannabis Dosi Punch
Intro Squid Pants here looking at some Dosi Punch pre-rolls from Tommy’s Choice Cannabis. If there’s one thing that legalization has taught me it’s that celebrity endorsement brands are like movie sequels; they almost always suck. We didn’t have to get
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Grand Daddy Purp by DelShen (48North)
Here we review a pre-roll product, this particular one is Grand Daddy Purp. This is produced by DelShen, sold under their brand 48 North. The package included 3 pre-rolls, total weight of the dried cannabis across the 3 was 1.05 grams, so
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Blend 14 Pre-Roll by Canaca (High Park)
Today we review Blend 14 Pre-Roll by Canaca or High Park, better known as Tilray. This is the 13th pre-roll review I've conducted. For those just joining these reviews, I don't actually use this product, we're going to open it up
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Gold Kush (Kinky Kush) Pre-Roll by CannTrust (Liiv)
Today we have CannTrust's Gold Kush pre-roll product, this is sold under their Liiv brand and they call it Kinky Kush. We've reviewed Gold Kush before in whole flower form, I felt it's recommendable. Quality is evident for Gold Kush
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Critical Kush (City Lights) Pre-Roll by Organigram (Edison)
Today, we review Organigram's Critical Kush (City Lights) pre-roll product. This is my 9th review of an Organigram product, and my 10th review of a pre-roll product purchased from the Alberta Cannabis online store. This particular pre-roll contains 0.5 grams of
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Wabanaki (Rio Bravo) Pre-roll by Organigram (Edison)
Riddled with seeds and comparatively expensive, this Organigram Wabanaki Pre-roll yields no surprises. Hey everybody, thanks for joining me for another review. We're looking at Organigram's Wabanaki Pre-roll today. I've reviewed the whole flower version previously, and we'll see similar
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Sunset Pre-Roll by Tweed (LBS)
Tweed's Sunset pre-roll demonstrates excellent olfactory properties despite containing a small amount of seed material. There are three main notes to take from this review. This Sunset smells fantastic. It is more expensive than its competitors. I feel there is less
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Warlock (Fantasy Island) Pre-roll by CannTrust (Synr.g)
Like the two previously reviewed offerings of CannTrust's Warlock, this pre-roll product contains a large portion of seeds. For this review, the rolling paper was removed from the pre-roll and a filter box was used to separate the dried cannabis material
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THC Indica Aces (Pre-Rolls) by Aurora
Aurora thoroughly disappoints with their Aurora Aces THC Indica Pre-Roll product, which includes a large amount of mature and immature seeds. This is my 4th pre-roll that I've removed from the paper and so far, they all have had seeds inside. I've
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Starseed (Saturday) Jack Herer Pre-Roll
Like both of the previously reviewed Starseed products, this Jack Here Pre-Roll also has numerous seeds and lacks any detectable olfactory character. Today we review Starseeds' Jack Herer Pre-Roll. We've reviewed the whole flower version of this offering, feel free to
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Aphria (Solei) Alien Dawg (Renew) Pre-Roll
Aphria's Pre-roll product of Alien Dawg (Solei Renew) contains a staggering amount of seeds. The dried cannabis in this pre-roll is Aphria's Alien Dawg or Solei Renew. Check back to my review of the dried flower product for lineage and observations
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Mongolian (Casa Blanca) and Trail Blazer Prohibition Blend Pre-Rolls by Organigram (Edison)
Organigram continues their track record with another 2 offerings that include a staggering amount of seeds, this time it's their pre-rolled product. Below, we review Organigram's Pre-Rolled Casa Blanca and Trail Blazer Prohibition Blend pre-rolls by removing the paper and