Jon’s Stone-Cold Cop List #34: Late Flowers for the Hallmark Day
Here we are again! February has flown by and while it’s still raining in Los Angeles, at least the days are starting to get longer. I think I touched on the winter sads last month, so no need to get...
View ArticleJon’s Stone-Cold Cop List #36: Live from New York
Happy belated 4/20 y’all! I hope you enjoyed the special print version of the Cop List that went up last week. That one originally ran in the magazine but I figured since it was the holiday, and I...
View ArticleProper Doinks: The Art of the Roll
To discover the optimal way to smoke the world’s best weed, the team of iron lungs behind Proper Doinks worked their way backward. After rolling up the same selections side-by-side, the cannabis...
View ArticleJon’s Stone-Cold Cop List #41: A Stable & Grounded Collection of Heat
Welcome back, friends. If it seems like the whole world is crumbling around you right now, know that you’re not alone. It is. Summer’s in full swing and temperatures are running hot, and that’s not...
View ArticleRidgeline Lights the Way
As Ridgeline Farms returned to the podium this year at The Emerald Cup, who could have imagined that they’d find their way to a Zalympix win a month later? They did. In entering Zalympix—California’s...
View ArticleKeeping it 10
If you’ve been paying attention to the top-shelf landscape over the past few years, it seems the largest problem plaguing our industry today is consistency. Sure, you can pop off a new cultivar and...
View ArticleHunting the Best: Thoughts On Judging, Awards, and their Agency
Before we get into this I want to start by addressing an elephant in the room, but something I believe to be a fundamental truth, even if it’s not trendy right now: judging is an essential human act....
View ArticleWhere the Sherbwalk Ends
A fruity yet spicy rendition of Permanent Marker from Pleasant Effects is boosting the profile of the Rhode Island-based grower across the East Coast, as is its eye-catching and artistic packaging...
View ArticleEllen’s Bud Break: The Purple & Blue Pigments of Pot
Inside the chemical compound factories present within the trichomes of cannabis flowers, many elements contribute to the overall effects we feel when we smoke weed. One of those lesser-known elements...
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