My Good Green Tier List
Now that I've tried almost all the Good Green strains I thought this would be fun to do. I wish I took pictures along the way, but I didn't think of this idea until I smoked almost all the strains.
I'm not a Rise employee. I'm just a shill for the price as an ex-Sanctuary/Sunnyside/Vidacann/Muv/Surterra deal shopping budget smoker. I very much like being a creature of comfort and getting the same stuff every week without deal shopping or fomo. Now that I've tried all the strains, every week I scoop up Runtz Cake, Jack Herer, Garlic Glue, L'Range. I've only had one batch of a lot of these, so unfortunately that's what they are getting rated on as well as my personal preferences. I very much prefer the funky strains.
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S+:
Black Afghan: Black Domina was some of the best weed I had back in college and I haven't had anything like it since. This was a very good representation with solid taste, heavy indica effects and good legs. I usually hate the black licorice flavor, but it's very good in the Black Afghan and Runtz Cake.
A+:
Jack: Visually one of the best I've had from Rise, probably up there with Black Afghan in the looks department. Very clean Terpinolene taste without leaning too much into the cat piss or permanent marker smells. Solid sativa effects that help me lock in and focus at work with clear non-racy thoughts and good legs. My favorite sativa out of all their choices because it's just so simple and clean and everything you'd expect from Jack.
Runtz Cake: This was one of the last purchases I made because I don't really like the candy/cookie/cake flavors, but it did not smell or taste how I thought it would. It is very heavy on the Myrcene and has a little bit of the same black licorice smell and taste that Black Afghan has, but not as overpowering.
Garlic Glue: Garlic Glue and Velvet Glove are both good crosses with GMO, but I prefer the GG4 Gorilla Glue cross in Garlic Glue, than the Nookies cross in Velvet Glove. Visually, not the most pleasing, but I think that's from the Gorilla Glue. I thought the funky smell and taste from the GMO were stronger and translated better in Garlic Glue than in Velvet Glove. The effects were heavier than Velvet Glove, were what you'd expect to get, and the legs were good.
L'Range: L'Range and Gelonade are both good fruit flavored sativas, but the L'Range is one those strains that smells offensively good. The kind you're like "that's disgusting" but go in for another whiff. It has a cheesy funky smell mixed with a pretty strong Orange smell and is a good switch up from the Jack with no anxiety or racy thoughts.
A:
Gelonade: A good fruit flavored sativa with a clean Tangerine smell and taste. If you don't like the L'Range funk, than this is a solid replacement and another good switch up from Jack with no anxiety or racy thoughts either.
Kush Mountains: Like the Garlic Glue, not the most visually pleasing nugs, but it has a nice sour smell and taste. I never had Kush back in the day so I can't really compare it to that. I think if you're more of a sour than a GMO person then you would probably like this. I'm more of a GMO person. The effects were good, not heavy or couch locking, with good legs.
B:
White Durban: This smelled like Jack Herer with black pepper and I did not like it. I've never had Durban Poison or any Durban crosses, so maybe that's what it's supposed to be like and it's a good representation, but I did not like it. It had good sativa effects, decent legs, no anxiety or racy thoughts, but I could not get past the taste.
Velvet Glove: The nugs looked better than the Garlic Glue, but the GMO smell and taste were not as strong. The smell wasn't muted, it just wasn't as offensive. The effects were lighter than the Garlic Glue, probably from the Nookies cross. I'd say if you want a lighter GMO cross or if Garlic Glue is out, this is a decent alternative.
C:
OG Kush Breath: I think I got a bad batch of this, but unfortunately I'm not going to buy another for awhile, if ever, to find out. Visually the nugs looked amazing with lots of orange hairs. They were dense, but not rock hard, dry, but not crispy, and sticky when breaking up. Unfortunately that's where it all stopped. The smell was very muted and the only faint smell there was smelled like hay or shitty tea. There really was no recognizable taste to me. There were little to no effects and little to no legs because of it.
Bubba Fett: This is another I think I got a bad batch of. The nugs weren't amazing, kind of like the Garlic Glue and the Kush Mountains, but not larfy or terrible. The nose was muted, but didn't smell like hay. I'm not really sure what it smelled like. There hasn't really been a comparable smell I've had from Rise. Maybe like a really faint Donny Burger? I'm honestly not sure. This also had little to no effects for me and little to no legs. I had to mix it with the Rainbow Zlushie to get rid of them both.
Rainbow Zlushie: This is the second Rainbow Belts cross I've had and I think I just don't like Rainbow Belts. I thought the smell was going to be way stronger when I started to see posts about it, but it was pretty muted. You could definitely get the sweet candy smell, but it just wasn't strong. Honestly, the Oiishii strain at Sanctuary was a better Rainbow Belts cross in my opinion. The taste was a little bit there, but just not what I expected compared to Oiishii and other posts. I had to mix this with Bubba Fett to get rid of both.