Colombian Gold x Dragon Energy #2 smoke report:
This was the huge one, this plant:
Here’s a nug now, after having been in jars since March 8, which would make it exactly 28 days? I think? How many days are in March, 30 or 31? Either way, it’s been 28 or 29 days:
Maybe some people might look at that flower and think,“Eh…”, but to a Sativa-enthusiast like me, I think it looks beautiful haha.
Smell: This one’s difficult to pin down. I’m getting a sorta “dry wood” thing first and foremost. I don’t know what sandalwood smells like, but maybe that’s what I’m smelling? I also pick up on an “indefinable fruit” smell, not sure what fruit it is exactly that I’m smelling, but it’s a sorta “soft fruit” thing. Also picking up on hints of fuel and skunk, which I’m assuming is coming from the Dragon Energy dad. The skunk could maybe possibly be coming from the Colombian Gold mom, but the fuel is almost definitely coming from the DE dad.
Whatever it is, it smells really good and tasty.
Flavor: Again, it’s hard to pin down. Very similar to the smell, actually, with that sorta “dry wood/fresh cut lumber” taste. Sawdust? Haha! That sounds awful and this tastes really good, so maybe not sawdust exactly. I dunno. There’s more skunk on the tongue than on the nose, too, which is kinda cool.
I also want to emphasize that “dry wood” is actually pretty delicious-smelling/tasting. If I read that, I’d be like,“Gross…” but it tastes really good. That, coupled with the sorta “skunk” flavors I get from this one combine into something really tasty.
I cracked the second jar of the Sky Cuddler Kush last night for the first time and the flavor was much, much more pronounced, mouth-coating and easily-identifiable than the first jar. I’m assuming that’s just because it’d been sealed up for longer than the first jar. In any event, I’m hoping the same thing happens with the C. Gold x DE #2 (and all of the rest of this harvest, too haha). I’ve got four pint mason jars and one 32-ounce mason jar filled with these flowers; I’m sure by the time I get to the fifth jar, the flavors will be much different. Maybe I’ll update this review then haha.
Effect: Why beat around the bush? This is probably my favorite weed I’ve smoked in at least the last ten years. I really hate to start the smoke reports of the Bandaid Hazes and C. Gold/DE with my very favorite one, but after taking early samples of everything, this is the clear-cut winner (although they’re all very, very good) and pretty much all I’ve been smoking after trying everything a few times. Maybe that’ll change as things cure, but there’s really nothing about this one that I can say,“Yeahhhhh, it’s good, but…”
It’s just a full-on pleasant journey from beginning to end, really. I feel it immediately, but it also slowly and comfortably builds for about 45 minutes, at which point I realize,“Holy shit, I’m fucking baked…” The thing is, it’s such a pleasant come-up, with zero sorta “rushiness” or anything, that you don’t really realize how high you are until you realize how high you are, if that makes any sense. I’ve been smoking the Soar here and there, too, and I actually have noticed lately that there’s a bit of “edginess” for the first 20 minutes or so. Nothing major or uncomfortable, but it’s there. That doesn’t exist at all with the C. Gold x DE #2. I’m all smiles immediately after smoking it; I’m all smiles three hours later.
That’s the other thing: it’s an EXTREMELY long-lasting high, I feel it four hours later. I’m not still baked four hours later or anything, but it’s there for sure. And it’s just a very giggly, very smile-y, very chatty high. Everything’s more amusing. My jokes are even funnier than they normally are! Haha. Straight-up good time weed. I know I said that the Soar will be great for this summer and it will be, but the #2 C. Gold x DE is, like, EPIC summertime weed.
The best way to put how much I love this one is that I really have nothing to do every day except exercise in the morning and then maybe look on indeed.com and craigslist for a job, so there’s really no reason for me to set an alarm or get up at any particular time (although I do like to get the workout in early). This weed is getting me out of bed in the morning haha! For real, I’ll wake up around 6:30 and kinda lay around in bed for a couple minutes and then realize,“Ooh! If you get up now, you can work out and then start blazing that #2 plant!” haha. Honestly, I don’t usually smoke all day every day, but this one has me puffing on it a little bit every chance I get. It’s exceptional weed. Super-glad I still have a two-and-a-half packs of these seeds. I may even grab another pack if Doc lists them again, just to be safe haha.
Anyway, yeah, this is my favorite plant from probably my favorite grow ever. I really love everything I grew this round, but this one is my absolute favorite, for sure. Great weed.
