Pot Snobs from San Francisco and Portland indulge in weekly elevated discourse about the best of the best in West Coast cannabis.
Much love, thanks for listening! On this episode, we get into some of our favorite cultivars and say so long. This slightly somber ep was recorded in September but you can see why it took a couple of weeks to drop. If you enjoyed, you can always email us at potsnobspodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram @potsnobspodcast, @theloud100, @sweeteddieb, @kandidkush, and @certifieddank. Smoke with you all again soon!
Ed, Chris, and Ryan talk about the best way to prep flower for a bong, grill Chris on his recent photog trip, and talk with Ed about how the garden is coming along. Join us while we fire up some Sour D from Jay Plantspeaker, Dirty Banna from UrbanCanna, Jet Fuel Gelato from Fox Hollow Flora and try Dirty Arm's new NP710 offering. Roll one up and tune in to this stoney episode.
Ryan, Caitlin, and Ed have been staying home (for the most part) but still found some incredible flower to share on the 'cast. We roll up some Gelato and Citron from High Water Farms and get into some Moonbow #112 and rosin from Archive. Through a cloud of smoke, we talk about how diversity is still a problem in the cannabis industry and try to navigate the requirements for expunging your criminal record. Twist-up something nice and tune in!
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan recorded this episode a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed some Rootbeer from Lion Tree, experimented with Extractioneering's acronym soup, and ingested some mermaid haze three ways. Roll up something from the head stash and join us as we get creative with topicals and cranky about older herb.
The group struggles with making edibles, digs into some PMA from Ideal Farms, C.R.A.F.T. Collective Wedding Cake and rosin from Happy Cabbage, Highland Provisions, and Cali Sift Co. We talk about how our gardens are coming together, staying busy while staying in place and taste some flavors from the "vault". Roll up something nice and join us!
Ed, Caitlin, Chris, and Ryan talk about poison oak immunity, macro fungi, and terpene fortified beer. We dig into Animal Mints hash plus Dragon Drool flower from Gardens of Grease, Then a few dabs of Headband rosin by Permaculture Solutions and Abracadabra flower from Flowersmith. Grab a jar and join us for some shelter-in-place pot snobbery.
Ryan, Ed, Caitlin, and Chris shelter-in-place with some home-baked baked goods. We eat fudge, dunk cookies, sample Lava Cake from a friend, and get into some Golden Papaya flower from Ananada farms. Mendo Purps and Voodoo Lady get rolled up and some Coastal Haze is burned while we discuss breaking a Chemex, burning a pizza and buzzing on some Magic Wand. Just in time for 4/20, twist one up and join us!
Ryan, Caitlin, and Ed are joined by cannabis photographer, Chris from Kandid Kush. In this stoney ep, we talk about how it's business as usual for most cannabis farmers but not for anyone else in the industry. We roll up a bit of Motor Breath from Phresh Cannabis, Runtz from Resin Ranchers, and some Rose Petal and Snow Cone from Esensia Gardens. We top things off with a few selections from our respective end-of-the-world hash stashes. Dig into something you've been saving and join us!
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan are hunkered down but still managed to get some real heat for the podcast. Ryan samples a variety of flower and rosin from the Archive/Burnside crew including Dirty Taxi, Ice Cream Cake and Light Speed. While Caitlin and Ed dig into their tasting room stash and enjoy some Cherry Lime Dog from Briceland Forest Farm, Cherry Ghost OG from Sir Chach, and a Rose Lemonade from Flowerdaze. An all-around stoney episode. Roll your own and join us for this dank social distancing sesh.
Ryan, Caitlin, and Ed talk about how the pandemic is affecting their cannabis use. Joins us for this virtual sesh while we represent Oregon with some Beach Wedding cultivated by Higherminds horticulture, Ptang Pie from Rogue Farmer, Lemon Tree by Gardens of Grease and some Cookie Lemon Kush cultivated by Left Coast. California gets much love with Wanderlust dry-farmed by Sunboldt Grown, and some fantastic Rose Lemonade dry sift from Flowerdaze Farms. Twist something up from your head stash and join us!
The tasting room is open! Ed and Caitlin talk about their inaugural tasting in the new space while we burn up some Rootbeer x Cherry Limeade by Liontree, Grape Pie from Deschutes, and Swami Select’s Magic Melon. We wax poetic over the Vanilla Frosting from Happy Dreams and after the break we revisit the Chem 4 by Fidus Family Farms. Finally, we talk Puffco and Ed breaks in his new pen with some dry-farmed Organic Medicinals Cherry Lime Dog hash.
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin talk through their recent pot snobbery including a trip to the Regenerative Cannabis Conference. We were lucky enough to connect with growers/photographers BA Botanicals, Resinated Lens, Shwale, and Kandid Kush to talk shop. We enjoy some Zelly's Llama, Double Limeade Albert Walkre, and the Magic Melon selected at Briceland Forest Farms that has been getting rave reviews. Roll up something nice and join us!
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin dig into some Pink Boost, Amethyst, and Rootbeer flower and blow a few clouds of Tally Mon and Trop Cookies Hash Rosin. Ryan speaks about a Terpene project he is working on and then the trio talks about smoking with their parents. Twist up something good and join us!
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan are joined by renowned photographer Kandid Kush just back from an art show in Spain. We talk about his travels and get into some Vanilla Frosting, a bunch of flower with the same "dad" and both crack some local jars of Donny Burger. Grab something fun or funky and twist one up with us!
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin dig through a pile of cultivars and talk through their trip to the Emerald Cup. We go over many of the winners that have been on previous podcasts and pat ourselves on the back while we burn some classic cultivars and exchange puffs of some Chem x Cookie crosses.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan work their way through an entire cornucopia of cannabis. Some of the cultivars we review include Violet Delight, Elephant Ears, Donny Burger, Strawberry Guava, Z Cubed, Banana Kush, Black Triangle, Mimosa, Gelato, Blue Zkittlez, and Kauai Electric. Phew! Grab yourself a few flavors and come taste the rainbow with us.
Ryan, Caitlin, and Ed share rounds of Pink Lemonade and Sensi Star Joints and then chat about hosting wine snobs. Listen in while we totally kill the vibe with some harsh news but manage to save it all with some good hash.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan talk about judging the High Times cup, harvesting this year's garden, and a near and dear mermaid haze project. Twist up some Voodoo lady or Hazmat Og alongside us and join in on the conversation.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan talk about the added value of aged cannabis, smoke some freezer- hash and twist up a flight of Tropicana crosses. Roll one up and join us for another round of farm tours while we enjoy the first Vodoo Lady cross straight out of the Certified Dank gardens.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan explore both sides of the cannabis industry with Ed and Caitlin touring farms in Oregon and Ryan down in California at Hall of Flowers. We roll up the very first flowers out of the Certified Dank Garden and tuck into favorites from Josh D Og, Happy Cabbage, and Gardens of Grease. You might need two papers to get through this overstuffed episode.
Ryan, Caitlin and Ed go deep into the latest vaping crisis and wash the bad taste out of their mouth with some surprising cannabis beverages. We dig into some Emerald Farms Holy Crunch and proverbially pass around some Duct Tape from Archive's Burnside Gardens.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan dig into some Moon Bow and Space Berry flowers. Ryan visits a corpse flower and Ed and Caitlin check out a couple more regenerative farms. Grab something (certified) dank and join us.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan talk about the price of hash vs extracts. Dig into some Watermelon Zkittles and twist up some Pink Panties.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan get into some Chem 91 and Pink Cadillac and chat about recent trips to Moe Green's and TLC Collective. They encounter a hash worm, dig deep into cannabis dinners, and give listeners a peek behind the curtain when we leave the mics rolling during the break.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan smoke some Uprise by Green Source Gardens and some Lemon G by Geek Farms. We dig deep into Ryan's new gig, our Cultivation Classic Judges sesh and prepping the Certified Dank space for a legit tasting space. Roll one or two up and join us.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan dig into the Certified Dank harvest with tasting notes, effects, critiques and a little backstory with every plant. We dig into dry sifting, bubble hash, and magical butter machines as the Certified crew tries to best utilize their grow. Grab yourself a heaping spoonful of medicated coconut oil and listen in.
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin, are joined by Mason, another seeker of the good-good. They talk good bread, quality flower, and visiting the majestic Green Source Gardens to taste dozens of cultivars. Hash dabs are had and joints are smoked and we just barely land the thing. Twist up something good and join in.
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin catch up over joints of Wedding Cake and Cherry Lime Dog. We talk about the Emerald Cup, innovations in the cannabis industry, and get so stoned we try to predict the future. Grab a jar of something good and dig in for book recommendations and tips on how to get hooked up at the Cup.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan talk about how the surplus of good flower is making for excellent concentrates. Consider if smoking seeded flower is compromised and dive deep into the definitely dank regenerative samples of this year's Emerald Cup.
Ed and Caitlin visit the swoon-worthy Green Source Garden and record a Pot Snobs and GSG crossover. They talk about regenerative farming, how the growing season has been and what it takes to create beautiful, full-flavored cannabis.
Ed and Caitlin talk regenerative Cannabis with the great Dan Mar. Join in while we talk about our love for sungrown and smoke a citrus sweet joint from Bryce Farms!
We’re back from a brief break and digging into some Ice Cream Man from Certified PDX, Cosmic Fruit from Green Source Gardens, Strawberry Fire OG from Cosmic Forces and Candy Lime from Sunspire Farms. We get way too stoned and talk dab lounges, opening days at the new Fidus PDX shop and Ed and Caitlin’s first foray into pollination.
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin complain about what the heat is doing to their cannabis, “big jar” problems, and the joys of rain catchment. Ryan enjoys some hash from Alternative Remedies and Echo Electuary while the Certified Dank crew smokes a little Green Kandy Jack and a lot of Voodoo lady.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan admire the grass, drive baby plants over the Golden Gate Bridge, and dabble in dabbing. Roll up something that burns slowly and join us while we enjoy some Silvertip, Cheese and Crackers, Strawberry Cough, and finally try some super fruity Zkittlez.
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin sit down in Portland and talk about judging the Cultivation Classic, what's good with PDX weed, and then get into a fight about what makes top-tier cannabis.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan dig into some Tropicana Cookies and some SD 42 while trying to discuss what they've been up to lately. Hear Ryan try to dab on the down low and listen in on how Ed and Caitlin thoroughly enjoyed their April 20th. The least you can do is twist one up and join us for this giggle-filled episode of PotSnobs.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan celebrate 420 by getting super baked, so it's basically a regular episode. We talk job changes, planting season, outdoor Sheshemani and indoor Zookies. Grab a homemade edible and revisit some old 420 memories with us while we try and compose ourselves for an entire hour.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan talk wine and weed and dig into the book Cork Dorks. Roll up a handful of joints and join us as we talk about being blinded by solar bowls, kicking off the outdoor growing season, and taste a couple of very nice strains.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan sit around the coffee table and enjoy a joint mixed with the ten strains from the previous night's blind tasting. We talk flower, pat ourselves on the back and moan about doughnut fatigue. Roll something up that's fitting for a quick mInisode and join us!
Caitlin and Ed visit Ryan in Portland. We pick up our Cultivation Classic Judges kits, host a blind tasting at Bull Run, and cram in a podcast recording or two before take-off.
Ryan, Caitlin, and Ed talk about buying personal use cannabis on California's legal rec market. Finish off the Peanut Butter Breath and dive into some diamond-dabs. Grab a book you can use as a rolling tray and join in as we wrap up with a dozen book recommendations for those looking to expand their pot snobbery.
Ryan, Ed, and Caitlin chat about weed high in Farnesene. Discuss what they're most looking forward to in cannabis in the year 2018 (and it isn't "the industry"). Chat about gram prices between states and smoke a few joints of the best they can get their hands on.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan chat about playing it cool while rolling through traffic on the Weed-bus and touch on the realities of judging a million samples for the Emerald Cup. Twist one up and help the Certified crew break in their new digsand lean in close to get a whiff of the Peanut Butter Breath Ryan wont shut up about.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan start talking about hash and get distracted digging into their personal preferences. We fumble through micron sizing, dig into sieving ice wax and talk a bit about where everything fits in the industry. All through a cloud of temple ball and live resin smoke! Get yourself some six-star and join us in this week's hash-centric episode. (Plus, now you can hear Ryan!)
Ryan interrupts Caitlin and Ed's journey through a thousand weed samples. We cram a lot into this minisode and talk about judging the Golden Tarp competition, smoke some surprisingly dank hemp and dig into some blind samples for the upcoming Emerald Cup. Is too much weed still a good thing? Tune in and find out.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan talk about flower ripeness, and some of the factors that go into choosing when to harvest. We smoke some Sour Banana Sherbet and marvel at the aroma of a jar of Key Lime Pie. Get a little stoned and join us as we have a stoned chat about 100% THC weed and fruity strains.
The crew returns with some killer flower and a delve into those descriptive words that help us describe our weed experiences. Have we lost that true skunk smell? Do people actually like the smell of rain? Roll up something exotic and join us in defining the effect and flavor notes of whatever you're smoking on.
Listen as Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan twist one up and chat about terpenes, weed auras and getting called out by producers for making up tasting terms. Pack yourself up a generous bowl of your favorite robust floral and enjoy this terp filled episode.
Ed, Caitlin, and Ryan talk dry-farming cannabis, legal weed delivery and the effects of forest fires on this year's outdoor crop. Dip into your head stash and light one up while we get into a heated discussion; is it okay to call an indoor grow a farm?
Caitlin, Emma, Ed, and Ryan chat about their Eclipse experiences, discuss passing the joint to germaphobes, and just break the surface talking about the soil web. Roll one and join the sesh as they burn some Electric Dog Sh!t form Pudding RIver Farm and Space Bus out of Green Source Gardens.
Caitlin, Ed, and Ryan attend private cannabis dinners and weedy meditation sessions, chat about consuming at cannabis events, and approach the topic of Korean Natural Farming. Dig into your head stash and pack a (clean) pipe-full of the good-good and spark one up with us while we puff on some top-tier and share a few stoned thoughts.