Neptune said:....yeah dude, I don't know what you guys are smoking... or not smoking(?)
What makes a strain stand out above the rest?
Smell, Taste, Color, Potency
Granddaddy Purple has all of these in heaps, or at least as good as most other meds.
shit fool, ITS PURPLE!!!!
Because face it, just about any nug you put in your pipe these days is pretty damn potent. potency is not the intense driving factor that it was, if you are one who is in serious need of potent meds, you usually would use concentrates, extracts and edibles. I'm not saying GDP isn't potent, I'm saying it's not important to the discussion, becuase it's practically JUST as potent as any of the above mentioned strains you dudes are name dropping on.
You know, damn.. I left my mass spectrometer in my other pants... so I can't prove the exact THC percentage to put this (age old) argument to rest.
GDP has taste, smell, and color, and is for all purposes, equally potent. Erkle tastes better in my opinion, but is much less available. Purple Pepper, Purple Barney have never made their rounds through my part, so I can't comment... I'm sure they are dank and I'd be happy to have them. Purple Cream is, top shelf next to Erkle.
ok so thats my writeup for the california purples. :]
Do I get at least a C+?
why all the hate on Granddaddy? tisk tisk...
the lorax said:3rd the purple barney. (on the paper plate) this was from a few months ago. the taste was EXACTLY like VBS, a slightly grapey/berry taste that hinted at a mild spice taste that was not evident in the smell. the taste had a perfumy quality to it, just like the VBS. The taste was good to the roach of the blunt. lip smacking good. the buzz was also significant, a strong soaring sativa buzz that was able to stand up to the SD we were blazing it with.
summary: I feel that GDP is hype and average, purple pepper was mediocre but could have been due to the grower, and purple barney is killer, do what it takes to get your hands on some if you can, dont think any clubs have cuts of it to my knowledge.