Marijuana Smoker's Guidebook. Matt Mernagh

unique flavor it was kept as a clone only – slowly growing more and more legendary – until seed breeders began to offer their own versions. Amsterdam Cheese, with its softer tastes than the original Cheese, more closely resembles UK Cheese than Exodus Cheese. I acquired all three during the same strain hunt to create my own Cheese-y comparisons. Amsterdam Cheese is easier on your taste buds and the buzz doesn’t last as long as the UK or Exodus varieties. It’s a moderate indica stone, but nothing spectacular. There’s some noticeable mild and mellow effects, but professionals will not be impressed. The aggressive taste is spot on Cheese, but kind of generic – like a watered down example of UK Cheese. Amsterdam Cheese is the spray cheese of these strains – the generic or “no name” brand of the Cheese varieties. Seek something more exotic when it comes to Cheeses.

APOLLO II

      You’ll be able to really distinguish Apollo 11 from the smells wafting from her. The aroma is soft lemon, but doesn’t explode into a beautiful stink when busted, which is kind of disappointing. Apollo 11 is a zippy “get-up-and-go” booster rocket of energy that is great for your morning wake and bake. However, it’s not a smooth buzz, but a distracting, hard to focus weed wallop. Too much will for sure send you on a space-y trip beyond the moon. Unlike other sativa strains with their wonderful flavors, there’s little noticeable in the taste department here, making it a challenge in a blind toker taste test. However, it does have an awesome, long lasting flight. Apollo 11 buds should be incredibly dense, glistening with crystals and specked with little red hairs. The strain appears and grows like an indica, but the buzz is all sativa. An awesome choice for sativa lovers if high is more important than taste.

APOLLO SNOW

      A delightfully unique smelling strain, especially for an indica, Apollo Snow has everything that professional potheads seek in a stone. The smell is loud and proud with a Cinderella 99-esque flavor that’s more than impressive. These two traits and the appearance of the curiously compact buds may confuse some tokers into believing Apollo Snow is a soaring space-y sativa, but it isn’t. Well... it kind of is. The buzz is very physically grounding while your mind becomes intensely introspective. After inhaling Apollo Snow you might even find yourself watching paint dry because a doobie of this strain will have you daydreaming all day long. It’s really easy to lose track of time after a session and only when Apollo Snow’s long lasting stone wears down will you discover that your mind has been floating in space for hours.

ATOMIC HAZE

      When pummeled by your grinder, Atomic Haze releases a surprising and spicy berrylicious aroma that is similar to Northern Lights #5. I was thrown off a little when I busted the light, fluffy buds for my morning session, thinking someone slipped me an indica instead of a sativa, but it was fantastic for my wake and bake. Atomic Haze is loaded with a mental get-up-and-go, but also has a strong couch-locking sensation that is difficult to break out of. The soaring, creative high is a fascinating combination of the heady Haze and relaxed Northern Lights. There’s nothing worse than getting all paranoid and jittery after toking a joint and Haze strains are known for their paranoia – especially when too much is inhaled. Thankfully Atomic Haze has a nice calming stone to go with its explosive mental zing that means you won’t be pacing around or running up the walls after puffing down on a joint.

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