April 12 marked the third annual Maryland Leaf Bowl at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. The weather was perfect for an evening on the Inner Harbor, with temperatures hitting nearly 70 degrees when the doors opened.
The hype was real; a line formed early and extended nearly two blocks. There must have been something in the air because everyone’s smiles lit up the venue for Maryland’s largest Cannabis shindig to date.
Baltimore comedian Jonathan Gabriele graced the microphone as our master of ceremonies, spicing up the show with some jokes in between award presentations. Nirvana Cannabis, a dispensary with locations in Baltimore City and Rosedale, helped bring in this caliber of emcee.
For those who have never attended, Maryland Leaf Bowl is an award ceremony where trophies are presented to companies based on real blind taste testing, with any potential bias being eliminated. Awards are presented in the following categories: Edibles, Topicals, Concentrates, Vapes, Flower and Prerolls.
In between award presentations, attendees explored some of the new activations throughout the venue. Leafly brought an artist village, including a live painter, caricature artist, tattoo artists, lounge chairs and a good vibe. Two tattoo artists from Tattoo Charlie’s in Baltimore gave out free ink to guests. Custom flash sheets were made exclusively for this event, and more than 40 attendees received tattoos.
We teamed up with Peake ReLeaf Dispensary out of Rockville to bring in the HiScore video game lounge and competition. The top score in Guitar Hero for the day — as well as the winners of our Tekken 8 and Mario Kart World competitions — received a free Puffco Proxy. In addition to the established competitions, guests could also play these games all night.
Cobrastrk was back on the ones and twos this year, adding a musical element that kept spirits as high as we were. A professional photo booth was brought in by Bloom Dispensary in Germantown. Everyone was smiling and dancing while they had their photos taken. Whether it was a trophy, a tattoo from Tattoo Charlie’s, a caricature of you and your friends or swag from the amazing vendors, everyone got to take something memorable home.
Every year, we learn new ways to improve the Leaf Bowl experience, and we want to thank everyone for the support as we continue to make this the best celebration possible.
A massive thank you to our sponsors, vendors and entrants. All of the hard work that goes into producing a gathering of this size is immediately worth it when we see the happiness emanating from attendees, including our staff and competition directors.
Edibles
BEST CHOCOLATE: Incredibles Peanut Budda Buddha Bites
RUNNER-UP: Evermore Cannabis Company Dark Chocolate Discos
BEST BEVERAGE/TINCTURE: Vibations Tropical Punch 40mg Drink Mix
RUNNER-UP: Vibations 10mg Cannabis Electrolyte Drink Mix Strawberry Lemonade
BEST HIGH DOSE: Betty’s Eddies Bedtime Betty’s 40mg Fruit Chew
RUNNER-UP: Oria Berry Bliss 40mg Gummies
BEST BAKED GOOD: Bubby’s Baked Birthday Cake Bites
RUNNER-UP: Hive and Leaf Infused Brown Sugar
BEST CANDY: Betty’s Eddies Achy Eddies CBC/CBD Cherry Fruit Chews
RUNNER-UP: Grow West Sour Apple Zing Lozenges
BEST ALT CANNABINOID EDIBLE: HiColor Cappuccino Milk Chocolates
RUNNER-UP: Evermore Cannabis Company Peach Blackberry Discos 8:1:1 (CBD:THC:CBC)
BEST GUMMY: Do Drops Watermelon 1:1:1 CBG:THC:THCV
RUNNER-UP: HiColor RSO Indica Blueberry
BEST CAPSULE/TABLET: Evermore Cannabis Company Night Caps 2:1:1 (CBD:THC:CBN)
RUNNER-UP: Curio Wellness Gut 44:18:1 Tablets
Topicals
BEST BALM/SALVE: Cosmec Healing Recovery Salve GOLD
BEST CREAM/LOTION: Curio Wellness Pain Transdermal Gel
BEST TRANSDERMAL: Curio Wellness Pain 1:1 Transdermal Stick Balm
Concentrates
BEST DIAMONDS: Exotic Elevations Chemdaddy Live Diamonds
RUNNER-UP: Exotic Elevations Myers Reserve Lemon Skunk Live Diamonds
BEST BUDDER/BADDER: Culta/Too Loud Johnny Glaze Live Resin Badder
RUNNER-UP: Culta/Too Loud Orange Pop Live Resin Badder
BEST CRUMBLE/SUGAR: Alchemist Labs Member Berry Live Resin Sugar
RUNNER-UP: District Cannabis Spritzer Cured Sugar
BEST SAUCE: Exotic Elevations Golden Jack Live Sauce
RUNNER-UP: Exotic Elevations Gush Mints Live Sauce
BEST PULL AND SNAP SHATTER: Equity/Alchemist Labs Funky Guava Shatter
BEST ROSIN: Culta/East West Papaya Sunrise Live Rosin
RUNNER-UP: Culta/East West Cara Cara Live Rosin
BEST TRADITIONAL HASH: Eden Solventless Cherry Chocolate Widow Moroccan Hash
RUNNER-UP: Temple Stankasaurus Nepalese Hash Ball
BEST RSO: Nature’s Heritage RSO 2:4:1 (THC:CBD:CBN)
RUNNER-UP: Grassroots Orange Z RSO
Vapes
BEST SOLVENTLESS VAPE: Evermore Cannabis Company Moroccan Peaches Live Rosin Vape
RUNNER-UP: Culta Orange Pop Live Rosin Vape
BEST LIVE RESIN VAPE: Exotic Elevations Purple Strawpaya Live Liquid Diamonds
RUNNER-UP: Exotic Elevations Hawaiian Gold Live Liquid Diamonds
BEST DISTILLATE BOTANICAL TERPENES/FLAVORED VAPE: Rove Skywalker Indica Cart
RUNNER-UP: Beezle Brands I Got Grapes Nectarz Disposable
BEST GENERAL HYDROCARBON VAPE: Super Fog by Mfused Loud Jefe Acapulco Gold
RUNNER-UP: Airo Brands 2g Blade All-In-One Liquid Diamonds Shishkaberry
BEST DISTILLATE CANNABIS TERPENES VAPE: Exotic Elevations Cranberry Kush
RUNNER-UP: Super Fog by Mfused Fire Jefe Blue Dream
BEST ALT CANNABINOID VAPE: InHouse Lemon Cheesecake 5:1 THC:CBG Disposable
RUNNER-UP: Curio Wellness Pain CBG:CBD:THC Soothing Lemon Lime All-In-One Vape [1g]
Flower
BEST INDOOR OPEN CATEGORY: Evermore Cannabis Company Blue Zangria 9
RUNNER-UP: Evermore Cannabis Company Peach Runtz
BEST INDOOR JACKS AND HAZES: Curio Wellness Jack Herer
RUNNER-UP: Fade Co. Matanuska Thunder F***
BEST INDOOR EXOTICS: Evermore Cannabis Company Blue Zangria 9
RUNNER-UP: Culta/East West Verzace
BEST INDOOR TROPICAL AND FLORAL: Evermore Cannabis Company Purple Obeah
RUNNER-UP: Culta/East West Orange Pop
BEST INDOOR DESSERTS: Nature’s Heritage Strawberry Jelly
RUNNER-UP: Culta Bubba’s Peach Stand
BEST INDOOR GAS, OG, CHEM: Grow West Electric Berry Bliss
RUNNER-UP: Kind Tree Skywalker 11
BEST INDOOR CITRUS: Kind Tree Banana Tree
RUNNER-UP: District Cannabis Florida Oranges
BEST INDOOR SWEETS AND DREAMS: Grow West Fruity Pebbles OG x Sour Dub
RUNNER-UP: Redemption Lemon Cherry Diesel
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE OPEN CATEGORY: District Cannabis Layer Cake
RUNNER-UP: District Cannabis Cherry Limeade Cake
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE EXOTICS: District Cannabis Banana Acai Mints
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE TROPICAL AND FLORAL: District Cannabis Berry Payton
RUNNER-UP: Grow West Strawguava Wildflower
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE DESSERTS: HiRoller Modified Grapes
RUNNER-UP: District Cannabis Florida Wedding
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE GAS, OG, CHEM: HiRoller Sherbanger #22
RUNNER-UP: HiRoller Sour Dubble
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE CITRUS: Grow West Lemondary Wildflower
BEST MIXED LIGHT/GREENHOUSE SWEETS AND DREAMS: HiRoller Cherry Paloma
RUNNER-UP: HiRoller Blueberry Cruffin
BEST LIGHT DEP JACKS AND HAZES: District Cannabis Super Silver Dawg
Prerolls
BEST INFUSED PREROLL: Beezle Brands Candy Fumez Rosin Infused Stingers
RUNNER-UP: Ceres Naturals/LORE Amnesia OG Double Diamond Prerolls
BEST TRADITIONAL PREROLL: Grow West Miami Heat
RUNNER-UP: Modern Flower/Trulieve Fruit Gushers
