For the past few years, Whitethorn Rose from Huckleberry Hill Farms has been a lowkey legend in the California strain game, particularly when it comes to rosin production.
So much so that Huckleberry’s John Casali has been expanding his repertoire of hash collabs over the past few years, gathering an impressive collection of awards and accolades along the way.
This year, he partnered with Ay Papi on a couple of exciting projects, including strain-specific, Cannabis flavor-forward gummies, and rosin made from new Whitethorn Rose-based crosses.
For this issue, we decided to do a special edition of Concentrate of the Month, pairing and highlighting these two collaborative creations.
The new Ay Papi x Huckleberry Hill rosin offerings are phenomenal expressions of the mind-blowingly vibrant genetics involved. For this pairing, we decided to go with Paradise Rose, an exclusive Ay Papi x Huckleberry Hill x My Green Network pheno, which is a cross of Whitethorn Rose back into its mother plant, Paradise Punch.
“Johnny says this strain reminds him the most of his original Fruit Loops strain that he used to find the Whitethorn Rose,” said Ay Papi Founder and CEO Justin Lee.
The resulting rosin emanates an electric, assertively fruit-forward profile with a tangy, slightly floral lingering whisper on the back end.
This being the Edibles Issue, we couldn’t help but pair it with the Ay Papi x ST6R x Huckleberry Hill Whitethorn Rose Live Rosin gummies.
These gummies unflinchingly embrace the flavor of the cultivar of origin, which is a cross between Paradise Punch x Lemon OG. The makers purposefully avoid masking the flavor of this unforgettable terpene profile. In fact, they amplify it. Anyone who loves the strain, or even just loves the flavor of Cannabis, should try them.
Together, the Paradise Rose live rosin and the Whitethorn Rose gummies almost overwhelm the senses with soaring top notes of citrus, tropical fruit, sweet-tart confections and a hint of earthy pine forest.
Seek these out for an experience.
While you’re at it, don’t miss Ay Papi x Huckleberry Hill x Ridgeline Farms’ collab, the Ridgeline Rose, which is a cross of Casali’s Whitethorn Rose with Jason Gellman’s trademark Lantz strain from Ridgeline. Absolute fire.
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This article was originally published in the December 2024 issue of California Leaf.
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