Smugglers Notch Cannabis Company is a small-scale, tier-one Cannabis company located in the northern reaches of Vermont’s Green Mountains. Owned and operated by brothers Alex and John Holcomb, they have modestly established a reputation within the Vermont Cannabis community. Among the various strains they cultivate carefully, their prized variety is the Smugglers Notch Sour.
Smugglers Notch Sour is a coveted cut of Sour Diesel that has been kept going by growers in this area of Vermont for more than two decades, ensuring it is kept alive for future generations to enjoy. The Smugglers Notch Sour is very much the lovely, gassy, sticky and green Cannabis we all know Sour Diesel to be, but with just a little bit of the Vermont terroir.
Upon opening the jar of Smugglers Notch Sour, it permeated the room with a pungent, gassy odor and nose-seeking fumes that expanded the senses. As I looked in at the bright green, trichome-covered nugs with bright orange hairs, I couldn’t help myself from pulling one out for further admiration.
Now that it was out of the jar and in my hands, the only thing left to do was to grind it, roll it into a joint and enjoy! After taking some time to prepare myself a magnificent — some may say oversized — joint, I proceeded to light it up.
Taking in the first pull, the gassy, diesel-like taste with some funk washes over my tongue as the smoke fills and expands my lungs. As I exhale, a sense of euphoria comes over me, and the stressful thoughts in my mind melt out of my subconscious. Many minutes later, roughly halfway through my joint, the euphoric feeling continues to build while a sense of giddy energy starts to take over — filling my face with an unbreakable smile!
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This article was originally published in the November 2024 issue of Northeast Leaf.
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