Querkle Strain Review

Appearance: Dense, lighter green buds with dark red hairs. Really dusty, especially when broken apart in the sunlight to put in a grinder. If you watch right, you can see the dust go poof as you break nugs off the branch.
Smell: First I’ll describe what I smell from the weed itself, then I’ll list the different terpenes the lab test found.
Right out of the bag it’s significantly earthy, with a spicy mustiness to it. Quite pungent. I feel like this might have been one of the older harvests in the batch, since it only had a total of 6.17 total mg / g of terpenes in it. You can definitely smell and taste what’s left of β-Caryophyllene in the Querkle.

Information about the properties of terpenes can be accessed online really easily. Here’s a great post on Icmag if you want to learn more. Below I only commented on the terpenes showing up over 1 mg per g.

β-Caryophyllene – 1.64 mg / g
Sweet, woody and dry clove odor and tastes pepper spicy with camphor and astringent citrus backgrounds. It is a major terpene found in black pepper, clove and cotton. It is found in smaller %’s in many other green, leafy vegetables, herbs, and spices. Caryophyllene contributes to black pepper’s spiciness. Caryophyllene oil is also used industrially to enhance tobacco flavor.

Caryophyllene, given in high amounts, is a calcium and potassium ion channel blocker. As a result, it impedes the pressure exerted by heart muscles. As a topical it is analgesic and is one of the active constituents that makes clove oil, a preferred treatment for toothache. It does not seem to be involved in mood change, however caryophyllene shows great promise in a salve or lotion as a therapeutic compound for inflammatory conditions and autoimmune disorders because of its ability to bind directly to the peripheral cannabinoid receptor CB2.

All Terpenes are listed as mg / g.

α-Bisabolol – .48

Caryophyllene Oxide – .06

α-Humulene – .77

Limonene – .68

Linalool – .46

Myrcene – .72

α-Pinene – .49

β-Pinene – .43

Terpinolene – .76

Total Terpenes – 6.17 mg / g

Flavor: Earthy as all get out, with a spicy, slight berry aftertaste. The smoke is strong and thick with a swift bite at the back end. It’s got a nice taste when mixed with Danish Export tobacco and smoked spliff style. I think by now I can’t even say that I’m a cigarette smoker. I’m a spliff smoker, that’s it. I can’t remember the last time I rolled a ciggy that didn’t have weed in it. I would definitely like to try a fresher batch of this.
High: Nice heavy mellow buzz, focus comes if you need it, but with a little more work than it takes with a more sativa side hybrid.
Overall: Definitely a good herb to have in the shelf for those late sleepy nights, or for when you want to firmly plant your dick in the dirt. It’s a good thing I have such a strong tolerance, otherwise I might not get much of anything done today.

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