Cultivar of the Month: Shark Bite

Welcome back Happy Munkey Fam, January’s “Cultivar of the Month'' is none other than Shark Bite cultivated by Nevada based Vegas Valley Growers. This cultivar jumped out at me during my travels to Las Vegas. To put it lightly I was not impressed with most 85% of the flowers I see from Nevada. Not to any fault of the growers and cultivation centers, it’s just nearly impossible to produce a good crop that doesn’t eventually get dried out by the ambient desert environment. But this was not the case with the Shark Bite I picked up from Pisos Dispensary off the Las Vegas Strip!

When I cracked open the UV coated glass jar, before I could even take a peek my nose immediately noticed the pungent piney skunk smell, followed by a subtle yet present fruit aroma. The buds themselves were dense and heavily covered with keify trichomes and the colors were a perfect mixture of bright greens and deep purples. I used my Happy Munkey grinder to grind up a fat nug that easily weighed at least 2 grams. When I opened the grinder the room exploded with a sweet yet skunky smell. I rolled up the Shark Bite into a joint and took it outside for a calm J stroll with a homie.

The joint lit up slowly, but maybe that was just the wind cutting up the avenue we huddled between to start the J. The initial hits were piney with a strong aromatic smoke that made me feel as if I was in the deep woods. After a few pulls I tasted the flavor of the smoke change to a thicker and fuller earthy wood taste. The high was uplifting and surprisingly onset, first hitting in my face then leveling out in my body as I walked. No question earning the “bite” in this high powered cultivar’s name.

While I had a few different options from my Nevada trip for “Cultivar of the Month”, I ultimately chose Shark Bite because of its extremely noticeable high that left me looking and feeling what I like to call “High School High”. So if you are in Nevada make sure to get your hands on some Shark Bite!

-David Hernandez