You and i have the same taste mate. I just got a pack of c99 and dropped the whole pack acording to Mr sly they have the same mom and dad cuts and I hope to find my old evil pheno. I have a killer cut of strawberry diesel and love me a pure indica. Now if I could find my old blackberry kush is be set
The BBK is all over the PNW still from what I see on here. Lots of folks out there running it. That is one of my all time favorites for a nice mellow out smoke. The Bruce Banner #5 (Strawberry Diesel pheno) is an amazing plant, from what I am told she is a spitting image of a true keeper Strawberry Diesel. The #5 has a crazy high that lots of people can't hang with. May have to snag some of those C99 beans for real the way you're all talking.
Keeper must be full package. Most important to me is the effect. If it doesn't crack the bell then what's the point?
Yes great aromatics, yes great flavor, yes great bag appeal- but when I hear kids these days say "I smoke for flavor" I want to smack them and hand them a pack of hookah tobacco while they walk away from me.
That said- what makes a high great is purely subjective. I think the only strain everyone loves is NL5, the rest have many lovers and detractors.
Bag appeal is something I should care about, but just can't seemed to get myself too. I know that in the IG age of best bud, it matters to other people. I just have never had a good tasting Insagram post... kekekek
Have been in a position where I haven't been out smoke for over a decade, I can say there is SOMETHING to smoking soley for flavour, in so much that if your cannabinoid levels are at saturation, you start smoknig mostly for flavour. I have been known to smoke whole ounces in a single day in the past(a waste I know now) just to keep that flavour fresh in my mouth. This is specifically why I look for cuts that seem to have no cap on how high you can get. The real Sour D, our Starkiller cut (Natalie Portman Cut when you see it out there some day.), Chocolate Thai from 2003, Kali Mist from way back are the only examples I have ever personally run across of this no ceiling trait.
I will say that I just realized that I have very different standards for outdoor keeper cuts than I do indoor. The Pinetar Kush is by far the best outdoor plant I have ever personally ran, insane resistants to issues in moist/high RH% climates, huge yielder of unforgettable tasting, super stoney smoke. Hate running it inside.
I sort of see cultivars as characters in an RPG. You can only get some many points in any one trait, elites having the most total points, so sacrafices are always made in one area so that another may shine.
Much to my chagrin, I think that the legit GG#4 hits all the marks. I had never had decent glue to smoke. One of the crew REALLY wanted to run it at least once and I eventually caved. Seeing that plant really loved on and in it's full glory just straight mind fuct me.
The ATF is another that I will NEVER let go of again. Lawdy what a lady she is.