Colorado Dispensary Reviews

Recently visited Delta 9 and CCF. Both had a good selection and Delta 9 had great prices(for first time visitors and members.) Got around 7 different strains at each. Top three:
1. Skunk #1 CCF
2. Diesel #3 CCF :stoned:
3. Poison Kush D9

Also stopped by Cargivers for Life on St.Paul a few decent strains but prices were a little high($19.00 a gram.) Bubble Jack and Blue Moon Shine were the best from Caregivers.

Both had friendly and knowledgeable staff while Caregivers had a limited but friendly staff.:thumbsup:

Heading to Ned soon for Grateful Meds:rastasmoke: and One Brown Mouse

I had the pleasure to visit Herbal Connections located right on the corner of Leetsdale and Alameda in Glendale. I decided to give this place a go since Channing from The Denver Chronicle started working there. I have been following Channing on the Denverchronicle blog as well as forums. I got a sense that this person would not work in an establishment that was not above board and treated their patients fairly. I am so happy that I was correct.

I can not say anything about the Highlands location but the one on Alameda was a wonderful experience.

There was the usual amount of paperwork, nothing new or exciting

The two individual there Michael and Leif were very pleasant and seemed knowledgable. Michael obviously was not use to budtending but his strain knowledge was apparent.

The ambiance was very nice. Large open and very clean. The actually dispensary seems to be located on a stage and you have to take a step up or two to get there.

Variety was nice for actual buds as well as ediables, tictures and lotions. They had about a dozen strains and B+ - A+ and the ticture I purchased was the best I have experienced so far.

I picked up some Grape Krush(DJ short) and Golden Goat. I am very happy with both of these purchases.

The Goat was some of the better I have seen and has that distictive Island Sweet skunk smell. It was a mellow high that allowed me to focus. I found it perfect daytime medication.

The Grape Krush is a very nice. Wonderful fruity smell and a very grape taste to it. It has a great euphoric type head high without anxiety and also gives a mild body high. I enjoy all aspects of what I smoke, taste, smell, flavor and effect. This strain has it all.

They had some excellent looking clones and a very nice variety. It would be great to try a strain and then purchase a clone of it. They offer this for several of their varieties.

Their prices are excellent 17/50/90/160/320 or less tax is NOT included.

My overall experiencer was great and best of all it is the closest dispensary to my home.

Yeah, I'm liking D9's Poison Kush quite a bit... nice mix of that Dubran high and the Indica from the OG Kush. Super tasty/smelly too, which I always love. Review for that one coming pretty soon, I've already done its photoshoot but haven't uplodaed everything yet... I'll let you guys know when it's up.

Has anyone found a killer UK Cheese around town? I have 2 of them sitting here (one from D9 and one from Chronic Wellness) and want a nice 3rd so I can have a proper Cheese-Off. I want a Cheese proper and not Blue Cheese...

I also made a quick stop by Rocky Mountain Wellness Center near Colfax/Wadsworth. Um, not impressed at all... they had everything grown in-house, which is a plus, but the budtender was one of the most unfriendly and quiet dispensary employees I've ever met. Trying to get info from him was like pulling teeth -- I asked for some general recommendations and he finally produced more than a single word response, but otherwise it was silence and him saying "yes" or "hydro" (booo). I ended up leaving with a half-8th of DJ Short's Blueberry (which is decent so far, haven't smoked much) for a whopping $30.

Everything was priced at $20g/$30 for half an 8th/$60 8th regardless of quantity. The Maui (Indica) looked pretty solid but he wouldn't let me split half an 8th, so I just went with the Blueberry. When I asked to look at the OG Kush, he just said, "It's really not that good man" and proceeded to show me 2 other "not good" (at least by my standards) Kush strains, the Hindu and the Venus... I wanted to just leave, but in the interest of the website and my own curiosity, I walked out with that Blueberry and a bad taste in my mouth from the "service". Is a smile too much to ask for? Dude's festive pot leaf shorts (really?) belied his mood, apparently.

I'd say "stay away" in general... The only dispensary that I've been to that was lower quality overall was Alternative Medicine on the Mall, which was obscenely overpriced and horrible quality across the board. This one had a few strains that looked solid (Blueberry, Maui, Durban), but they were overall underwhelming and the attitude from the budtender combined with the prices knocked it off my repeat visit list for sure.

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Yeah, I'm liking D9's Poison Kush quite a bit... nice mix of that Dubran high and the Indica from the OG Kush. Super tasty/smelly too, which I always love. Review for that one coming pretty soon, I've already done its photoshoot but haven't uplodaed everything yet... I'll let you guys know when it's up.

Has anyone found a killer UK Cheese around town? I have 2 of them sitting here (one from D9 and one from Chronic Wellness) and want a nice 3rd so I can have a proper Cheese-Off. I want a Cheese proper and not Blue Cheese...

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Herbal Connections in Highlands had some Big Buddha Cheese the other day...not sure if that's what you're looking for.

Yeah that's the same one -- UK Cheese aka Big Buddha Cheese (that's the seed company). Maybe I'll stop up there and grab a gram today... thanks for the tip!

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Originally Posted by MMJinColorado

Yeah that's the same one -- UK Cheese aka Big Buddha Cheese (that's the seed company). Maybe I'll stop up there and grab a gram today... thanks for the tip!

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From my understanding UK Cheese was a clone-only strain originating in England. Big Buddha Cheese I think has a UK Cheese parent, but it was crossed with something else to yield seeds. So, no I don't think they would be the same. I could be wrong.

I've seen the "real" UK Cheese at CCF, but they've been out for awhile. Not sure when/if they may re-up.

Yeah, I don't think most places have the trans-Atlantic clone variety, which is just a Skunk #1 phenotype. Big Buddha crossed the original Cheese with an Afghan and then back-crossed several times to isolate the Cheese traits from the original. So yeah, not the same but close enough and BBC's version is what most people know as "Cheese" since it was the first Cheese seed variety.

Thanks for the clarification though -- there's so many strains like that (Trainwreck being the other common one) that are really an elite clone but some seed company puts out a seed approximation and that becomes the most prevalent. I don't know whether I've ever tried the original clone strain, if CCF has that, I'll definitely keep an eye out for it.

Yeah, keep an eye out at CCF. They don't fuck around with strain names like that. So I'm guessing what they had was the UK. They had the Arcata Trainwreck not that long ago either.

A new dispensary opened up here in Durango, called appropriately-enough, Durango Wellness. All local, all organic, all priced the same at $16/$55, tax already included. The medicine looks good, although one strain I noticed had a somewhat impressionistic trim. The customer service was unexceptionable - no waiting, no paperwork, no mention of caregiver status.

I'm pleased with the Black Domina I picked up. The cosmetics are good - nice trim, pleasant smell, good trichrome density. The smoke is mild and aromatic. In my judgement, the potency is above average.