Man, this Diesel Dog is a LOT better than I first thought. A LOT. The first couple of days it was rather "blah" for what I usually expect from CCF, good but not great. It looked and smelled great, but it's just now that the taste has really opened up. It reminds me of the NLXSS in that respect. Amazing flavors.


My bottom line on this whole ratings thing is that it is worthless IMO, for many reasons. This isn't like wine, which is the closest archetype of judging that I can think of (and is actually a recognized testing matrix) for several reasons.

Some kind of REAL standard needs to be figured out for our situation. I stand by my assertion that there is NO way the Urkel OG is a 90-91. Because the bottom line is, in technical marks, you cannot get much better, so let's give the technical score of 98. Then you throw in subjective aspects, and those would have to be somewhere in the 80's to balance out the deserved high technical marks. No way. No way.

But in looking at it, before I go after the reviewers, I'm going to go after the scale.

I refuse to follow and believe in this grading scale. It is flawed. I am an Oenophile, and I know my palate and it's capabilities. Just because somebody grows, or has been around weed in no way makes them an acceptable judge. You can grow wine, GREAT wine even, and have a rudimentary tongue. Most people genetically are NOT going to be able to pick up what I can. I can point stuff out to some who can taste it, just as things get pointed out to me (one of the greatest joys of wine right there) BUT the bottom line is that most people won't smell what I smell or taste what I taste to the degree that I do. So almost any judging is worthless to me, and really to anyone else.

Again, I NEVER asked to be a judge at any public event. I wouldn't even do that for money. I questioned a system and was basically told, "Hey dude, you're wrong, and to prove it, we'll get this group of guys together and once again, we will TELL you what the deal is".

Because that's what's going to happen right? Once again, we will get TOLD what the deal is. And that's unacceptable.

The system is worthless and flawed and is a worthless business model. period.

Peace to you all.