Cultivar Of The Month : GNU Glue

By Declan Mulligan

Welcome back Happy Munkey Fam! I again would like to thank the editor for allowing me to express my opinions towards this extra-special genetic mystery of a cultivar. There has been a lot of good news with legislation for my home state of New Jersey, in the medical and recreational short-term future, and today as I write to you all, our wonderful state of New York just legalized. What a truly pivotal time, what a journey. East Coast born and raised smokers know their own journey with cannabis prohibition, and it’s been a long one. Long is relative as well, as a lot of us have seen cannabis circumstances in the Tri-State area develop for decades. I have been consuming this medicine for only 8 years, so I cannot imagine what 40 years living here must have been like, and the bullshit one must have had to go through. I think we are living in a moment of change, and just the very beginning of a beautiful future for all. I want to congratulate every consumer and passionate enthusiast of cannabis in our Atlantic Area, and cheers to the road ahead. This month I really had diversified the flavors and cultivars I was picking up for medical consumption. I really wanted to get a wide range of diversity in terpenes, potency, and effect. As a ‘lab results fiend, part of the medical process of purchase is paying attention to these numbers. Now with the "Entourage Effect," as it relates to our endocannabinoid system within us, I love cultivars that feature high sources of CBD and CBG, as in tune with the entourage effect, I feel an elevated medical experience when THCa reacts with the others present. I want to express my personal belief that potency numbers do matter, but it's a complex subject where different cannabinoid profiles can lead to more potent highs with lower numbers. I appreciate them heavily and take the information provided by the lab and dispensary and weigh my options before ordering. That being said; I wanted to get as many different strains as I could to try out. Dabbling as low as 17%, up to 29.97%, I feel I have a better understanding of my favorite dispensary’s lab testing numbers now. Now finally the cultivar of the month; this one stood out immediately to me, and it wasn’t just on bag appeal.

Harmony offered up a new Cultivar this month, and I had to try it out. I wasn’t expecting a ton but the backstory behind GNU GLUE, really captivated me. Rocking in at 22.5% THCA, and 0.4% CBG, this mystery cultivar was luckily born from a single seed found in a legal Jamaican dispensary ounce of ‘gorilla glue’. The Cannabis Industry Worker visiting Jamaica purchased a healthy zip of ‘Gorilla Glue’ and found it to be an extremely pleasant and unique glue high. Sharing some of the dispo flowers with the locals, they were very impressed by the potency and nature of the high. Now if you’ve ever been to this beautiful part of the world, and have gone down the trail into town searching for a bag, you’ll know once you find it, the looks and smell do not impress at all. In fact, if you’ve smoked it you’ll know the bag appeal isn’t there. But that is not what it’s about, as you kick back on sandy beaches and roll up, the high is uniquely positive, uplifting, and energizing. GNU GLUE grown in New Jersey has the same properties, and unlike all of their other cultivars I have tried so far, opening the packaging of GNU GLUE left nearly no aroma, but buds were the softest and lightest green flower I've touched in years. Like, as soft as a cotton t-shirt. Combusting and inhaling, there was a subtle skunky and gasoline-like taste on the exhale, but about 60 seconds after consumption, I was overtaken by this cloudly release of stress, my head felt physically lighter and my mind was open to calm and positive thoughts. I felt a physical relaxation and sort of slumped down into my smoking chair. Oh and the creativity! A general sense of happiness and euphoria had me scribbling down ideas in my notebook. The 22.5% potency reading threw me off, like waves crashing on the beach, this feeling of ‘spring is here’ continued to rush over me. Abundant with Linalool, Beta Pinene and Beta Myrcene, the dominant terpenes reveal themselves in the high and not taste or aroma. I reserved the rest of my stash for morning andsituations demanding creativity. But believe me, I was kicking myself for not grabbing some more.

GNU Glue is a hyper unique take on Gorilla Glue. Gorilla Glue #1, #3 and #4 back in 2017~, any variation or cut had a strong impact and I think most east coast smokers can imagine a gorilla glue high. Usually sativa, but bundled with sedative qualities, it’s a familiar face. If you’re able to pick up some GNU Glue, you will be extremely pleased with this very special cut and take on GG. The Glue family dominates for many, and this felt almost like a ‘seasonal’ offering and limited cultivar. If you’re a Glue Lineage fan, definitely check out GNU Glue.