Senior Buyer Since 2016

Gord, Senior Buyer

I’ve been in the BC craft scene since I was a teenager in the late 80s – Kootenay greenhouses, hash runs, the whole grey-market history. I buy the flower for this place, and I’ve been doing it since day one of the store. Every strain on this site crossed my desk – and my grinder – before it crossed yours. I don’t write reviews to sound smart. I write them so you don’t waste your money.

How I pick

Desk first, shelf second

Nothing goes live until I’ve burned a sample of the actual batch. Not the grower’s sample – ours.

Terps over THC

THC percentage is the volume knob. Terps are the song. The profile tells you how a strain actually smokes – the number just tells you how loud it gets.

Fresh beats loud

Slightly quieter flower that’s fresh beats a stale 30%er every day of the week. Ask me how I know.

The rules I buy by

Terpenes over THC. Always.

Freshness beats potency.

Indica and sativa labels are mostly marketing – read the composition and the terps.

Above a floor, price and quality are unrelated. Some of the best flower I’ve had was mid-shelf.

There is no best strain. There’s best for you, tonight.

Why no last name?

Legal reasons, mostly. Also: my mailbox already works. Folks in this industry use handles – I’ve had mine since before this store had a website. If you’ve got a strain question, the review pages are where I answer. That’s enough me for anybody.