This is taken from the notes I made through the 2010 420 judging process, pretty much as it was written, sorry for the lack of consistency and discipline, it was the best that could be done at the time... I had an able assistant [or two] for the tasting, sly was a judge last year, but we shared a judges pack and scoresheet so the opinions are shared and scores averaged.
Apologies to all the entrants we are so rude about, I have kept it as was and not spared their blushes in many respects, however, it is just what we saw and thought, sometimes after long sessions, straight from the hip, no malice or disrespect intended whatsoever. Our standards were very high, all the entries were excellent and all the entrants deserve very high praise. I just hope a few of them are still speaking to me after this and would like to take this opportunity to pass all the blame for the really bad stuff straight onto the other feller.
Hundred Gram Oz SSSDH Sativa 420023 154
Super sparkly sativa dom all frosty white resing, cloudy, clear, nothing brown in sight, nice sativa smell, still got a hint of fresh minty when broken up, nice spicy sativa taste, high sets in pretty quick, clearly pretty pokey, mostly sativa, woody spicy.
Chef RAD Sativa 420018 140
Chunky nugs, 2 or 3 weeks early, clearly underdeveloped, "shame it was not left longer", lovely orange candy chitral flavour, good but not outstanding taste, a bit of a letdown after the promise of the smell, nice up 5050 high, but not a spanker.
DrD C99 / A11 x Sour Diesel Sativa 420005 134
Purple leaves, poor trimming, lovely high quality, gave an 8 despite shit trimming, smells dark kushy promising, tastes smooooooth, exotic intense, very hard to describe, but nice, very nice, not quite stellar though, strong high head and body, throbbing forehead [poss down to mucho judging]
Fizzbomb Kali Mist Sativa 420012 133
Big Orange hair dominated bud, leafy but trimmed, SSH ? JH ? Kali ? Smells, a bit of minty fresh on the crumble, clearly hazey but nice, tasted woody hazey, nice smooth but with some fresh mintyness, strong up clear high.
Jah Hoover Sour Diesel Sativa 420022 133
Superb, really well frosted, perfectly presented lovely nugg, smells sickly, slightly trainwrecky, clearly top Q pot, taste, not 100% smooth, but very good taste, clearly strong, poss a 9 [rare] very good hit, Indica dom if anything.
Goba Island Sweet Skunk Sativa 420034 128
Frosty, small calyxs, fairly tight, afghani type fruitiness, bit stinky, then haze, fruity hazey, but then curiously a green minty fresh smell when broken up, taste, nice smooth fruity hazey, not a ppunch of either, but was nice, clearly potent, c99xssh? balanced up high, almost stupefied
Jamie Shoe Amnesia Sativa 420002 126
Decent woody hazy smell, not that much resin, but looks mature, ok to decent taste, nice up giggly euphoric high, not killer though.
Chef Limon Sativa 420027 118
White crystals with no heads, poor trim, young and squashed, sweet funky fruity funk smell, slightly candied, promising, but not enough of it. The taste was also sweet funky fruity, very cured, up buzzy fuckedup high, quick, nice.
Big Leek Diesel Cross Sativa 420008 116
Frosty Sativa, poor trim, a 7 despite the trim, smells "sadly very low, Hay" flavour, really nice Sativa of no great special [identifiable] flavour, but Nice ! scored well despite not being that strong or distinictive, it is nice... high was OK, not amazing.
CT Haddock Jack Herer Sativa 420011 106
Resin has colour, looks allright, hardly any smell at all, dry as f***, no smell when broken up, Ozone ? taste, bit generic, OK, nice, nothing special, she did however stick her head up above the mass, clearly has poke [strength], good up high
Chef Pfrut Sativa 420017 103
Lovely, but needs more trimming, to present at best, covered in trichs, excellent smell, perfect fruity funky skunky, like many this year, taste "wooosh" smooooth, lemony, very nice not exceptional, high was strong, felt...
Dr Penthotal NYCD Hawaiain Sativa 420016 72
Looked outdoor, poorly trimmed, looks fuzzy/battered, has a baseline floral fruitiness, trim smells earthy and foxy, a bit of fruitiness hidden away in the taste, high was debated, warm fuzzy body hit.
Greenhouse Super Lemon Haze Sativa 420025 127
A fat nug, nice, smells very promising, bit slightly "middle of everything" generic, lemony, tastes smooth, OK, but not quite as good as the smell promised, high, OK but did not hit us in the heat of battle, may well be fab though.
Mosca Negra C99 BX1 Sativa 420006 125
Perfect trim, just not frosted to death, juicy fruits of the forest smell, nice, really nice taste, bit fruity but greater depth, beautifull, popular, high, good nice fat balanced strong hit, spanked us after the narcothon and eating, very good.
Soma Amnesia Haze Sativa 420003 117
Grassy Floral Hazy, Amnesia Haze ? Seems OK, looks pretty well developed but did not look fab close up ['scope] taste OK, bit generic, bit hazey, hints of other things, nice up high, not stellar
Karma Genetic's Amnesia Sativa 420001 116
Foxtail action, really pretty little fluffy buds, well frosted, smells a bit minty/nonexistant, maybe too dry, non event, but then a lemony smell when crumbled, taste, Lemony, Amnesia ? Nice, Sat dom, very strong high, marked for retest.
Dampkring Mexican Haze Sativa 420030 115
Not trimmed well, resin not stellar, seems cured, smell is peppery hazey Herer, promising, taste nice Jack Herer style peppery Haze, spices, nice creeper sativa high.
DutchGrown C99 GN09 P Pheno Sativa 420036 112
Chunky bud, fairly hard but not that dense, very low smell, piney fruity, very cured ? Didn't like the taste, no flavour, poor, sadly, but it had a nice hit to it, a solid wall of stoned, stupid grins.
DutchGrown C99 GN09 GF Pheno Sativa 420037 108
Did not like appearance, looked young, harsh and uninteresting in pipe, OK vaped, not outstanding in this company, but good, has promise but is way too young.
Apologies to all the entrants we are so rude about, I have kept it as was and not spared their blushes in many respects, however, it is just what we saw and thought, sometimes after long sessions, straight from the hip, no malice or disrespect intended whatsoever. Our standards were very high, all the entries were excellent and all the entrants deserve very high praise. I just hope a few of them are still speaking to me after this and would like to take this opportunity to pass all the blame for the really bad stuff straight onto the other feller.
Hundred Gram Oz SSSDH Sativa 420023 154
Super sparkly sativa dom all frosty white resing, cloudy, clear, nothing brown in sight, nice sativa smell, still got a hint of fresh minty when broken up, nice spicy sativa taste, high sets in pretty quick, clearly pretty pokey, mostly sativa, woody spicy.
Chef RAD Sativa 420018 140
Chunky nugs, 2 or 3 weeks early, clearly underdeveloped, "shame it was not left longer", lovely orange candy chitral flavour, good but not outstanding taste, a bit of a letdown after the promise of the smell, nice up 5050 high, but not a spanker.
DrD C99 / A11 x Sour Diesel Sativa 420005 134
Purple leaves, poor trimming, lovely high quality, gave an 8 despite shit trimming, smells dark kushy promising, tastes smooooooth, exotic intense, very hard to describe, but nice, very nice, not quite stellar though, strong high head and body, throbbing forehead [poss down to mucho judging]
Fizzbomb Kali Mist Sativa 420012 133
Big Orange hair dominated bud, leafy but trimmed, SSH ? JH ? Kali ? Smells, a bit of minty fresh on the crumble, clearly hazey but nice, tasted woody hazey, nice smooth but with some fresh mintyness, strong up clear high.
Jah Hoover Sour Diesel Sativa 420022 133
Superb, really well frosted, perfectly presented lovely nugg, smells sickly, slightly trainwrecky, clearly top Q pot, taste, not 100% smooth, but very good taste, clearly strong, poss a 9 [rare] very good hit, Indica dom if anything.
Goba Island Sweet Skunk Sativa 420034 128
Frosty, small calyxs, fairly tight, afghani type fruitiness, bit stinky, then haze, fruity hazey, but then curiously a green minty fresh smell when broken up, taste, nice smooth fruity hazey, not a ppunch of either, but was nice, clearly potent, c99xssh? balanced up high, almost stupefied
Jamie Shoe Amnesia Sativa 420002 126
Decent woody hazy smell, not that much resin, but looks mature, ok to decent taste, nice up giggly euphoric high, not killer though.
Chef Limon Sativa 420027 118
White crystals with no heads, poor trim, young and squashed, sweet funky fruity funk smell, slightly candied, promising, but not enough of it. The taste was also sweet funky fruity, very cured, up buzzy fuckedup high, quick, nice.
Big Leek Diesel Cross Sativa 420008 116
Frosty Sativa, poor trim, a 7 despite the trim, smells "sadly very low, Hay" flavour, really nice Sativa of no great special [identifiable] flavour, but Nice ! scored well despite not being that strong or distinictive, it is nice... high was OK, not amazing.
CT Haddock Jack Herer Sativa 420011 106
Resin has colour, looks allright, hardly any smell at all, dry as f***, no smell when broken up, Ozone ? taste, bit generic, OK, nice, nothing special, she did however stick her head up above the mass, clearly has poke [strength], good up high
Chef Pfrut Sativa 420017 103
Lovely, but needs more trimming, to present at best, covered in trichs, excellent smell, perfect fruity funky skunky, like many this year, taste "wooosh" smooooth, lemony, very nice not exceptional, high was strong, felt...
Dr Penthotal NYCD Hawaiain Sativa 420016 72
Looked outdoor, poorly trimmed, looks fuzzy/battered, has a baseline floral fruitiness, trim smells earthy and foxy, a bit of fruitiness hidden away in the taste, high was debated, warm fuzzy body hit.
Greenhouse Super Lemon Haze Sativa 420025 127
A fat nug, nice, smells very promising, bit slightly "middle of everything" generic, lemony, tastes smooth, OK, but not quite as good as the smell promised, high, OK but did not hit us in the heat of battle, may well be fab though.
Mosca Negra C99 BX1 Sativa 420006 125
Perfect trim, just not frosted to death, juicy fruits of the forest smell, nice, really nice taste, bit fruity but greater depth, beautifull, popular, high, good nice fat balanced strong hit, spanked us after the narcothon and eating, very good.
Soma Amnesia Haze Sativa 420003 117
Grassy Floral Hazy, Amnesia Haze ? Seems OK, looks pretty well developed but did not look fab close up ['scope] taste OK, bit generic, bit hazey, hints of other things, nice up high, not stellar
Karma Genetic's Amnesia Sativa 420001 116
Foxtail action, really pretty little fluffy buds, well frosted, smells a bit minty/nonexistant, maybe too dry, non event, but then a lemony smell when crumbled, taste, Lemony, Amnesia ? Nice, Sat dom, very strong high, marked for retest.
Dampkring Mexican Haze Sativa 420030 115
Not trimmed well, resin not stellar, seems cured, smell is peppery hazey Herer, promising, taste nice Jack Herer style peppery Haze, spices, nice creeper sativa high.
DutchGrown C99 GN09 P Pheno Sativa 420036 112
Chunky bud, fairly hard but not that dense, very low smell, piney fruity, very cured ? Didn't like the taste, no flavour, poor, sadly, but it had a nice hit to it, a solid wall of stoned, stupid grins.
DutchGrown C99 GN09 GF Pheno Sativa 420037 108
Did not like appearance, looked young, harsh and uninteresting in pipe, OK vaped, not outstanding in this company, but good, has promise but is way too young.
