Black Garlic – The Forest, Missouri, Summer 2023

88 points out of 100

Spring, 2023

Price: $17/gram

Oni Seed Co’s GMO x Sour Dubb cross promises great-tasting, smelly gas, and The Forest in Missouri delivers. Black Garlic looks dark and smells like an indica without the light. Spicy GMO funk mixed with sour diesel gas fumes. Your clothes will stink. Smoking hits vanilla, then heavy gas, like sucking on a dirt bike tailpipe; leave you seriously cooked.

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