We Test Weed for a Living. Most People Pick Wrong.

Four of Michigan’s best brands put up hand rolls. Nobody knew the matchups until they were pulled. We went to Utica for Michigan week with Proper Doinks, to Bowdega and the Burn One Lounge, and ran two live duels in front of a packed room. No prepicked brackets. Pull one, announce it, light both, judge it live. Round one: Exotic Matter’s Lance against HYTEK's Sour Melons. Round two: Growing Pains against Yeti Stash Red Hots. The scoring is the part most people have never seen. Smoothness is worth three points on its own, because flavor is cool but not if it hurts. Then expansion, accuracy, purity, coat and finish. They walk through the ash, the burn, where the tickle lands in your throat, and the background notes that tell you something is off in a grower’s process rather than in the strain. The conclusion both of them land on: flavor forward is the hardest thing to dial in, and light and sweet is almost impossible to beat. Plus why Michigan is outgrowing everywhere outside California, why eight of the top ten are commercial rather than small batch, and why the lounge matters more than anybody gives it credit for. Want the stuff we can’t put on YouTube? Unreleased content and early drops weeks in advance at FSOTD.com. Chapters 0:00 Michigan week in Utica 1:40 The wall of weed 4:10 The wall of hash 6:30 Inside Burn One Lounge 8:00 How we actually score 10:20 Exotic Matter vs HYTEK 16:00 Growing Pains vs Yeti Stash #FSOTD #MichiganCannabis #ProperDoinks