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Acapulco Gold—Jonny Chronic, Ontario, Canada winter/spring 2024

Published on March 15, 2024 · Last updated June 24, 2024
two big marijuana nugs resting next to each other, almost in the shape of two lungs. nugs are bright green and shot through with some dull orange hairs. nugs are sitting on a wooden surface
Acapulco Gold by Jonny Chronic is an international, winning effort. (Amelia Williams/Leafly)

92 points out of 100

Price: $65 CAD/half-ounce

I must admit, I did not expect to find a traditionally Central American landrace pheno on the Canadian west coast. Jonny Chronic is actually an Ontario-based, small-batch cultivator run by a family who’ve farmed the area for generations. But Ontario is as far from BC as NYC is from Seattle—I worried how the multi-province transit would impact the bud. But it was packaged in February, and the half-ounce bag was full of sizable, spring-green buds with that sour Gold aroma, an off-white sheen, and plenty of squish.

This was a perfect day companion for the wide spectrum of activities Vancouver offers; you get plenty of pep and silliness without wanting to crawl out of your skin. Ideal for hiking in the still-snowy woods, meandering the various shops of Gastown, and when the weather is nicer, chilling at the beach. It was a smooth smoke, with 28% THC and ~3% terpenes dominated by myrcene and caryophyllene, so mostly earth and pepper on the inhale with a smidge of umami.

(Amelia Williams/Leafly)
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Amelia Williams
Amelia Williams
New York-based freelance cannabis journalist Amelia Williams is a graduate of San Francisco State University's journalism program, and a former budtender. Williams has contributed to the San Francisco Chronicle's GreenState, MG Magazine, Culture Magazine, and Cannabis Now, Kirkus Reviews, and The Bold Italic.
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