85 points out of 100
Price: $60
The East Coast’s infamous popularizer of Sour Diesel—’Asshole Joe’ or AJ—debuts in the recreational market this fall and winter with his namesake strain, and it’s a solid outdoor look at Sour D. Launching in a series of drops from Flowerhouse this winter, AJ’s Sour Diesel grew in Flowerhouse’s New York greenhouses where it faced less than optimal weather, AJ told Leafly. Still the final result is gassy, or peppery, or more diesel-y than it is sour.
It’s also a really ample size, with more of an outdoor density and color than your typical indoor, tiny, dense, bright green Sour D nugs. It smoked like it smelled—gassy with beta-caryophyllene and limonene. The reference points here are Chemdog, and before that—Skunk. AJ’s Sour Diesel effect is classic New York ripper weed—energizing yet weighty, so have a plan before you hit the mean streets of Chelsea, Manhattan high on AJ’s cut.
Watch an interview with AJ that Leafly conducted live on Instagram November 28.
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