The 21 Jar Salute: Cannabis Cup Day Two by Danny Danko

It's the day after Opening Ceremonies of the 20th Annual Cannabis Cup and day two of judging sativas from seed companies who enter with the hopes of winning the elusive prize of bragging rights and seed sales. We were presented with over twenty jars to test with fake names randomly assigned from the tarot in order to keep the judging blind and untainted. It's a tough job, but we're slogging through, smoking joint after joint along with vapor hits and bong hits to determine the tastiest and strongest weed. In between, some fruits and snacks cleanse the pallet before we move on to the next variety of pot.

Sativas typically make you giddy and the spirit of the celebrity judges is off the hook. The presence of legendary hip-hop artist Redman has significantly enlivened the mood as well. Redman, also known as Doc or the Funk Doctor Spock is known as every rapper's favorite rapper and alot of that has to do with his skills on and off the mic. He's entertaining as ever and taking his judging duties very seriously and testing each and every jar knowing how much is riding on the decision. Redman also knows his weed, that's for sure.

Stephen and Ina May Gaskin are participating and providing the perspective of years of wisdom and weed. The stories being told in the judging chamber are amazing and I'm honored and humbled to even be in the room.

Is it hard to judge the high while you're already high? Sure, but the stuff that shines through is always worth a second or third look over and we're smoking at a steady and purposeful clip. The narrowing-down process proceeds.

There are so many great strains on the table and it's hard to say anything bad about almost all of them. Do you choose the one that's the strongest or the one that most represents a pure sativa? All of these things are being discussed and debated for a final consensus to emerge.

After that it's on to seed company indicas and after that the import and dutch made hash. Tonight is the party at the Melkweg with Honkeytonk Homeslice and Moe. I'll be back later with more hits from the blog...