34 FEBRUARY 9-15, 2023 westword.com WESTWORD | REAL ESTATE | RENTALS | HEALTH WELLNESS | SERVICES | EMPLOYMENT | ADULT | MUSIC | CLASSIFIED | FIND MORE MARIJUANA COVERAGE AT WESTWORD.COM/MARIJUANA Truffl e Hog BY HERBERT FUEGO We’ve seen luxurious dishes, hot sauce and Nicolas Cage movies all enhanced by truffl es, but it takes a good nose to discover them. Finding the subterranean delicacies is such a lucrative pastime that people use domesti- cated pigs, or truffl e hogs, to sniff them out and dig them up. That’s some real olfactory prowess, Hoss. As a dedicated sniffer of stanky pot, I could only hope to reach truffl e-hog status. But after blindly choosing White Truffl e at not one, but two dispensaries this week, I’m starting to think I have a chance. White Truffl e is a phenotype of Gorilla Butter, which is a hybrid of Peanut Butter Breath and Gorilla Glue. Coveted for an attrac- tive cloak of trichomes and a fancy-schmancy fl avor profi le, White Truffl e could very well be considered an elitist strain. The golf of weed, if you will. And after tasting its onion-like fl avor, you might think this nighttime variety isn’t for you. Hang in there, though, and you’ll discover that White Truffl e has an everyman high that pairs well with a beer after work or meat and potatoes for dinner. Savory strains and extraction potential are becoming increasingly attractive to cannabis breeders, and White Truffl e scores high in both categories. Although garlic and onion fl avors might not be for everyone, the high is nurturing, strong and manageable, with a heavy side order of the munchies. Even if your smelling abilities aren’t the best, you’ll be one happy hog after hitting White Truffl e. Looks: White Truffl e has average density, but sharp, milky trichomes provide glowing enhancement to buds and leaves of any color. The strain tends to turn purple, with some cuts taking the color of Midnight-fl avored Gatorade, and that’s when the real visual ap- peal comes through — especially with those full, wispy calyxes, which look like dollops of grape frozen yogurt. Smell: Subtle acidic and sweet notes make White Truffl e smell like sour candy for a split second, but dry punches of skunk and hash quickly bulldoze any notion of that. The strain smells like a sweet onion for the most part, with nutty, savory aromas hanging around at the end to give White Truffl e a buttery back end. Flavor: In a battle of dry-skunky-earthy and nutty-buttery mouthfeels, the butter wins. White Truffl e does an impressive job of covering my cheeks and tongue in an oily smoke, which keeps that sweet onion fl avor in my mouth even longer than normal, with skunky and earthy fl avors lingering longer. Effects: Mental relaxation is immediate, and physical relief comes in shortly after. I never get put down straight away, so light activity or chores are defi nitely doable for a couple of hours, but you’ll be moving a few steps slower, and the comedown is inevitable. This is a good post-workout and evening strain, and a perfect fi t for a hangover. You’ll stay awake just long enough to wolf down takeout. Where to fi nd it: We’ve sniffed out vari- ous forms of White Truffl e at A Cut Above, Ajoya, Alternative Medicine on Capitol Hill, Bonfi re Cannabis, Callie’s Cannabis Shoppe, Colorado Harvest Co., Cookies, Del Mundo Cannabis, DenCo, the Dispensary Littleton, Frost Exotic, Golden Meds, Green Valley Dis- pensary, Harvest House, the Herbal Center, High West Cannabis, House of Dankness, Karing Kind, Little Brown House, Lova, Mammoth Farms, Mighty Tree, Mile High Dispensary, Mountain Medicinals Wellness Center, Nature’s Kiss, Police & Thieves, So- cial Cannabis, Strawberry Fields and Twin Peaks, but more stores likely carry it. Clearwater Genetics, Fuego Farms, Host Cannabis Co., Loyalty Farms, Malek’s Pre- mium Cannabis, Mighty Tree and Outlaw all have takes on White Truffl e, with DenCo, High West, Mighty Tree and Strawberry Fields selling in-house cuts, too. Extractors Billo, Dadirri, First Matter, Mile High Dabs and Shift produce different types of White Truffl e hash and cannabis oil, as well, and Dialed In makes gummies infused with White Truffl e rosin. Is there a strain you’d like to see profi led? Email [email protected]. White Truffl e doesn’t care about your goals for the day. This one’s for hedonists. MARIJUANA S T R A I N G A N G HERBERT FUEGO
