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Nana Punch

A review of Nana Punch by Peers Cannabis

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Dispensary

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Dispensary

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Dispensary

The Official Description

There’s no split around it

Nana Punch is a sweet, dessert-like hybrid that tastes as good as it smells. A blend between the two well-known strains Banana OG and Purple Punch, the smooth, mellow, and balanced terpene profile delights the senses with its tropical pineapple flavour, bursts of ripe banana, and notes of spicy berry. Nana Punch comes in nugs that are frosty and covered in a heavy layer of purple and orange trichomes.

– Peers Cannabis

 

Leafly Description

Banana Punch is an evenly balanced hybrid cannabis strain made by crossing Banana OG with Purple Punch. This strain produces sedating effects that can be felt from head-to-toe. Banana Punch tastes like hazey berries with notes of freshly cut pineapple and of course, bananas. Consumers say this strain is a “creeper strain”, which means the high will come on slower than you might expect, so take it easy with this one until you know how it effects your body. Growers say Banana Punch flowers into nugs that are cakey and covered in a heavy layer of purple and orange trichomes. Medical marijuana patients choose this strain to help relieve symptoms associated with anxiety, appetite loss and stress.

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Store

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Store

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Store

First Impressions

We’ve been hearing a lot about Nana Punch lately and couldn’t wait to give this bad boy a try. With all the shout outs we saw on Reddit, our expectations were ‘high’. You wouldn’t think there’s anything special about it by the packaging though. Peers does not waste money and effort on their containers, it’s just the standard white plastic jar that would almost look medicinal if it weren’t for the playful green label. The jar included an air-tight seal and Boveda pack, and was the perfect size for an 1/8. 

Our senses of smell and sight were delighted upon opening the jar. When your weed smells great and looks pretty, it can only mean amazing things.

Aroma:

Contrary to what the name would suggest, we did not smell any bananas. Ripe or otherwise. What we did smell was the subtle hint of berries mixed with vanilla that reminded us of something sweet and sugary, but then the smell of earth and skunk take over. The weird combination created an anticipation of things to come. 

Appearance

Beautiful. That’s literally the first word that comes to mind when you see these buds. The photos included were taken with an iPhone, and they do not do it justice. The batch we brought home for testing contained 6 average sized nuggets to make an eighth, all beautifully trimmed with no stems or shake. You can’t help but noticed the sparkling white trichomes and orange pistils that literally cover the entire bud.  The buds themselves were dense, but not hard. They had the perfect amount of bounce back for well-cured cannabis. Peers did a great job at harvesting this plant and it shows before you even take the bud out of the container.

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Store

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Store

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Store

The Experience

As per usual, a joint was rolled for this review, but this time we used the classic Zig-Zag single wide papers. Normally we use Pure Hemp Unbleached Rolling Papers to keep things consistent, but we ran out and didn’t want to wait another day before giving Nana Punch a try. Call us impatient, but like we mentioned, we were really excited for this one. 

Flavour

The flavour wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad either. Just like we couldn’t smell banana earlier, we also couldn’t taste it. In fact, we didn’t taste anything but a super earthy flavour, almost like dirt. That sounds bad, and if we were describing a food dish we’d recommend not to eat it, but it’s different when you’re talking about good cannabis. That being said, a flavoured paper wouldn’t hurt. It might taste different using a vaporizer, since those tend to bring out some of the more subtle or nuanced flavours of cannabis, but that method of consumption just isn’t our jam. 

Effects

The Nana Punch is a knockout. Pun intended. The effects of this strain more than made up for the flavour, if you’re looking for a sedative kind of high anyway. 

The effects didn’t begin right away, which fooled us into thinking it was just an average hybrid strain so we continued smoking. That was our first mistake, as the Nana Punch is definitely a creeper. It tricked us into thinking it was more sativa-dominant with a happy and energetic buzz, but then ‘BAM’! Total annihilation. It wasn’t until the concept of time and memory disappeared that we realized how destroyed we were.  As regular smokers, feeling that kind of buzz is a rare occurrence and we couldn’t be happier with the potency of this strain. It says it’s only 24% THC, but it’s easily comparable to other strains in the 27% – 30% range. 

The only downsize is that the high is very one-sided. If we were guessing what kind of strain this was based of the effects alone, we’d definitely say heavy indica. It doesn’t make you feel sleepy so much as it does comatose and lazy. If you can manage to stay moving while at the peak of your high, the comatose feeling does fade into a much more balanced buzz of body tingles and creative energy. However, if you’re still on the couch after an hour, it’s probably nap time. 

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Dispensary

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Dispensary

Character Co. – Winnipeg Cannabis Dispensary

Final Thoughts

Nana Punch is a winner in all areas except flavour. The buds looked amazing, the effects were overwhelmingly powerful, and the joint burned perfectly. If we had to list one critique, it would be the smell/taste.  It definitely reminded us of a dark and dank basement that was recently flooded and no one noticed. However, that’s a pretty minor critique since we all know, the more powerful the smell, the more terpenes are present. In that area, it comes down to personal preference.

Would we try it again? Definitely. Nana Punch is the strain we’d save for special occasions,  or after a particularly stressful day. It’s what we would bust out if we were trying to impress even the most hardcore cannabis connoisseur. 

It’s currently priced at $40 an 1/8, which is the same price point as most 7Acres and Citizen Stash products. Does it deserve to be in that group? Yes. Absolutely. In fact, if it was priced even higher I don’t think anyone would blink. It’s definitely craft cannabis but available at a mid-range price point.

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