Purple Urkle, Blacksmith Farms, 30% S 70% I

This one has a fruity, sometimes almost pineapple after taste. While I love the flavor, what I like most about it is that the smoke doesn't seem as harsh as some others I have tried, and you can get a nice lungful without hacking. However, if that is how you're used to smoking, and gauging if you gt a good puff, you might get really high the first time you smoke, waiting for that cough.

It's pretty smooth, and a nice transition into a comfortable, creative, high, that also takes the edge off any anxieties you may have been having. This is the perfect smoke after work, to unwind, but still work on your own hobbies or personal projects.

I'm a big fan of Blacksmith Farms, which is fairly local here, and they have some great quality stuff. And I enjoy the Purple Urkle, because I personally enjoy an I more than an S, the S always makes me a little too wired, and if I smoke enough of it, it can sometimes trigger the sensation that my body associates with an "aura", the sensation a person gets before having a seizure. It doesn't make me have a seizure, it just makes my brain too confused to be able to tell if I were having one. I's work much better for me, whether it's because of the seizures or my general anxious demeanor. I highly recommend this.

805 Firestone Walker Brewing Co

This is a tasty, drinkable ale out of Central California. You can't fault it for being from California, any more than you can fault a child whose parents voted for Romney. It's almost a honey-like first taste with a smooth maltyness to it. It's refreshing. It's tasty. It's about where you could possibly get away with chugging it, depending on what you have going on tomorrow and if you love hang overs. Alcohol level is at 4.7%, and the bottle is 12oz.

I got this at the local organic market, with it's obligatory gigantic alcohol section, as this is the Seattle area. It's probably also at any Trader Joes, BevMo, Whole Foods, in your area.

805. What the hell does that stand for? No idea. But, it is in the shape of olde tyme shipping company logos. So maybe it is a nod, to the Central Californian Coast's shipping history, a la "Island of the Blue Dolphins"?

In conclusion, I'm going to finish my beer. You should get one.

Nitty Gritty

So the plan with this is to blog about, and review different substances that I plan on trying anyways. Substances of the coffee, gin, or cider persuasion. However, as a human, I have a few biases that I want to get out of the way initially.

1. I don't like IPA's very much. That doesn't mean I don't sometimes like them, or sometimes find a certain brand that just blows my mind. But in general, not my fave.

2. I'm epileptic. This means a few things, as far as my particular seizure disorder, most of which deal with weed. First, when I'm smoking weed, its usually to alleviate my seizure problems. Secondly, my seizures cause some perception and physically problems that might influence how I perceive a High. However, sometimes, or often, I am smoking with friends, and take into account their stated perceptions of the experience as well for the blog (ex "I feel relaxed", "I feel inspired", etc).

Other than that, if you have questions, leave comments!