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F5

The Winter Classic

By · Independent cannabis reviewer, based in New Jersey · No sponsors

Traditional Traditional: not from a licensed rec or medical market

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6.47 / 10

Weak spot: Taste 4.1

3-Pillar Master Review Index

NOSE8.3TASTE4.1HIGH7.0
Nose 8.3/10

Instantly off the jar you get a heavy strawberry banana apple nose, almost like eating those Gerber puffs or the strawberry banana apple applesauce. It's really pungent, really sweet, nice and fruity, but very kept into the jar, so you do have to shove your nose directly into it. My notes say a strong, area filling banana strawberry apple nose. Broken up it reminds me a lot of Froot Loops or strawberry apple puffs, and it smells the same, if anything a little deeper and a little funkier, but still super fruity and consistent, maybe a little sharper than before I broke it up. On the grind a lot warmer note came through that reminds me of something specific I can't put my finger on, with a really nice citrus note in the back end and something underneath it, a bright sweet with a tart funk in the middle. It gets really soft on the grind though, and I can barely smell it. It smelled really good out of the jar and on the breakdown, but on the grind it loses a lot of its nose.

Taste 4.1/10

The first couple pulls were interesting, a diet version of what the nose was. I didn't get any of that creaminess, and the apple, banana and strawberry diminished into a slightly herbal sweet tang with an orange note around the halfway point. The first couple pulls were really soft and didn't coat or stain. At halfway there was an orange burst with a little sweetness to it, but by two thirds it got airy and there was a really strong bite that tasted like a toasted herbal, with a really strong bite of hay right near the end. Then it fully dropped out in flavor, leaving a really strong bite with each pull and nothing on the exhale. There's a sort of palate coat at the very end that reminds me of eating those puffs, a tongue drying aftertaste that tastes almost artificial. The burn was pretty good, the best of the last couple of entries I've had, and it burned a nice light gray with small black splotches here and there. It was okay in the beginning, mediocre in the middle and weak at the end.

High 7.0/10

The high hit at about 7 minutes, a light pressure on the forehead, slightly behind the eyes, more of a sociable, talkative, mobile high. By 11 minutes there's more pressure on the head and behind the eyes, I'm more sociable and talking more, and there's pressure on the back and the want to lay down. At 48 minutes it dialed down from that talkative, energetic and sociable high to a lower down one, sociable and tired and wanting to relax, with some pressure still on the top of the head and not much else. It got me tired, with no munchies and no other feelings.

F5 has my favorite fruit nose of the bunch, a strawberry banana apple that reminds me of Gerber puffs and Froot Loops, though it stays close to the jar and loses a lot on the grind. The smoke was a diet version of that, soft with no coat or stain, an orange burst at halfway, then a toasted herbal bite and a hay bite before the flavor dropped out. It burned the best of the recent entries, with a light gray ash. The high is a sociable, talkative pressure that settles into tired and relaxed by 48 minutes, and I'd buy it again with caveats.

Details

  • Category
    Flower
  • Brand
    The Winter Classic
  • Posted
    Nov 2, 2026
  • Format
    3-pillar
  • Note
    Competition Entry | Fruit Vs Candy
  • Effects
    Social · Relaxing
  • Buy again
    Yes, with caveats

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