Heisenberg TERP Sauce 3.5G - Stardawg Guava

In 2012, Stardawg Guava took first place for Best Sativa at the Denver Cannabis Cup, according to both Leafly and AllBud. This 3.5 g Heisenberg terp sauce, a runny concentrate, carries the strain’s name.

A Chemdawg #4 line and a Stardawg sister

Leafly lists Chemdawg #4 as the parent and Fried Banana as a child, and it files Stardawg Guava under Sativa. AllBud describes it as a sister strain of Stardawg, itself a cross of Chemdawg 4 and Tres Dog, and calls it the less sativa-heavy of the two sisters, with more indica influence. Its split, by AllBud’s figures, is 60% sativa to 40% indica. AllBud also ties the Cannabis Cup win to 21.2% THC and daytime effects.

Tangy guava against a chemical edge

AllBud describes a very sweet, tangy tropical-guava taste and smell, with a harsh chemical edge when the flower burns; its flavour tags are cheesy, chemical, diesel, pine and tangy. Leafly calls the aroma mild but nuanced, with pine, cheese and tart notes, and says a latent chemical flavour finishes clean and earthy. Limonene, which Leafly tags as citrus, is the most abundant terpene in its data, ahead of caryophyllene and myrcene.

From a forehead tingle to focus

AllBud says the effects come on strong with a tingle in the forehead and behind the eyes, then a lift of energy and focus with mental clarity and motivation, and it also calls the high relaxing overall for mind and body. Leafly describes uplifting sativa stimulation that lands between the eyes before a subtle, vibrating warmth spreads through the body, and its effect slider rates the strain mostly energizing. The effects Leafly reviewers log most are uplifted, creative and focused. For the strain, Leafly shows THC around 23% and CBG around 1%, and AllBud 21% THC with 1% CBD.

Where sauce fits among extracts

Among extracts, sauce is the runny one: it keeps terpenes in high proportion, and small THCA crystals often float in it, turning into THC once heated. Our primer on concentrate types and potency covers the other main forms.

Sauce is an extract, and Health Canada counts extracts, from wax and shatter to hash and kief, as high-THC products that people trying cannabis for the first time, or using it now and then, should avoid. Its lower-risk guidelines also rule driving out for at least 6 hours after cannabis.