Sunset Sherbert X High Octane Bx3

Two strains share the name of this flower, sold as Sunset Sherbert X High Octane Bx3: Sunset Sherbert, which Leafly credits to the breeder Mr. Sherbinski, and High Octane, which AllBud covers under the name Hi-Octane.

Sunset Sherbert’s Cookies lineage

Leafly and AllBud both give Girl Scout Cookies and Pink Panties as Sunset Sherbert’s parents, and Leafly says the original breeder set out to pass on the Girl Scout Cookies lineage. Leafly’s main name for the strain is Sherbert, with Sunset Sherbet, Sherbet and Sherbert OG among its other names, and Leafly lists Lemon Cherry Gelato and Gelato among the strains bred from it. Leafly describes an indica-dominant hybrid, and AllBud puts the split at 85% indica and 15% sativa; our explainer on indica, sativa and hybrid labels sets out what the terms cover.

How Sunset Sherbert looks, smells and tastes

Growers cited by Leafly report oblong, fluffy nugs with heavy trichome coverage and dark amber hairs over light and dark green leaves. AllBud’s picture is of large, compact buds shaped like Christmas trees, minty green, with long orange pistils and pale, milky trichomes.

Leafly calls the flavour sweet and dessert-like, with skunky citrus, sweet berry and candy notes, and tags it citrus, sweet and tropical. AllBud describes fruity cookie notes touched with minty cream, over a lightly pungent, sweet and creamy aroma with fruit and a sharp mint edge. Behind those flavours, Leafly’s terpene data shows caryophyllene, limonene and myrcene, in that order.

Sunset Sherbert’s reported high and THC

Leafly reviewers most often report feeling relaxed, tingly and happy, and Leafly describes strong, full-body effects lifted by a burst of cerebral energy and a carefree mood. AllBud describes an almost immediate euphoric lift and a brief bump of energy. AllBud estimates THC for the strain at 15% to 19%, with CBD at 1%, and Leafly shows about 18%, with CBG near 1%. Leafly gives flowering as 63 to 72 days, and the strain rates 4.5 from 1,706 ratings there.

High Octane, by AllBud’s account

AllBud says Hi-Octane is also known as High Octane and describes it as a 50/50 hybrid of Sunset Sherbet and Octane. Its buds, as AllBud describes them, are dense, rounded and olive green with darker forest-green undertones, thin orange hairs and a frosting of small white trichomes thick with sweet resin.

The flavour is sweet and fruity, berry and citrus with a creamy exhale, over an earthy, fruity aroma with flowery citrus on top and a faint gassy edge; one AllBud reviewer describes a creamy smoke with a strong gas taste. AllBud calls the high fast-acting and long-lasting, creeping in as a tingly body feeling before a creative, sociable headspace follows. AllBud lists THC at 19% to 24%, and the strain rates 4.7 there from 21 votes.