UK Cheese

UK Cheese is sold here as flower, and Leafly says a UK collective called Exodus first grew the strain in the early 1990s, which is why it also goes by Exodus Cheese.

A Skunk #1 phenotype from the British Isles

Leafly calls UK Cheese a potent hybrid and a phenotype of Skunk #1, and adds Cognitiva to its other names. AllBud says English growers created it by inbreeding Skunk #1, which it classes as a sativa-dominant hybrid, and that it is also known simply as Cheese. In AllBud’s telling, it is perhaps the best-known strain to come out of the British Isles, and its biggest following is still in the UK even though it is now known far beyond Britain.

Cheesy, skunky and pungent

Several UK reviewers on Leafly call it the smelliest weed they have ever come across. True to the name, AllBud says, both the smell and the taste are cheesy, and the aroma is pungent and earthy; its flavour tags add creamy, skunky and sweet. Leafly describes an unusual flavour with berry and spicy cheese undertones, and its reviewers’ top flavours are cheese, skunk and pungent. Growers on Leafly report dense, light-green buds covered in orange hairs.

Terpinolene first, then ocimene and myrcene

Leafly’s lab-sourced terpene data puts terpinolene at the top, ahead of ocimene and myrcene; terpinolene’s piney, floral character is the subject of our terpinolene guide. Leafly also lists Blue Cheese and Big Buddha Cheese among the strain’s offspring.

Energetic and euphoric per Leafly, quick to arrive per AllBud

Leafly describes energetic, euphoric effects that relax the mind without weighing a person down, and its scale reads mostly energizing; its reviewers most often report feeling hungry, happy and relaxed. AllBud lists the strain as 80% indica and 20% sativa yet describes balanced effects that reach both head and body: strong euphoria, an upbeat, happy mood and a touch of creativity, from a strain with a reputation for coming on fast.

Leafly puts THC at 20% with 1% CBG, rates the potency above average and suggests the strain suits experienced consumers. AllBud’s figures are 20% to 23% THC, alongside 1% each of CBD and CBN. On Leafly, 647 ratings average 4.1; on AllBud, 33 votes average 4.4.