Barney’s Farm
Barney’s Farm Blue Cheese crosses the popular UK Cheese
strain with the perennially popular Blueberry. Cheese is
thought to be a distinctive Skunk #1 variant known for its
pungent, intense flavors as much as for its immensely
enjoyable and easygoing buzz. This strain came up in the UK,
where it got a reputation as kind bud, but was only available in
clone form. Then Big Buddha backcrossed it in the mid-2000s
to create seeds, which opened up breeding possibilities. Here,
Cheese is crossed with an indica-dominant Blueberry father, a
strain known for its flavors and its purple-blue coloration.
When selectively crossed, these two distinct tasting and
widely recognized varieties have resulted in an incredibly
fragrant and easy to grow strain. Barney’s Farm Blue Cheese
likes to shoot up long and straight, forming a thick main stem.
The side branching is significant and forms a strong tree-like
frame that can be easily trained to a screen of green. This plant
stays short and stocky, finishing in 9–10 weeks with highly
productive yields of tight, sticky spear-shaped colas. Buds are
light green and springy to the touch, with pale orange hairs
jutting out of elongated calyxes. Average yields are 1.5–2
ounces (45–60g) per plant.
Barney’s Farm Blue Cheese is a variety with a one-of-a-kind
taste—it is rich, round, and smooth, with a connoisseur’s
spectrum from the sweet and floral to the deep, earthen
chocolate baseline. The intense and pungent earthy musk
aromas of the Cheese are retained, but are now tempered with
sweet incense-like Blueberry notes. The Barney’s Farm Blue
Cheese high is very heady. It creeps up then comes on strong
and indica, with a full body stone. Many people will enjoy the
trajectory of this mentally peaceful and physically relieving
buzz. It has a pleasant entry and exit, although as it winds
down, some people might find it a bit of a knockout, requiring a
short nap to reset before moving on to any other activity.
