Picked this up last week at Harvest of Cottonwood on b0g0. It has been a while since Ive tried Grow Science's flower (last time was a batch of Kush Mints back in Jan/Feb of this year, which was far from unsmokeable, but definitely had notably muted smell and taste, but still had solid effects overall), as I have been aware of the noticeable drop in quality of their flower within the past year or so, not only from my own experience, but word of mouth, and from experiences from fellow ents here.

I had seen a few people post positive things about recent batches of Animal Mint Cake by GS here in zonaents, so I decided to try out a batch that just hit the menu of my local Harvest. Needless to say, Im glad I took the gamble and picked this up. Here is my review:

Looks: Light green buds, with darker mint hues scattered here and there. The buds have a conical structure (rather than round/spherical bud structure) reminiscent of og kush.. Very pretty and big buds in each of the eighths I acquired. Very nice bag appeal here. Sticky, and very easy to roll into joints/blunts, as the ground bud kinda clumps together and is easily shaped, great sign of good cure and overall moisture level

Smell/Flavor: Floral, minty, and slightly gassy...gassy kushiness becomes much more pronounced after these dense nugs are broken up/grinded. Smell translates well into the overall flavor, with a hint of creamy, wedding cake esque flavor as well. Not the heaviest flavor/terp profile, but then again, even the best of the best in the AZ market seems a bit muted at this point in time, but this is definitely a notch or two above the last batch I tried from GS (the aforementioned Kush Mints), and I believe they are making some forward progress with their overall flower quality (new batches of rosin ive had are great too, just finished up the last of some gary payton rosin, sandwiched between this Animal Mint Cake, in a Dynavap...the taste is off the charts with this method of consumption)

Effect/Overall: heavy Indica effects with this strain, which is precisely what I was looking for and prefer. Lethargy and inevitable couch lock are expected with large doses of this strain. I really enjoyed it, especially for the b0g0 price, and hopefully this is a sign that things are turning around for the better, in terms of Grow Sciences flower Quality. Indica fans, check this strain out when you see it. Definitely recommended. Overall score: 8.75/10