Grape Pie Strain Review: A Classical Dessert Strain

I’m all about dessert strains. Cakes, gelatos, tarts, as well as anything with “GSC”, “pie” or “macaroon” in the name, are all some of my favorite go-to cannabis terpene profiles.

Pretty much anything fruity and sweet with some sort of cream or carbohydrate layer will always catch my nose and thus my wallet at the dispensary.

They speak to my stomach and I’ve found that when I listen to my gut it’s more often than not the right or at least a satisfying direction to go in, and this includes when re-upping my weed supply.

In fact, the last few strains I’ve purchased include this here Grape Pie, Apple Tartz, Grape Cream Cake, Stuffed Cherry Gelato… You get the idea.

This Grape Pie strain is one of those that instantly conjures up memories of deep dark gooey Grape Pie. Grape Pie was always one of my “go-to” diner choices as a kid when selecting a slice from the spinny case of pastry wonders. 

Yes, cherry pies are probably the most popular, if not apple, although all the real Gs know the king of pies always has and always will be pecan.

Grape Pie Genetic Lineage Explained

Grape Pie comes out swinging hard though with Grape Stomper and Cherry Pie as its genetic parents, imparting double the sweet candied element to this late night snack of a strain. 

As readers of this blog might be aware of by now, this Grape Pie was bred by Cannarado Genetics, who are one of the all-time greatest when it comes to curating instant classics and Grape Pie is one of the crown jewels of this Cannarado’s collection IMO. 

The Grape Pie in this review was grown by the fine folks at Deep Creek Gardens, one of the best indoor cultivators in the state of Oregon in my opinion, as well as the opinion of others as they’ve won Dope Cup “Best Sativa” for their Ice Queen strain, “Best Terpene Profile” for their Pineapple Fields, and “Best CBD Flower” for their Huckleberry Web CBD strains.

I’m usually an indica dude but I like to mix it up and Deep Creek’s their Supa Durban is probably one of my top 5 strains.

But WE’RE HERE FOR THE PIE! GRAPE PIE! GRAPE PIE! GRAPE PIE!

Fruity dessert strains are always fun and getting one that is more calming, more sedating, more “slow motion shit a tiny bit”, is a great thing. 

So, tuck in your napkins and get your forks ready, we’re about to dig in!

Appearance: Reserved For Such Purple Pedigree 

Grape Pie is the byproduct of Cherry Pie and Grape Stromper. Cherry Pie’s parents were Grand Daddy Purps and Durban Poison. Grape Stomper’s parents were Purple Elephant and Chemdog Sour Diesel.

That is a LOT of purple in there no doubt, yet I’ve seen way more actual purple buds than this lovely flower from Deep Creek Gardens who always seem to grow an exceptional product. 

As is a recurring theme in these here reviews, you can’t judge cannabis that much by its appearance. Sure, you can make determinations as to the quality but the human eyeball isn’t too great at discerning flavor or the cannabinoid-driven psychological component of a piece of plant matter. 

This Grape Pie is interesting. The core structure of these nugs definitely have some purp to them but it’s a very deep dark almost black purple. My favorite kind of purple.

This the kind of evil looking purple that would get the Skeksis all up in a huff. Even this little weed Gelfling can’t help but me memorized by the appearance of these Grape Pie buds.

They look like they’ve been growing in a deep jungle forest, dark purple as can be mirroring the deep mysterious depths of the jungle.

But as elude to previously they’re not the MOST purple you can find. These nugs are just riddled with trichomes that in tandem with smatterings of jungle fatigue camo green, do their best to modestly cover up some of the purp that lurks in the cracks and crevices of the bud structure.

If the purple heart looks like it was grown in a magical jungle then the soft green hues and faded green looking trichome looks like some sort of exotic moss that has cocooned these precious little goobers.

I believe it’s this dense trichome embrace layered over the deep dark grapey goodness that make these so visually alluring. You can’t help but try to peer deeper into the flower but keep getting distracted by the dense crusty nature.

In terms of bag appeal these are downright sexy and I give them 4/5 stars, with 5/5 being reserved for size queens because that’s the kind of cannabitch that I am.

Still 4/5 is a solid A and is plenty enough to perk up ears and open nostrils should you be wanting to show these off to your gaggle of stoner nerd friends. The colors are on display and there’s more complexity here than you seem to get with a lot of popular cultivars.

Smell: Yes I’ll Have Another Slice Please

I’ve argued before that just taking strain names at their face value is a surprisingly effective way to get an idea of what you’re in for later on. Of course there are obviously exceptions to that logic but Grape Pie isn’t one of them. 

There’s the preserved grapes, the really dark, really goopy ones. There’s not a ton of pastry or “crust” on this but there’s enough to restrain the fruit and keep it from going straight up C-A-N-D-Y. 

There is an accompanying fresh note of arborvitae, which I just found out is the name of those ubiquitous cedar-pine looking giant shrubs that seem to exist everywhere that have really good smelling soft piney-leafy leaves. Sorry I’m feeling the effects of the Grape Pie and I feel that is the worst description of a plant anyone’s ever written but whatever, Google arborvitae or “Thuja”. Yeah, thats their actual name.

Accompanying the lighter notes of canned Grape Pie filling and Thuja there’s a soft overlaid note of fresh herb, more like lavender, that harmonizes the sweet purple and the fresher plant notes of the Thuja in a pleasant aromatic type of way.

I guess the last impression I get when sucking as much of this stuff through my big ass nose is that of honey produced by bees who collected all there pollen from wildflower fields. So yeah, a very muted, honey-sweetened flower note. 

Overall the smell is a fair representation of the sensation in my opinion, which you can dig into next below! 

Sensation: Unapologetic Robe Mode

Grape Pie is like its namesake in that it’s an absolute treat. I want to smoke it all day but I worry about getting gut rot from all them candied grapes and cherries that are dancing about in my mind as I blaze this herb. 

Smoking a flavor profile that compliments meals is kind of the ultimate for me too. Pairing a Pancakes joint with your latte for breakfast or smoking some White Truffle before and after your steak dinner can function similar to appetizers and desserts, but minus the extra calories.

Well, smoking Grape Pie as a post-dinner dessert is where it’s at. The high is soft and bouncy, kind of cloud-like, with some helium zippiness. You can space out to a dreamy Lofi House playlists or go tunnel vision listening to the latest Anjunabeats release on Spotify 

Whatever your avenue, the destination is the same with Grape Pie and that is chill town, population you and whatever snacks you got on hand. 

The calm warm breezy nature of Grape Pie would make it hard for me to feign interest in a conversation that isn’t profound on some level so I wouldn’t socialize with this unless they’re close homies who don’t care if you reply. 

Grape Pie definitely on the prototypical “indica-leaning” side of things in how it imparts a sense of calm but it’s still got a bit of energy behind that calm so you don’t instantly fall asleep.

It’s relaxing but in an exciting kind of way. Like acclimating to a hot tub can be a bit of a rush up-front but relaxation quickly sets in. 

There are some more sativa-leaning genetics in the lineage here but the sedating purps cannot be stopped and thus put Grape Pie into more of that relaxing, long-sedating tail type of high.

The friendly warm embracing nature of Grape Pie to me makes this an easy one to recommend to a novice smoker or someone who is more prone to anxiety (aka GEEEKing out) because it just feels like it slows things down a bit which sometimes we all need a little more of in our busy day-to-day lives. 

Grape flavor is present on exhale with big puffs but it’s not like an artificial candy grape, it’s a deeper preserved kind of grape, like actual canned grape pie filling. 

You won’t wow anyone with the flavor impact, it’s not revelatory but it’s also very very likable so you won’t disappoint or offend any discerning cannasseurs either. Grape Pie wants to make friends with everyone, like a golden retriever or your friends younger brother.

I’ve been on a fruity pastry kick for the last couple months and it’s been great. After sheer perfume candies like Tropicana Cookies, these fruity pastry strains are probably my 2nd most favorite terpene “genres”. 

Apparently there is even a Gooberz strain that is Grape Pie crossed with Peanut Butter Breath that sounds fucking amazing. 

I won’t come back to Grape Pie immediately, there are too many new and exciting things coming out all the time in the Oregon recreational market but I’ll remember it fondly and definitely reach for it again this fall/winter because its flavor profile and effect are definitely right up my alley.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I need to go take a nap.

But before I do, I must ask, a I the only one who gets so excited about purple weed? Let me know in the poll below!