Getting Jiggy With Jet Fuel Gelato

Attention Gelato-lovers, Fox Hollow Flora is now serving up some absolute fire with the ultra creamy, verifiably gassy Jet Fuel Gelato genetics.

If this aptly named strain has piqued your interest at the dispensary, but you weren’t sure if you wanted to go all in on a quarter, then read on as I explain why you most definitely should give Jet Fuel Gelato a go!

Gelato is everywhere these days, and I’m not too upset about it, can’t lie.

I mean, who doesn’t LOVE rich, creamy cake-y strains?

Yeah yeah yeah…hate all you want, but the Cookies Fam consistently breed amazing weed with their collaborations, and the sheer frequency with which Gelato genetics are featured as parents of any given current exotic hype strain is proof point of that.

The High Times winner for the indica category in 2021, Gelato has gone on to spawn more exciting hybrids, including Jealousy (another big award winner), Biscotti, Tiramisu, The Menthol, Apples & Bananas, and of course, the prodigy child, Runtz.

I could go on about the glories of the Gelato strain, but that’s a different review for another day because there is a LOT to say when it comes to Gelato genetics as few strains have had as such a large impact on the industry as this complex mother of a plant.

In this review, though, we’re taking a closer look at the one and only Jet Fuel Gelato and its interesting familial connection to the Gelato family via an ancestor named Sunset Sherbert.

You know I love choppers, I had to surround myself

Takin’ Gelato to the head, smoked the pound myself

Juice WRLD

What is this relation specifically, you may be asking? Well, Gelato is a hybrid cross of Girl Scout Cookies X Sunset Sherbert.

Sunset Sherbert itself is a cross between Girl Scout Cookies and Pink Panties. This is why Gelato has that fruity but smooth gelato (in a fresh waffle cone, as I like to imagine) flavor; it’s got GSC on both sides of its family.

^It’s also why Gelato #33-derivative strains like Fried Ice Cream is such a complex treat to smoke as well!

Jet Fuel Gelato, on the other hand, is a hybrid cross between Hi-Octane and Jet Fuel.

While Jet Fuel is a about as far from Gelato as possible in terms of flavor and smell, Hi-Octane, on the other hand, is a cross between OG Octane and none other than Sunset Sherbert.

To summarize then, the classically smooth Sunset Sherbert is itself a parent of Gelato and also a grandparent of Jet Fuel Gelato, imparting some of those much loved smoking characteristics.

Weed is wild huh! I’ve drawn a highly technical diagram illustrating Jet Fuel Gelato’s genealogy below:

Don’t think it’s all creamsicles and sunsets with Jet Fuel Gelato though; this strain brings its own to the game with pungent gassy odors that shout, “We’re Hi-Octane and Jet Fuel, and we’re ready to party.”

A party it was. Read on below for a detailed liveblog account of Jet Fuel Gelato’s ASS (Appearance, Smell, Sensation). The biography of this specific plant looks like this:

*Most reviews are recorded live in a journal when the flower is first purchased and then published at a later date, so don’t freak over the harvest/test dates.

This sample was sourced in Oregon so you’ll have to search out your own preferred farms in your state. Compound Genetics is the breeder you’ll want to reference when seeking out Jet Fuel Gelato.

Appearance: Smatterings of all the Right Colors

JFG doesn’t necessarily jump off the shelf like something with outlier colors. That’s just fine, though, as there is nothing inherently wrong with the color of the buds.

They are dense; the greens are vibrant, healthy, and with spontaneously placed small-medium length orange stigma, all paint splattered with little bits of attention-grabbing purple spots.

The vibrancy of the colors and lack of faded hues leads me to believe the plant lived a happy, stress-free life, which I know Fox Hollow Flora works hard to cultivate.

I prefer my buds to have enjoyed their time alive on earth and you should too. Living soil FTW!

Structurally these aren’t the largest I’ve seen, at least from the jar we were served, not that size is everything.

Still, they are plenty adequate, in the solid “medium” nug size range with a few smaller and fewer larger.

Size isn’t a barometer for flavor or effect, but I do love a big chonky nug when I can simply so I can admire a little more of its unmolested beauty before admiring its beauty with my lungs…

The nugs were quite dense, with not much air to be found in between the tightly packed calyx seemingly bonded together by proliferous sticky binding gooey trichomes, which lent a nice overall “moistness” to the bud.

I like because all that terpene-rich moisture makes for a much more satisfying vape in my PAX (as well as smoked) meaning it has more, uh, “vocal range” than a dryer flower that has been cured too long, thereby lacking enough moisture content to create a satisfying vape.

Remember, some terpenes dry out FAST, so if you’re an ardent flavor chaser getting something that was freshly harvested and well-stored is key.

Also, when I write “moist,” please read “plant-like subtle moisture content”, not “this stuff is wet”. There’s a big difference.

These aren’t exactly sponges, but I do like feeling some cool stickiness vs. overly dry plant material that turns to dust in my grinder. Overly-cured flower is the bane of my existence I swear and I’m glad this sticky icky sticks to my fingers.

Ultimately though, the appearance isn’t what sold me on the jet fuel gelato, having scanned right over it in our initial standard display perimeter recon at the dispensary.

No, this stinky little strain was recommended after I had asked the alpha-chad dispensary question of all time, “Which one is the fueliest” to our patient budtender, who was happy to oblige.

I’m not normally the “straaaaight gaaaas” guy; in fact, I’m typically looking for something with some fruity Tangie or grape flavors, often defaulting to more lush couch-locking indica-leaning hybrids, but hey, I was feeling sassy.

So I just went for it, took the plunge into cliché, and asked for that which shall not be asked…I asked for the gas.

I’m glad I did because once I got home, and I could remove my COVID mask (*this review was originally authored at the peak of the pandemic) and take an unhindered deep inhale of my Re:Stash-protected half ounce of Jet Fuel Gelato, I instantly knew I had a winner.

A half ounce is no small sum of money for me, so I admit doubt had begun to creep into my mind on the way home as to whether or not I had made a mistake diving straight into the 20ft deep end of the community pool of diesel.

The shnoz, however, was delighted upon the first lid crack, and multiple eyelid-closing-inducing deep sniffs were indulged upon before grinding up a Heir metal bowl’s worth to spark up ASAP.

Smell: Bold Yet Polite Blends of Gas & Cream

This strain is a New York 50-year-old Italian tough guy in a flower. There is nothing brand new or particularly surprising here. This isn’t Mendo or some funky garlic-fruit cross or anything weird like that.

This is a fuely, fresh zinger on the nose backed up with a dark peppery musk undertone holding the floor together like a perfectly stoned bassist in a low-key jazz band.

It’s not revelatory, but that’s not a bad thing.

The familiar slick-backed hair, the real thoroughly broken-in leather jacket that was passed down onto Tony Jr. by his father Tony Sr., the dominant after astringency of after shave. The aged ripped denim that no off-the-rack pre-worn denim company can produce.

It’s an undying (“future classic”, in this case, given the strain, is a relatively new one from Compound Genetics) classic.

No, it’s nothing new, but it’s welcoming, recognizable, familiar, with bold details that help reassure you that you have indeed bought some interesting weed, something with a personality, a bit of attitude, not all fruity Tangie and grape notes here, no sir.

This weed will invade the immediate vicinity and fill whatever amount of air there is if you’re sitting indoors, which is a nice way to whet the appetite of your partner or friend’s pre-smoke sesh.

The gas is expanding and potent, which is exciting without being overpowering or offensive.

All-in-all, as more of a citrus-Trop lover, this seems like a great introduction to more fuely strains without diving into the deepest of deep ends like you get with other big astringent terpene profiles like Chem or Permanent Marker for example.

Sensation: Fast-Hitting Yet Controllably Creative

The gradual yet rapid hitting head high of this strain is very satisfying. Think prototypical “sativa” in terms of sharpness of mental impact, vs the more sedating variety of prototypical indica-leaning strains.

Going from 0 to 20,000 feet without realizing it and then trying to figure out how long you’ve actually been high for is not how this builds.

No, you inhale, you exhale, and there she is, with you, piloting you, faster, higher, like a take-off in a jumbo jet. You are the co-pilot. Jet Fuel Gelato will take care of the heavy lifting.

You feel yourself rolling down the runway with increasing speed, feel the thrust, and feel the engines hurdle you upwards in a diligent and exponential manner.

The high also seems to be a relatively creative one. It feels like someone injected a bubbly syringe of Red Bull into the creative chunk of my brain.

Deep conversations were had. UFO documentaries were consumed. Things that were considered “givens” were reconsidered. This review was composed.

Jet Fuel Gelato caused me ponder a great deal, which I like very much.

I played out fantasies of opening a food truck, serving dope-ass deep-fried chicken cutlets, fried squid, and tofu (I’m quite high, I originally wrote jicken for “chicken” here).

The entrepreneurial fantasies expanded quickly, reflecting light in an oil-slick collage of shiny bubbles floating up lazily but determinedly into a rainy night, defying raindrops, on an unrelenting mission to space.

Jet Fuel Gelato would thus definitely fall into the “creative, buzzy” type of high that lends itself well to artistic work.

It’s not all zingy sativa, though. My head is heavy; I nod a bit as my tunes bump along and my typing slows. Eyelids are only up at about 60-70% normal openness.

Common, you can do it. Power through the review Erik!

I have been listening to Ryan Celsius Quarantine and Chill lo-fi on YouTube on our 50-inch wall-mounted Sony television for a few hours, I think.

Time isn’t moving at a measurable pace for me at this point.

The gas is doing its thang.

Perhaps I ought to just continue watching either a documentary on black holes on Netflix or the Documentary Now comedy series.

But the conversation in my head continued to flow unabated, never lazy, always light, bouncing, focused, hoping merrily down a clean forest path on a crisp spring morning, chasing early rays of pure sunshine.

I could see this being a decent socializing weed, if your tolerance has been built-up a bit.

Not for large groups necessarily, or high-pressure scenarios, but with groups of close friends that you can comfortably riff off.

It’s definitely a strain for having an active mind, whether you stimulate your mind with conversation or you prefer passively consume dope ass YouTube video music, or just geek out in your weed journal.

On the whole I’m satisfied quite satisfied with Jet Fuel Gelato. Oregrown very rarely disappoints. Fox Flora rarely disappoints.

This leap of faith in selecting this amount of this unfamiliar strain resulted in a happy ending, like a good mainstream Christmas-themed American 1980’s family comedy, with a directory filming it all jacked up on just a smidge of cocaine.

Gas doesn’t have to be feared. Ultimately it is simply kinetic potential. Simply apply the spark and use the momentum of the explosion of creativity it imparts towards whatever application you choose.

Harness the energy and delight in the activity it fuels.

Additional Evening Smoking Notes for Context

The pre-smoke session was preceded by a thorough gym workout and grocery jaunt followed by an hour or so of wasted phone time.

The post-smoke meal was Taiwanese RouZao-fan, with stir-fried bok choi drizzled with San-J Tamari soy sauce paired with Ota tofu, drizzled with Taiwanese Kimlan Soy Paste and Japanese bonito flakes.

Dinner washing and dessert were preceded by a second Jet Fuel Gelato smoking session to make doing the dishes more fun.

The first dessert consisted of a bag of trail mix left over from a recent flight from Minneapolis back to Portland mixed with an every-other-bite of a Kirkland protein bar to keep it protein-packed and delicious at the same time.

The second dessert consisted of bits of Endangered Species chocolate, the Strong + Velvety version at 88% cocoa, interspersed with bites of fresh organic cherries, raisins, and dried apricot.

This dessert did not support any fitness goals and was done in pure unrestrained cannabis-induced, oddly semi-sexual epicurean debasement. It was worth it.

Finally, this was washed down with a LimonCello La Croix whose lemony freshness made me want to get a whiff of that jet fuel gelato one last time, so I picked up my purple Santa Cruz grinder and sat back and, very satisfyingly, wrapped up this strain review.

My stomach was bubbly and almost achy, probably overdid the sweets, and maybe it was the added fiber of the protein bar. Ate peppermint Tums which somehow paired wonderfully with the remainder of my rapidly room-temperature, which required quick gulping.

TL;DR This is a munchie-inducing strain; there is no doubt about that.

Jet Fuel Gelato Summary: An Active Yet Well Balanced Strain

Jet Fuel Gelato is dope. It’s a great way to explore the gas without spontaneously combusting. If you’ve been gas-curious but haven’t taken the plunge this would be one worth considering.

The effect is strong but pleasant and persistent, and it didn’t catch me off-guard at any point, which, in combination with its odorous duality, makes it a pretty versatile flower for daytime or evening use.

Things never got too loony, which makes it a solid contender for social settings or being functionally high in public scenarios without geeking.

Just be warned, the munchies were strong with this one!