2023 Emerald Cup Awards

The 19th Annual Emerald Cup Awards in Richmond, California, on Saturday, May 13, 20

The results and winners of the 2023 Emerald Cup Awards

Sungrown Flower
1st place: Rebel Grown – Double OG Chem #15
2nd place: Naughty Squirrel – Venom OG
3rd place:Greenshock Farms – Peppermint Sleigh Ride
Sungrown – BREEDER’S CUP – Rebel Grown – Double OG Chem #15

Mixed Light Flower
1st place: Ridgeline Farms – LANTZ
2nd place: Preferred Gardens x Doja Pak – 11:11
3rd place: Local Cannabis Co – Florida Kush
Mixed Light – BREEDER’S CUP – Ridgeline Farms – LANTZ

Indoor Flower
1st place: Fig Farms – Blue Face
2nd place: Sense – Gas Face
3rd place: Cannabiotix – French Alps
Indoor – BREEDER’S CUP – Fig Farms – Blue Face

Sungrown Greenhouse Flower
1st place: Chameleon Craft – Bubble Bath
2nd place: Cre8 Cannabis – Cre8’s Gelonade
3rd place: Chameleon Craft – Mule Fuel

Personal Use Flower
1st place: Brandy Schneider – Mountain Cultured Terp Blendz 241
2nd place: Derek Roseboom – In The Pines
3rd place: Colin Teurfs – Double OG Chem (sungrown)

3rd Party Certified Sungrown Flower
1st place: Sol Spirit Farms – Element
2nd place: Derek Roseboom – In The Pines
3rd place: Colin Teurfs – Double OG Chem (sungrown)
Best in Show – Fig Farms – Blue Face

PRE-ROLL
Pre-Roll – Infused Solventless Extract1st place: Heritage Hash Co. x Huckleberry Hill Farms – Whitethorn Rose Flower x Whitethorn Rose Live Bubble Hash
2nd place: Holy Smoke by Holy Water – Holy Smokes Papaya
3rd place: Arcata Fire x Humboldt 36 Farms – Grape Runtz Arcata Fire Hash Hose: Ice Water Hash Infused Preroll (1g)

Pre-Roll – Infused Solvent Extract
1st place: West Coast Genetics X Holy Water – Paleta Z x Oz Kush Rosin x Kiwi Resin
2nd place: Cream of the Crop – COTC Diamond Barrel Monkfruit x High C
3rd place: Khalifa Kush – Khalifa Kush Infused Pre-Roll

Pre-Roll – Non Infused
1st place: Royal Key x Suprize Suprize – ROLLS Ghost Candy Walls
2nd place: Huckleberry Hil Farms x CannaCountry Farms – Whitethorn Rose CannaCountry #26 Blend
3rd place: WeedLove – WedLove John Lemmon 1g Preroll

Pre Roll – Deluxe
1st place: Rosin Tech Labs x Decibel Gardens x LUMA Farms – Roswell 47/Cali-O (Flower) – Papaya (Rosin) – Hash Hole

Pre Roll – Hemp Wrap
1st place: Paletas – Paletas Infused Blunt 2.1g – Jealousy Cap Junky (Hybrid)

SOLVENTLESS CONCENTRATE
Ice Water Hash
1st place: Heritage Hash Co x Huckleberry Hill Farms – Whitethorn Rose Live Bubble Hash
2nd place: Heritage Hash Co x Mattole Valley Sun Grown – Purple Papaya Live Bubble Hash
3rd place: Moon Valley Hash Co – Super Boof 119u-104u

Rosin
1st place: FullyMelted x Alien Labs – Zkittlez
2nd place: El Krem x Purple City Genetics x Ahti Hash x Sunrise Gardens – El Krem Moroccan Peaches LiveRosin
3rd place: Papa’s Select x Booney Acres – Strawberry Rainbows Premium Live Rosin

Personal Use Solventless
1st place: Brett Byrd – Purple Magic
2nd place: Matt Schackow – Papaya Live Rosin Badder
3rd place: Christian Luevano – Papaya Piss

CARTRIDGE
C02 Cartridge
1st place: Huckleberry Hill Farms x Vesuvio Garden- Whitethorn Rose

Distillate Cartridge
1st place: MVN Productions – XXX OG
2nd place: Helmand Valley Growers Company (HVGC) – Afghanimal
3rd place:  Jetty Extracts – Jetty Vanilla Blossom Cartridge

Live Resin Cartridge
1st place: Arcata Fire x Humboldt Trees – Strawberry Zkittlez- Arcata Fire 100% Live Resin Sauce Vape: Original Blend
2nd place: Absolute Xtracts – ABX Farmer’s Reserve 1g Vape – Honey Banana
3rd place:  PaperPlanes Extracts – Zawtz x Zruntz Live Resin Vape

Solventless Cartridge
1st place: Arcata Fire x Humboldt 36 Farms – Arcata Fire All in One 100% live Rosin Vape: Banana Punch
2nd place: Arcata Fire x Royalbudline – Zkittlez Vape – Rosin Syrup All In One (.5g) Vape
3rd place:  Arcata Fire x Humboldt 36 Farms – Arcata Fire 100% live rosin syrup All in One Vape: Orange Tree

SOLVENT CONCENTRATE
Hydro-Carbon Solid
1st place: Jetty Extracts – Jetty Super Lemon Haze Live Badder
2nd place: Beezle Brands x Ember Valley- Orange Peel Live Resin Budder
3rd place:  Beezle Brands x Luma Farms – Papaya Live Resin Budder

Hydro-Carbon Liquid
1st place: Holy Water x Lemon Tree – Melon Tree/Gas Tree Split Jar
2nd place: Cannabiotix – Mountain Sage Terp Sugar
3rd place:  Cannabiotix – Blue Flame Terp Sugar

TOPICAL
Therapeutic Topical
1st place:  Val’s Original x West Valley Patient Center – Val’s Hawaiian Cream (Pono)
2nd place: Hello Again – Hello Again Period
3rd place:  Liquid Flower – Deep Relief

TINCTURE
Tincture
1st place: Proof – Bazillion Drops
2nd place: Queen Mary – Boost

Tincture – Wellness Product
1st place: Proof – CBG Elixer Drops

EDIBLE
Edibles – Beverage
1st place: Moonstone Medicinals – Herba Mate Lemon Mint
2nd place: Mari y Juana Beverages Co. – ¡Guava! 50mg THC Soft Drink
3rd place:  Lagunitas HiFi Sessions – Lagunitas x Absolute Xtracts – Hi-Fi Cloudberry Four Pack

Edibles – Beverage Enhancer
1st place: Atlas Edibles – Alta Infused Peach Iced Tea Drink Mix

Edibles – Gummies
1st place: Space Gem – Sour Spacedrops
2nd place: P&B Kitchen – Watermelon Chili Gummies
3rd place: Lost Farm – Yuzu Fizz Sour Dream Live Rosin Gummies

Edibles – Sweet
1st place: Oui’d Confections – Bonbon Hazelnut Praliné
2nd place: P&B Kitchen – Caramel Filled Dark Chocolates
3rd place: Cosmic Edibles x Hash & Flowers – Plant Based Solventless Peanut Butter Breath Rosin S’Mores Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Dough

Edibles – Savory
1st place: TSUMo Snacks – Chili Limon Cannabis Infused Corn Chips

Edibles – Health Conscious
1st place: Queen Mary – Enchanted
2nd place: FRUIT SLABS – Tropical Haze FRUIT SLABS
3rd place: NUG – Sugar Free Dark Chocolate

ALTERNATIVE CANNABINOIDS
Alternative Cannabinoid Flower
1st place: Pure Beauty – Terry T x Gelato 33 (2:1 CBD)
2nd place: Moon Made Farms – Sungrown Mixed Ratio Flower Sapphire Tsu
3rd place: Heartrock Mountain Farm – Love Laughter Flower

Alternative Cannabinoid – BREEDER’S CUP
1st place: Pure Beauty – Terry T x Gelato 33 (2:1 CBD)

Hemp Flower
1st place: Stoney Branch Farms – Godfather OG
2nd place: Flowgardens – Blue Meringue
3rd place: Hemp Hop – Abacus Diesel CBD Hemp Flower

Alternative Cannabinoid Edible
1st place: Space Gem – Mind Expanding Belt – Sleepy Fig

Alternative Cannabinoid Beverage
1st place: Keef – Life H2O Blueberry Lemon +CBN

Alternative Cannabinoid Tincture
1st place: Proof – CBG Elixer Drops

Alternative Cannabinoid Cartridge
1st place: Chemistry x Emerald Spirit Botanicals – Harmony Rose Full-Spectrum 1:1 CBD Vape

Hemp Derived Ingestible
1st place: Green Truth – Weedman’s Sampler Hemp Chocolates

Hemp Derived Topical
1st place: Green Revolution – Solace CBD Topical
2nd place: Metta Hemp – CBD Full-Spectrum Topical Cream

Most Innovative Product – Consumable
1st place: Compound Genetics x Node Labs x The Original Resinator x Industry Processing Solutions – Perzimmon #2 Flower

Most Innovative Product – Industry Asset
1st place: a Pot for Pot – 5 Gallon Complete Grow Kit

Eco-conscious Packaging
1st place: Talking Trees Farms – Talking Trees Farms 100% Compostable Packaging

“Willie Nelson” Lifetime Achievement Award
1st place: Mila Jansen

Visionary Award
1st place: Amber E. Senter

Social Justice Award
1st place: Weldon Angelo

Trailblazer Award
1st place: Alex Aquino

Breeder’s Hall of Fame
1st place: Soma

Best Photo Contest Winner – Amateur
1st place: Ryan Gageby – @freegrow8 – “Fierce Fire”

Best Dispensary – Northern California
1st place: The Bright Spot – Walters Ct, Fairfield

Best Dispensary – Central California
1st place: Big Sur Canna+Botanicals – Carmel Rancho Ln, Carmel-By-The-Sea

Best Dispensary – Southern California
1st place: Cornerstone Wellness – Colorado Blvd – Los Angeles

SC Labs presents: Highest Terpene Content – Flower
Sanctuary Farms – Blunicorn – 4.87% Total Terpenes – Phytofacts Report

SC Labs presents: Highest Terpene Content – Solventless
Papa’s Select – OGZ x Strawberry Meltshake 90u Ice Water Hash – 9.37% Total Terpenes – Phytofacts Report

SC Labs presents: Highest Terpene Content – Solvent
Jetty Extracts – Super Lemon Haze Live Badder – 11.44% Total Terpenes – Phytofacts Report

SC Labs presents: Highest Terpene Content – Personal Use
Paul Lopez – Project Power Jam Whip Donut – 10.38% Total Terpenes – Phytofacts Report

SC Labs presents: Most Unique Terpene Profile – Flower
Healing Herb Farms – Lilac Mintz – Phytofacts Report

SC Labs presents: Most Unique Terpene Profile – Concentrate
Brett Byrd – Lilac Mintz 45-159 Live Rosin – Phytofacts Report

SC Labs presents: Most Unique Cannabinoid Profile – Flower
Emerald Spirit Botanicals – Pink Boost Goddess – 1:1 THC:THCV – Phytofacts Report