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GG4, the Gorilla Glue #4 we grow ourselves
GG4 is the strain the world met as Gorilla Glue #4 before a trademark fight shortened the name; its lineage is widely told as Chem's Sister x Sour Dubb x Chocolate Diesel, and by the usual account the name came from its sticky resin. Among the products on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf that carry a lab panel, GG4 comes as three vapes and two concentrates from Buddies and Medizin.
What it is
The renaming story is real trademark history, not marketing. Planet 13's cultivation has grown GG4 for its Medizin line.
What is on our shelf now
Among the products on the Las Vegas superstore's shelf that carry a lab panel, GG4 comes as three vapes and two concentrates from Buddies and Medizin. The vapes test 82.9% to 90.6% THC and the concentrates test 72.8% to 74.1% THC. Vapes and concentrates are extracts, so their THC reads far higher than plain flower's. Caryophyllene leads four of its five panels (warm and peppery, clove and black pepper, in the terpene guide's words). Our per-batch grade, set by each panel rather than by the name, calls the batches on our shelf indica or hybrid.
| Product | Format | THC | Leading terpenes | Our grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddies GG#4 1g Liquid Diamonds All In One | Vape | 90.6% | caryophyllene 1.51%, limonene 0.39%, humulene 0.36% | Hybrid |
| Buddies GG#4 2g Liquid Diamonds All In One | Vape | 90.6% | caryophyllene 1.51%, limonene 0.39%, humulene 0.36% | Hybrid |
| Medizin GG4 .5g Live Resin Vape Cart | Vape | 82.9% | myrcene 2.28%, caryophyllene 1.70%, limonene 1.64% | Indica |
| Medizin GG4 1g Live Resin Badder | Concentrate | 74.1% | caryophyllene 3.01%, humulene 0.93%, limonene 0.53% | Hybrid |
| Medizin GG4 1g Shatter | Concentrate | 72.8% | caryophyllene 2.00%, bisabolol 0.64%, humulene 0.64% | Hybrid |
From our latest menu update. The grade is the five-class spectrum, read from each batch's own panel; the product page always shows the current batch. Search GG4 on the live menu.
What the panels showed when we wrote this guide
Caryophyllene led all six GG4 panels we wrote this guide from. The Medizin live rosin tested 110 mg/g total terpenes, with caryophyllene at 3.17% over limonene 2.4% and myrcene 1.7%; the live-resin badder read caryophyllene 2.76%; even the 1g pre-roll kept caryophyllene on top at 0.87%. Chemotypes ran hybrid to indica-hybrid to indica across formats. Caryophyllene is the terpene the terpene guide calls warm and peppery, clove and black pepper. Two Buddies Gorilla Glue #4 vapes were on the shelf too; their panels when we wrote this guide read caryophyllene at a tenth of what the same batch has read since August, most likely an entry error, so we leave them out of these figures.
What that means for you
In the six GG4 batches we wrote this guide from, caryophyllene stayed on top from the pre-roll to the live rosin. The concentrates guide decodes the textures, and the terpene guide covers caryophyllene's whole story.
Questions people ask about GG4
Is GG4 indica or sativa?
GG4 is usually described as a hybrid that leans indica. That is its reputation, not a lab fact. Our per-batch grade, set by each panel rather than by the name, calls the batches on our shelf indica or hybrid.
How strong is GG4?
The vapes test 82.9% to 90.6% THC and the concentrates test 72.8% to 74.1% THC. Vapes and concentrates are extracts, so their THC reads far higher than plain flower's. THC is a batch figure, not a property of the name, so the next batch can differ.
What does GG4 smell and taste like?
Caryophyllene leads four of its five panels (warm and peppery, clove and black pepper, in the terpene guide's words). Terpenes are a large part of a strain's smell and flavor, which is why we read the panel rather than the name; sulfur compounds a terpene panel does not measure add the skunky note some strains carry.
What effects does GG4 have?
Effects vary from person to person and from batch to batch, so we do not promise any. What a panel tells you is the chemistry: which terpenes lead, and the grade it earns on the five-class spectrum, shown in this page's shelf table for each batch whose panel carries them.
Is GG4 the same as Gorilla Glue?
Yes. GG4 is the strain the world met as Gorilla Glue #4; a trademark dispute shortened the name, and the plant is the same. Its lineage is widely told as Chem's Sister x Sour Dubb x Chocolate Diesel.
Where can I buy GG4 in Las Vegas?
At Planet 13's Las Vegas superstore, where today's shelf includes three vapes and two concentrates of it with a lab panel. The shelf changes batch to batch, so search the live menu before you visit.
Lab figures, when a batch is on our shelf, come from its panel and change batch to batch; the product page always shows the current panel. Effects vary by person; nothing here is medical advice. For use only by adults 21 and older.