The other day I had the opportunity to visit the Galenas grow facility in Akron. I had an excellent time talking to the tour guide and asking questions!
For example, I found out the reason the Artifacts jars are kind of sticky on the outside is because of the ink-intensive, layered printing process used in-house to make the labels. I also found out that the weed that Hobbits and wizards smoke in The Lord of the Rings is called Galenas, which is what the company is named after.
While I was hanging out in the break room, one of the employees appreciated my Alestorm shirt and told me he was a huge fan of the band!
During the tour I wasn’t able to find out if Galenas will be moving up to eighths instead of tenths, but I am sure it will happen at some point. However, the rep confirmed that they intentionally weigh their tenths to 3 grams in order to avoid selling slim sacks. I appreciate that, as there have been too many times where I’ve weighed a bag of legal weed only to find I bought less bud than I paid for.
While being guided through the Galenas grow facility I was shown many plants in various stages of growth and processing. The best part of the tour was hanging out amongst the plants with mature buds. They all looked and smelled out-of-this-world, including the colorful Electric Peanut Butter Cookies and stunning Street Tartz, but my favorite was called The Bridge.
The Bridge not only had striking stalks but it smelled of fresh, creamy terpinolene. There was a sharpness to the scent that overwhelmed my senses.
Terpinolene is among my favorite terpenes for smell, taste and effect, so the next day while at a dispensary, I felt compelled to purchase a tenth of The Bridge to sample for the site. It weighed 2.97 grams and featured a high amount of CBGa, which is a cannabinoid I usually don’t see in high amounts when shopping for flower. I associate CBG more with gummies than flower.
This particular batch of The Bridge was harvested on April 20th, 2026!
According to the packaging, The Bridge’s lineage is Street Guru x 1987. When I broke open the sack, it smelled sweet, sharp and slightly piney. The terpinolene grew tough with this tree. If you are someone who hates terpinolene, you may want to tread with caution while crossing The Bridge.
The bud reflected light and medium green hues and had lots of jagged pistils along with plenty of THCa-containing trichomes. It was sticky and dense yet gave a nice squeeze. There was minimal stemmage. When handling and smoking Galenas flower, you experience living proof that they use living soil and no pesticides while growing their cannabis.
The packaging featured the Galenas wizards crossing a bridge while walking towards a series of fantastic castle-like structures. I was told by the Galenas rep that it usually takes many tries and rejections before the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control approves their artwork for production.
The Bridge bud broke up beautifully. There was no dust or depression as a side effect of running this stuff through a grinder. It packed up nicely in my High Intentions glass chalice. My fingers were stickified as a result of handling this stuff.
While The Bridge was burning I had a wonderful walk. With each step of my stride I grew higher and higher. The burn quality left nothing to desire and the ash color got whiter and whiter. The taste peeled back my face, which is why I smoked every crumb and left nothing to waste.
The effects were sativa-leaning. I was beaming and dreaming up ideas for this review. I felt a heady high, so inspiring and true. My stomach ache shrunk and my goals were in view.
Some people have told me they’ve seen batches of the Bridge that have contained even higher amounts of terpinolene than the batch I sampled for this article.
I gave The Bridge from Galenas a 9/10 for taste, 3/10 for harshness, 8/10 for strength, 8/10 for smell strength and 90 minutes for length of medical effects.
Total THC 22.40%, total CBD 00.05%, delta-9 THC 00.61%, CBDa 00.06%, CBGa 2.02%.
Terps (mg/g): Terpinolene 5.06, s-Limonene 1.86, TransβFarnesene 1.3, β-Caryophyllene 1.22, β-Pinene 1.21, β-Myrcene1.17, Linalool 1.14. All seven listed terps are over 1 mg/g, which in my opinion is some pretty high terp content.
Harvested 04/20/2026, tested 05/27/2026 by North Coast, packaged 06/02/2026, expires 04/19/2027.
