Hytek’s Lantz and Rkive’s Banana Peelz took top honors at Michigan’s Zalympix, a high-profile competition often dubbed the “Grammys of Cannabis.”
The winners of the fourth-annual event were announced Saturday night at the Crofoot in Pontiac.
People who bought a Zalympix box judged most categories. Organizers offered 200 flower and 200 rosin boxes for $260 each, and buyers received an exclusive invite to the awards party.
Hytek’s Lantz, a hybrid cross of Ridgeline Runtz and Green Lantern, won best overall flower and best tasting. The strain is layered with very different and bright flavors, including candy, tang, pine, and floral.
Rkive’s Banana Peelz, a hybrid combination of Honey Banana and Papaya, dominated the rosin contest, winning best overall, best tasting, and best looking.
Growing Pains, a popular cultivator, also did well in the flower contest with its Honey Banana strain. Honey Banana won best terps, most unique, and second-best flower overall.
In the rosin field, Organic Mechanic’s White Gummy Bears took home three awards – most unique, best terps, and second best overall. Mi Loud, one of the top growers in the state, won cups for gassiest and heaviest hitting strains.
Zalympix began in California in 2021, created by the Los Angeles dispensary Greenwolf. The competition has since expanded to Michigan and New York.
In Michigan, Exotic Matter, another top cultivator in the state, organizes the event and supplies the kits, which this year featured about two dozen strains for each flower and rosin, a solventless concentrate known for its purity, potency, and flavor.
Exotic Matter offers some of the best flower and rosin in the state but doesn’t include its products because it’s organizing the event.
Flower winners
- Best overall: Lantz by Hytek
- Second best overall: Honey Banana by Growing Pains
- Third best overall: Rainbow Beltz 3.0 by Great Lakes Kush
- Best terps: Honey Banana by Growing Pains
- Best tasting: Lantz by Hytek
- Best looking: Candy Blues 4 by Mitten Canna
- Gassiest: 517 Headband by Premier 517
- Heaviest hitting: Gorilla Glue #4 by Freshy Fine
- Best Candy: Cosmic Runtz by Tip Top Crop
- Most unique: Honey Banana by Growing Pains
Rosin categories:
- Best overall: Banana Peelz by Rkive
- Second best overall: White Gummy Bears by Organic Mechanic
- Third best overall: Plan Z by Peninsula Gardens
- Best terps: White Gummy Bears by Organic Mechanic
- Best tasting: Banana Peelz by Rkive
- Best looking: Banana Peelz by Rkive
- Gassiest: Kota’s Kush by Mi Loud
- Heaviest: Kota’s Kush by Mi Loud
- Best Candy: Plan Z by Peninsula Gardens
- Most unique: White Gummy Bears by Organic Mechanic
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