Author: Max Vadakin

With the holidays quickly approaching, we want to share some of the ways you can give back, as well as a few of the ways we gave back to our beloved Berkshires community this year.

A cross between Chemdawg and Super Skunk, Sour Diesel came onto the scene in New York City in the early 90s and soon gained legendary status for the decades to come.

We harvest large rooms full of cannabis plants year-round, but some harvests simply hit different. Croptober has reared her lovely head once again, maintaining an oasis of green in our increasingly radiant mountains.

While many consumers and professionals alike seem to pigeonhole cannabinoids and other plant compounds as “the most important,” it’s really all about how they work together.

Discover how terpenes enrich your cannabis experience. From flavors to effects, explore why they're essential beyond THC.

Explore the intricate science of cannabis for pain. Learn about cannabinoids, terpenes, and their therapeutic effects for optimal wellness, along with our best cannabis product recommendations.

Selected as a premier partner to grow exclusive strains here in Massachusetts, The Pass Berkshires has partnered with Belushi’s Farm to create a run of small-batch flower, live hash-rosin vapes, and pre-rolls. 

Did you ever have to make up your mind? Now you don’t. Introducing Take 5 Gummy 5-pack tins! 

One of the earliest vape pens to hit the market in 2015, dompen quickly became the vape-of-choice for average daily dosers and famous folks alike (we’re talking Mike Tyson- and Future-level famous).

The results of our intensive studies have culminated in a 12 team-member guide for their favorite products sold here at The Pass. Without further ado, The Pass 2023 Gift Guide! 

The Berkshires is an inviting and supportive place to live and run a local business. We want to acknowledge our partners who work tirelessly to better our collective world.

Stocked with non-infused drinks and snacks from regional producers (and more), the Munchie Bar provides the perfect complement to whatever else you’re consuming. From chips and chocolates to kombucha and granola bars, you’ll find something to satisfy your craving and help us support other small businesses and makers in our community.

As a premium line, Select Reserve flower is curated for the highest quality, and handled and packaged in a manner that best preserves the integrity of every bud.

Hash rosin is what’s looking to become a meteoric rise in popularity among cannabis users. In most cases, the reasons for the growing appeal point back to how hash rosin is made, which leads to a different user experience than the one provided by other concentrates. 

Essentially a personal-sized pre-roll, TrailBlazers are easy to enjoy and easy on the earth.

Packaged in a swanky supersuede bag including a complimentary Pass-branded chillum and lighter, Pass Berkshire Sampler Flower Flights are released monthly with our different locally grown flower combinations.

LGBTQIA+ allyship is a year round commitment, but to spotlight its importance this June, The Pass is donating a portion of the proceeds from all Pride-themed cotton totes, t-shirts, and limited-edition Pride Peach Gummies to Berkshire Pride.

The Pass is on a hot streak this year winning our second notable award for our long-running THC-infused muscle gel. At the tail end of last year our muscle gel won third-place in the highly coveted High Times Cannabis Cup.

Sure, cannabis is still federally illegal, but in the forever-ironic words of ol’ “Tricky Dick” Nixon, “When the President does it, that means it is not illegal.” Let’s get into some Commanders-in-Kiefs who partook in a little bit of reefer madness. 

So from his career, to his tastes in cannabis, to pretty much every other aspect of his life, you can trust that Tim’s actions and recommendations are going to come from a basis of learning and experimentation, which from my perspective seems like a pretty thrilling way to lead your life. 

The Pass fundamentally believes in supporting Berkshires creative culture, so when we met such an experienced and skillful designer in Karema, the hat seemed to perfectly fit the head.

Peanut butter and jelly. Wine and Cheese. Sonny and Cher. Socks and Cannabis. There are just those pairings out there that will be linked for all eternity.

Needless to say, 2 years ago feels like a lifetime to us, and we are so grateful for what The Pass has become and the support we have gotten from the community. 

Staff Picks has reared its head once more! This month we have Production Supervisor extraordinaire Chris Bennett giving you his go-to’s here at The Pass.

We sat down with CEO and Founder of Howl’s Tinctures Peter Glantz to discuss the origins of Howl’s, his personal ties to the product, and how this collaboration came to be. Here’s that conversation:

The piece with The Pass involves a broader scope of our budtenders’ jobs and the importance of making customers feel welcomed at a cannabis dispensary, and EDGE asked a few LGBTQ+ specific questions to some of our budtenders that shed light on the importance of inclusion and representation within the industry. Here’s that conversation:

Your buds just asked you to roll one up. Your hands begin to sweat, your brain and fingertips are at odds, and you’re terrified that your whole friend group is going to learn you’re the only one that can’t roll!...

"The most fun and enjoyable approach is to be free with what you start doing. Be ambitious and don’t worry about it. Be optimistic and see what happens. Things will fail for sure. Your first year growing, you will not get the results you want in some way, but other things will succeed naturally."

Yes, that’s the result of decades of improvements in cannabis plant knowledge along with ease of production in new legal markets, but advancements in cannabis has another main contributor: pheno-hunts. And here at The Pass, we just started a brand new pheno-hunt!