Alaskan Blackberry
Alaskan Blackberry pours fruit punch over a distinctly gassy family tree. Matanuska Thunder Seeds crossed an Obama Kush female with a male combining PNW Blackberry and Goji OG. That Pacific Northwest Blackberry selection matters here: the parentage is more specific than grabbing any berry-named strain off the menu.
Sweet berries and fruit punch lead the aroma, with fuel cutting straight through the sweetness. Grape, earthy spice, and hash notes deepen the flavor, giving it more bite than the name’s fruity introduction suggests. The berries brought refreshments. The diesel brought itself.
The breeder’s selected cut pairs nearly black leaves with purple flowers beneath a thick white trichome coat. Its small seed hunt also produced females showing different degrees of dark and purple coloration. That striking contrast gives Alaskan Blackberry its visual signature, although individual plants won’t all wear the same shade.
Smokers describe an uplifting, euphoric headspace with a creative streak, followed by a light body tingle and deeper physical relaxation. Some find that combination comfortable without an immediate slide into couchlock. The mind gets room to wander while the shoulders finally stop trying to hold up the entire day.
Alaskan Blackberry was released as regular photoperiod seeds, with the breeder listing nine to ten weeks of flowering, medium-to-tall growth, and large yield potential. It is documented for indoor and outdoor cultivation, but precise height measurements, harvest weights, and outdoor finishing dates aren’t established.
Matanuska Thunder Seeds described the original release as a one-time production of 200 seeds, explaining that the male was no longer available. The breeder selected its competition cut from a 12-seed run and reported substantial dark or purple coloration among the females. Those observations describe that particular hunt, rather than a guarantee for every later seed or cutting.
The breeder also credits its selected cut with first place in the indica category at the 2016 Northwest Cannabis Classic in Anchorage. That recognition belongs to the entered selection. For anyone sourcing the cultivar today, a traceable connection to the original line is more useful than a berry name and a purple photograph.
