Microsaucerie Piko Peppers out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada is a company I’ve had my eyes on for a little while but haven’t had a chance to try any of their sauces until recently. Piko Peppers tries to use as many locally sourced ingredients as possible in their sauces and uses only all natural ingredients, both…
Hot Ones continues to go strong, now in their 26th “season” and celebrating their 10th anniversary. With that they’ve commissioned a bevy of new sauces which will eventually show up in the reviews here. This review is on a sauce they’ve had out for a while however, originally showing up in season 11 in the…
The Offspring’s brand of pop punk rock music was always fun when I was in high school and college, and I can recall many parties where some of their tunes were part of the soundtrack. The leader of the group, Dexter Holland, is also something of a renaissance man. He’d already earned bachelor’s and master’s…
My first trip to St. Augustine, FL was before I developed an avid interest in hot sauces, though I did still have an interest in spicy food. I was impressed that the entire town, or at least the areas I saw, had an avid interest in the local Datil Pepper. There seem to be a…
While Torchbearer’s Garlic Reaper is a perennial favorite amongst hot sauce aficionados they actually make two other Reaper sauces – Reaper Evil (which I’ll eventually get around to reviewing) and Plum Reaper, the subject of this review. I was interested to see if this one would stack up against its more famous brother. Like most…
Mrs. Renfro’s seems to have a degree of popularity with the chile head crowd which makes some sense as they’re one of the larger brands offering a number of spicy salsas and associated dip products. My experiences with their product line thus far could best be described as lukewarm. I didn’t find their Habanero Mango…
In addition to making some of my favorite hot sauces Butterfly Bakery of Vermont has a very tasty line of mustards. Chipotle is a pepper I usually avoid in sauces because many combine the pepper with tons of added sugar and/or artificial or overbearing amounts of smoke flavor leading to sauces that taste very imbalanced…
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I get a good childish chuckle out of Hot Monkey Nuts’ slogan every time I see it. Having previously reviewed their double-entendre laden Fromage a Trois peanuts and feeling as if they could have used quite a bit more flavor and heat I had high hopes for…
Sinaloa, located in northwest Mexico due east of the Baja Peninsula on the Sea of Cortez, is unfortunately most well known in the USA for the Sinaloa Cartel and the horrific acts of violence that they perpetrate. Beyond that negative association however the area is also known for delicious seafood and the birthplace of the…
When it comes to making chili I’m normally not a pre-made seasoning guy. I have a pretty nice selection of various powdered, flaked, and whole dried chiles that I like to mix and match when I’m making a pot, and I also find it’s a great way to use up the final bits of bottles…