The Montreal Canadiens are nicknamed the Habs due to a century-plus old miscommunication with a sports reporter about the meaning of the ‘H’ on their logo. Habs in the case of this sauce is short for Habaneros. Due to the proximity of Montreal to Vermont however, I feel there is a little bit of an…
Back in my college days I was spoiled for choice when it came to late night food options. Being in the Mid-Atlantic region we had multiple 24 Hour diners in town, several pizza places and calzone places open late, and of course the expected wing places. My two favorites were Wings-to-Go and Cluck-U, and for…
El Yucateco, once a brand that required trips to Mexican grocery stores to find, has been expanding their reach into mainstream grocery and retail outlets to the point where their sauces are rapidly approaching the same kind of name recognition as Valentina, Tapatio, or Cholula. Personally I’m happy to see this because along with Valentina…
Torchbearer Sauces, known for their all-natural lineup of extremely hot sauces, also has a range of mid-level and even mild sauces that don’t seem to get as much discussion as their monsters such as Garlic Reaper, Zombie Apocalypse, or The Rapture. I believe that’s a shame because the rest of their lineup is equally delicious,…
Tabasco is obviously the biggest dog in the hot sauce world. With a history dating back over 150 years and bottles available at nearly every restaurant in North America and beyond (plus famously included in US Military MREs and even having made the trip to space as part of astronaut meals) the brand’s original hot…
The Hot Ones YouTube program has become a phenomenon that has certainly driven interest in hot sauces to new heights, especially when it comes to those of the extreme heat variety of those looking for a challenge. This sauce is at the opposite end of the heat spectrum. One of the mildest sauces offered by…
There are a few sauce makers who I’ve sampled multiple sauces from and all of them have been above average to excellent. Seed Ranch is one of those makers. Their Hot Thai Green Hot Sauce is, according to them, their hottest sauce, and features Carolina Reaper peppers, though fairly far down in the ingredients list….
Firelli’s miracle elixir, that’s what did the trick sir, true sir true (I have have had Sweeney Todd stuck in my head for the past week or so). This is an interesting sauce, and from the online discourse about it, one that’s (strangely, IMO) rather polarizing. Hailing from Pama, Italy this sauce does feature some…
This sauce holds a special place in my heart. Not only is it the first sauce I ever tasted from Butterfly Bakery of Vermont, it’s one of the first craft hot sauces of any makers that I purchased myself. I love mustard, I love beer, and I love hot sauce. This sauce is a perfect…
This is going to be a rather short review as I’ve previously written up Hank Sauce’s Camouflage here, and the two sauces are very similar. As a quick rundown, this is a cayenne based sauce featuring aged peppers, vinegar, and some unexpected ingredients such as wine, butter, and in this particular sauce, basil (as opposed…