Having been very impressed with the previous Butterfly Bakery of Vermont beer collaboration sauces that I’ve tried I ordered this sauce which they create for and which is sold exclusively by the Alchemist Brewery, one of their major beer sauce partners. With a history dating back over 20 years as a brewpub and over 13…
When it comes to craft hot sauces the market has exploded in the past 5-10 years. We’ve seen dozens if not hundreds of new companies pop up with the goal of producing tasty artisan sauces with innovative flavor combinations, most selling direct through their websites and perhaps local farmer’s markets and some local grocery store…
The name on this sauce is a mouthfull, though colloquially it’s usually referred to as XXX Hot, Mayan Style, or XXX Mayan (which sounds like something that could possibly be the title of an adult movie). Regardless of the nomenclature, this has long been the standout of the El Yucateco line for me, and one…
After enjoying my first bottle of Gindo’s sauce so much I was eager to try another. This is another one of their collaboration sauces with a local business – in this case Frankie’s Deli and Italian Meat Market. Having grown up in the cultural orbit of Philadelphia I love a good Italian deli. The Chicagoland…
This is another sauce that I brought back with me from Mexico. The Zaaschila brand has started to show up on American grocery store shelves, but their three-entry Gourmet line of sauces doesn’t appear to have made it north of the border yet. Looking up Zaaschila they’re a Mexican company based out of the northern…
After first trying the Mrs. Renfro’s Mango Habanero Salsa I was eager to try their spicier and more savory flavors. I can get behind a bit of sweet heat on occasion, but my true love lies with the sour, spicy, piquant, and savory. Since I’d generally enjoyed even their sweeter flavor, I placed an order…
I’ve recently reviewed my favorite flavor of the Deathnuts / Blazing Foods Crack Balls, but when browsing the site for some other goodies I noticed that they had a new flavor I hadn’t seen before – Bacon Jalapeno. This is supposed to be one step up from their mildest flavor, Hatch Chile, but even their…
Butterfly Bakery of Vermont makes a number of beer collaboration hot sauces. It’s a style I’m particularly fond of as there’s a natural affinity between the flavors of beer and those of spicy food, so much that they’re commonly consumed together in cultures throughout the world. This sauce is unique in the Butterfly Bakery of…
Based out of Porstmouth, NH The Spicy Shark hasn’t been around as long as some other hot sauce companies, just entering the scene a few years ago in 2018, but they’ve made a name amongst enthusiasts with creative flavor profiles and sponsoring a number of hot sauce and spicy food events in the New England…
This is another one of my little treasures I brought back from my trip to Mexico, though when doing some research on the brand I discovered it is available for sale in the USA via online purchase. Interestingly the US market salsas are just branded as Patricia Quintana without the Gavilla. Patricia Quintana is a…