Having previously tried the Primo Garlic Crunch and Ghost Aleppo Garlic Crunch from Heat Hot Sauce, I decided I had to try their other flavors as well. Billed as their medium-heat option this garlic crunch leverages the nutty robust taste of fried garlic with the neutral to slightly fruity heat of Thai chiles. As far…
I first heard of this sauce, like nearly everyone else I’m sure, through the recent Taco Bell collaboration which included a boxed meal with several packets of this sauce. I enjoyed the Taco Bell sauce packets, so decided to order a few bottles of the sauce for myself. Omar Apollo is a Mexican-American musician. His…
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…
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…
I’ve tried a lot of different hot sauces. Most of them I have enjoyed, and some have stood out as being great. An even smaller number have reached that level of near perfection where I crave them and keep bottles of them on hand, unable to resist the urge to pop one open on occasion…
This is another Torchbearer sauce I’d ordered multiple months ago but hadn’t had the opportunity to get to opening it until recently. I’ve enjoyed the vast majority of sauces I’ve tried from Torchbearer, I enjoy the flavor of horseradish, and I enjoy ghost peppers, so I’m not quite sure why it took me so long…
Founded in 1896 and still operating out of their original Harlem location (as well as additional outposts in Los Angeles and Miami since) Rao’s is one of the most recognizable names in Italian-American cuisine. Capitalizing on that name they’ve launched an extensive line of prepared foods that can be purchased at your local grocery store,…
Tabasco is one of the most well known hot sauce brands in the world. Over time they’ve expanded their line-up from their original pepper sauce to include sauces made from habaneros, jalapenos, and even scorpion peppers plus a number of specialty products such as a Sriracha, a buffalo sauce, and most recently a Mexican style…
Blind Hot Sauce is a small craft operation out of Columbia Falls, MT, which appears to be about as remote and beautiful a location as I’ve seen any sauce hail from. Having begun development of their sauces in 2011 and retail sales in 2015, the company is nearing their ten year anniversary, which is impressive…
When is a hot sauce not a hot sauce? This sauce comes from a company that makes a tremendous variety of hot sauces, and it comes in a the same 5 oz bottle that hot sauces nearly always come in, and even has a label just like their hot sauces, however this sauce has no…