Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ✰✰✰✰✰ Sour: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Fruity, Fresh, Sweet Texture: Medium and semi-chunky Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chili Peppers (Carolina Reaper, Ghost, Trinidad Scorpion, Habanero), Green and Vidalia Onions, Apple Cider Vinegar, Water, Freshly squeezed Lime Juice, Maple Syrup, Garlic, Fresh Herbs and Spices Another sauce from…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Garlic, green onions, vegetal Texture: Medium with garlic and small pepper bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Red Bell Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Water, Chili Pepper Blend (Carolina Reaper, Ghost, and Scorpion Peppers), Garlic, Habanero Pepper, Sea Salt, Organic Can Sugar, Green Onion,…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sour: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Ghost pepper, burning smoke, garlic, black pepper, fruity Texture: Medium to medium-thick, smooth with tiny bits Ingredients: Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Chili) Peppers, Habanero Peppers, Carrots, Mandarin Oranges, Tomatoes, Garlic, Distilled White Vinegar, Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Chili Powder, Salt, and Black…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Earthy, garlicky, umami, rich, smoky Texture: Medium with a smooth texture Ingredients: Crushed Tomato, Water, White Vinegar, Truffle Pepper Blend (ghost pepper, chile de arbol, summer truffles (tuber aestivum), salt, vegetable fiber, organic and natural truffle flavor), Dates, Carrots, Garlic,…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Sweet, vegetal, garlic, bitter Texture: Thin and watery with some chunks of collards Ingredients (in my bottle): Apple Cider Vineger, Collard Greens, Brown Sugar (Cane Sugar and Molasses), Water. Garlic (Garlic, Water), Onions, Smoked Ghost Chile Powder, Kosher Salt Recommended:…
The third and final of the new Hot Ones heat pack sauces I’ve reviewed, this one took my the longest to write up and figure out my thoughts on. Microsaucerie Piko Peppers’ Volkano was a straightforward (though absolutely delicious) habanero sauce and Queen Majesty’s Sicilian Scorpion was just brutal heat with a scorpion flavor that…
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…
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…
Perhaps owing to the popularity of Hot Ones, where this sauce appeared in the number nine position during the 20th “season” or the show, this is one of the sauces from Butterfly Bakery of Vermont that seems to have the most visibility amongst hot sauce enthusiasts. Interestingly, this wasn’t the first sauce Hot Ones reached…
The second bottle from the 2024 Gindo’s Ghost of Christmas trio, Ghost of Christmas Present is described by the company as “a love letter to the bold flavors of today’s hot sauces”. Featuring a range of red heirloom and super hot varietals of peppers (as opposed to the peach and yellow varieties featured in the…