It’s not uncommon for me to order a sauce because at the time it looks like it will satisfy a certain craving for me at the time of ordering, or because I need to get my order total just a bit higher to get free shipping. By the time that sauce arrives sometimes I’m just…
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…
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…
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…
I’ve been trying to mix up the brands in my reviews to cover as wide a base as possible, but I can’t help myself from going back to Butterfly Bakery of Vermont sauces more often than not. Between their consistent use of high quality ingredients, their insistence on making all-natural sauces, and their propensity towards…
Vermont is something of an unexpected hot sauce hot spot. Known in most of the country for Bernie Sanders, Phish, and maple syrup, hot sauce isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you consider our nation’s 2nd-least populous state. Lurking beneath those idyllic snow covered hills and quaint villages smelling of woodsmoke and…
Peppers matter. Tabasco wouldn’t be the juggernaut they are today if it weren’t for the McIlhenny family’s dedication to cultivating their high quality peppers in the special soil of Avery Island from the beginning. Huy Fong learned an expensive lesson when they parted with their long-term pepper supplier, Underwood Ranch, with most enthusiasts noting that…
This is another unique single-varietal limited release sauce from Butterfly Bakery of Vermont. This features the Trinidad Perfume pepper, a variant of the Trinidad Scorpion pepper that has virtually no heat, but still retains the floral and fruity flavor associated with the Trinidad Scorpion. According to BBoVT these peppers naturally start to become spicier through…
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…
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…