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Lucky Dog Black Label Extra Hot Fire Roasted Pepper Sauce

The newest product from Lucky Dog Hot Sauce is the Black Label Extra Hot Fire-Roasted Pepper Sauce. The fourth sauce in the Lucky Dog stable, the Extra Hot features Trinidad Scorpion and Jalapeño peppers along with apples, figs and garlic. Sounds diverse, right? Let’s see if the “Extra Hot” in it really is.

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Scott Zalkind has recently added his Black Label Extra Hot Fire-Roasted Pepper Sauce to his line-up of Green Label, Red Label and Orange Label sauces. That original trio of Lucky Dog sauces pack some big flavors and big heat. We reviewed them here.

Lucky Dog Black Label Extra Hot Fire Roasted Pepper Sauce

Ingredients: onions, apple cider vinegar, water, organic apple sauce, jalapeño peppers, garlic, dried figs, sugar, scorpion peppers, sea salt, ghost pepper sea salt, lime juice concentrate.

I think the Black Label has upped the game here many fold. More flavor and more heat while striking a great balance between the two.

Nice medium blend here. Very palatable. See that bronze color?
Nice medium blend here. Very palatable. See that bronze color?

Texture & Appearance: A nice medium consistency – tiny chunks of chile goodness – color is a bronze mash that is easily pourable. The sauce really stands out on food. On the tongue, this sauce blossoms and gets “thick” tasting.

Taste Straight Up: Thick, pungent and hot. The fruity flavor of the Scorpion chile pepper really shines here. Garlic is the next flavor that brings on a nice familiar taste.

Note: Tasting straight up is NOT always the best way to judge a hot sauce. Forget all those YouTube videos of guys slamming down spoonfuls of hot sauces. While tasting straight up is important to an overall review, it’s not the be-all-end-all taste test. You must sample sauces on chips, food, toast points, etc., to get the full experience.

I mention this here, as the Lucky Dog Black Label, like many sauces, tastes one way out of the bottle, but completely different when poured onto food.

Heat Level: Rated 3.5 out of 5 Stars – 3.5 out of 5. It’s hot, but not a hurt you kind. I think back to our review of Lucky Dog’s Orange Label, and this is much more of a pleasant heat. While quite potent, this burn does not stay with you long. Very enjoyable and exciting, yet short lived.

Foil labels are shiny.
Foil labels are shiny.

Label/Graphics: Continuing with the same “foil label” format and theme of the Dog (Lucky) in a Horseshoe – the Black Label is similar to the Green, Red and Orange labels. There’s no doubt that all of the sauces are from the same manufacturer.

Great on pizza! I could not get enough of this.
Great on pizza! I could not get enough of this.

Overall Rating (Taste on Food, Final Thoughts): Rated 4 out of 5 Stars – Superb flavor and heat, Lucky Dog has matured and nailed a great blend of super hot chiles with super flavor. Simply spicy and delicious on pizza, this sauce would please any fan of the superhots, while being accessible to everyone that loves hot sauce.

Lucky Dog Black Label is our favorite of the entire line of Lucky Dog sauces!

About Lucky Dog:

Turned around from hobby to business in 2012, Scott Zalkind and Lucky Dog Hot Sauce have a mission “to produce the most balanced, flavorful and versatile hot sauces possible…”

I believe in flavor above all else, which is why Lucky Dog Hot Sauce is created with savory fire-roasted hot peppers, sweet carrots, tangy vinegar, fresh onions, assorted dried peppers, and heaps of roasted garlic. It brings a complex taste with respectable heat. Lucky Dog Hot Sauce is truly Food’s Best Friend!
~Scott Zalkind

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Creator Scott Zalkind on Google+

Where to Buy:

Lucky Dog Hot Sauces can be found at over 30+ stores in the Greater San Francisco Bay area with more stores coming soon.

You can also order online at http://luckydoghotsauce.com.

Disclaimer: We received this product courtesy of the manufacturer for review.

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9 Comments

  1. Scott is one of the ‘Hardest Working Man’ in the hot sauce business. We run into him at the various farmers markets in the Bay Area. He is a combination of P.T. Barnum and Martha Stewart. He also has some great tasting sauces to back up his snappy patter. We cannot wait to try this sauce. Great review too!

  2. Thanks for the solid review, Brian! Really glad you enjoyed this sauce – it’s my pride & joy right now. It was quite difficult to find a vegetable combination that complimented the Scorpion peppers – fruits really highlighted and helped to feature it. I tried a few combos but fig & apple was my favorite. I wanted some fruticose as well as a bit of acid from the tartness in the apples & lime and I think it all balanced very well – I’m thrilled with the results.

    lol @ Chilebrown’s description of me. PT Barnum + Martha Stewart – hahaha! That’s kinda how I feel most days – up at 05:00 AM, slingin sauce at the market by 8. While it is indeed work, I wouldn’t trade it for anything – I get to talk hot sauce & light people up all day.
    🙂

    Thanks again for taking the time to review my new Black Label – excellent review!

    Scott Zalkind
    Lucky Dog Hot Sauce

  3. Hey Brian….great review!! Scott has definitely created a winner here. I love the “Black Label.” He really nailed it…making a great hot sauce for the mass market using a superhot!

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