We’re kicking off the New Year with a review of a new company – NW Elixirs from Portland, Oregon. Created by Chef Andrew Garrett and waiter Mitch Miller, NW Elixirs launched their first sauce, #1 Hott Sauce, in September of 2011. This was followed quickly by their second offering, #2 Verde Hott. (Sources tell me…
From the state of Tabasco, Mexico comes a spicy, flavorful sauce called Tabañero. A combination of the words Tabasco and Habanero, Tabañero is a unique and flavorful hot sauce that is on the milder side of heat – perfect for the not-so-extreme Chileheads out there. If you are at all a fan of Tabasco or…
Panama Red Hot Sauce was the Grand Champion winner at this year’s 2012 Scovie Awards. This mustard based hot sauce brings on a fiery kick quickly, but the heat subsides just as quickly. And like many other habanero hot sauces, it’s quite a bit hotter tasted straight up out of the bottle than it is…
Jac’s Tailgaters Bayou Blaze Habanero BBQ Sauce Review submitted by Ken Alexander Jac’s Tailgaters Bayou Blaze Habanero BBQ Sauce: This Certified Cajun product hails from West Monroe, La. Tracy and Kristi Carter have a good thing going with their unique line of sauces, mixes, and rubs, and after picking up a bottle of their original…
Tears of the Sun is the second hot sauce to come from High River Sauces. Their first release, Hellacious Hot Sauce was a habanero mash based sauce. Tears of the Sun is a fruit-based sauce, featuring pineapple, peaches and mangos. We think owner Steve Seabury has a real winner with this fresh tasting, bright hot…
Exclusive! Fat Cat Gourmet Foods launches new line of hot sauces out of Orlando, Florida Fat Cat Gourmet Foods is a small, boutique condiments and hot sauce company based in Orlando, Florida. It’s the brainchild of the husband and wife team of Eyal (“Ale”) Goldshmid and Deborah Moskowiz. Eyal snatched what he could from Deborah’s…
Lila’s Lemoyne Street Hot Sauce – Mango Habanero, is the creation of Christian Schulze and friends from Echo Park, California. They came up with this sauce to help fill the void left by a favorite sauce of theirs that a friend brought home from a “tour”, but apparently is not available to them. Not happy…