There’s this belizean hot sauce called Marie Sharp’s, I get the gold one. Doesn’t sting me at all, my family can’t handle heat, but it does the job well enough.
My favourite however is Salsa Macha. Can’t get dried pepper where I’m at though, or I’d make it myself. Goes great with just about anything, even compound butter slathered bbq steaks.
I go for salsas and chunky condiments (e.g. black bean chilli crisp, hot Indian chutneys) than just a liquid hot sauce, even then it’s sriracha.
Encona West Indian Papaya Hot Pepper Sauce
Hot sauce is for people who dont enjoy taste.
Current favorites are The Seventh Reaper and Heartbeat Scorpion. Tasty and hot but not stupid hot.
Oh and in the milder end: Dirty Dick’s Hot Pepper Sauce With a Tropical Twist
Might not sound interesting - or maybe it isn’t even a “hot sauce”, but since it’s like, the only I know, schezwan.
Everything from Secret Aardvark and most of Crazy Bastard
- Melinda’s ghost pepper sauce (kinda my default)
- Tobasco scorpion (another default)
- yuca tecca reserve (for tacos usually with another sauce for more heat)
- trappey’s tobacco peppers (for hot dogs, eggs, and chili)
- Melinda’s ghost pepper wing sauce (for nuggies)
Cholula garlic, Valentina, Melinda’s habenero garlic and various yellow bird.
Crystal hot sauce is my goto. Tangy and just the right amount of heat to casually throw on anything if you don’t want to go into battle mode. Frank’s come close. Surprised that I’m the only one mentioning Crystal.
Secret Aardvark I think would be my second goto if you aren’t looking for a hot sauce with the acidity of Crystal, Tabasco, Frank’s, etc.
Aw yeah Crystal is so good. I’m not in the US so it’s hard to get for me but I agree, it’s basically a sauce for everything.
El Yucateco Mayan Recipe
BOMBA CALABRESE. Sorry, I can’t say it in lowercase. It’s just crushed peperoncini and oil. Yummmmm I put it on pizza, in soup, curry, stew, I dip my cheeses and fingers in it.
Cholula for eggs but it’s hard to find around here.
I’ll be on the lookout for Valentina as it’s been brought up often in this thread.
Tapatio for me.
Tapatio goes with everything!
Goblin Sauce by Torchbearer, made in collaboration with the band Nekrogoblikon. Jalapeno, pineapple, scorpion pepper. Good solid heat, little fruity. Bought a case of it
My own. I lacto ferment peppers with (and or) garlic, sjalots, ginger, veg, fruit, paprika, herbs, spices. It is easy to make.
Do you use an airlock or do you burp the vessel when you ferment?
I used to have those but now I just use weck jars and burp them every day.
