Favorite Hot Sauce

[BurntOrange&White 41706]

I WANT THAT CHOLULA PUMP BOTTLE AND OLD BAY HOT SAUCE.

[tigol 2470]

I WANT THAT CHOLULA PUMP BOTTLE AND OLD BAY HOT SAUCE.

I bought the Old Bay on Amazon. Takes a Bloody Mary to 11.

[Brisketexan 106698]

So.....before my wife made an HEB run, we were down to maybe a dozen splashes of Crystal left in the bottle.  It was on our list....the week of the blizzard.  So, I kept using it and depleting it, until we finally made a big HEB run again.

I have never run that low on Crystal hot sauce.  I did not like it.  It kinda gave me the shakes.  Do not recommend.

[smuggs 9394]

On 2/17/2021 at 8:48 AM, tigol said:

Has anyone tried Old Bay hot sauce?  I'm intrigued.

 

Off to amazon now.

 

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

4 hours ago, tigol said:

I bought the Old Bay on Amazon. Takes a Bloody Mary to 11.

Ok, now this is how you get me to make impulse purchases.

[tigol 2470]

8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

So.....before my wife made an HEB run, we were down to maybe a dozen splashes of Crystal left in the bottle.  It was on our list....the week of the blizzard.  So, I kept using it and depleting it, until we finally made a big HEB run again.

I have never run that low on Crystal hot sauce.  I did not like it.  It kinda gave me the shakes.  Do not recommend.

#neverforget

Edited March 5, 2021 by tigol
More tussin.

[Prepuce of Doom 21263]

Got a frustrating shipment today. 

I've never had Yellowbird before, so I didn't realize that each bottle was supposed to have a yellow cap. Threw the box into the pile in the corner of the garage without looking for either of the missing caps. Ended up finding one but not the other, so I will have to wait to try one of the three once I finish one of the two capped bottles. 

I elected to leave the Serrano on the shelf for now because I assume that it's the most similar to the Secret Aardvark Serrabanero, which I eat by the handful. 

However, the two bottles of Secret Aardvark Serrabanero that I also ordered are in a garbage bag in the garage because both leaked at some point prior to arrival. And for some reason, these bottles are non-returnable (makes sense) and non-refundable (does not make sense). 

I generally order my shit through Amazon, and I've been able to get a replacement for leaky bottles of Marie Sharp's in the past (ended up using the bad ones to frustrate a skunk who tried nesting under my deck - worked like a charm...) so I don't know whether I need to be more careful about which seller I use, or if I should just order straight from the source...

WOMP womp. 

*I like the Habanero and the Jalapeño Yellowbird, but they're a little sweeter than I expected. Need to gather more data, but after slathering my enchiladas at dinner tonight, I don't know that it's going to be a constant presence in my stable. 

[SydneyCarton 49426]

10 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Got a frustrating shipment today. 

I've never had Yellowbird before, so I didn't realize that each bottle was supposed to have a yellow cap. Threw the box into the pile in the corner of the garage without looking for either of the missing caps. Ended up finding one but not the other, so I will have to wait to try one of the three once I finish one of the two capped bottles. 

I elected to leave the Serrano on the shelf for now because I assume that it's the most similar to the Secret Aardvark Serrabanero, which I eat by the handful. 

However, the two bottles of Secret Aardvark Serrabanero that I also ordered are in a garbage bag in the garage because both leaked at some point prior to arrival. And for some reason, these bottles are non-returnable (makes sense) and non-refundable (does not make sense). 

I generally order my shit through Amazon, and I've been able to get a replacement for leaky bottles of Marie Sharp's in the past (ended up using the bad ones to frustrate a skunk who tried nesting under my deck - worked like a charm...) so I don't know whether I need to be more careful about which seller I use, or if I should just order straight from the source...

WOMP womp. 

*I like the Habanero and the Jalapeño Yellowbird, but they're a little sweeter than I expected. Need to gather more data, but after slathering my enchiladas at dinner tonight, I don't know that it's going to be a constant presence in my stable. 

I’ve tried all the yellowbird and the only one I repeatedly buy is Serrano. Which I use on everything. Let me know how similar it is to secret aardvark, please. 

[NoName 17129]

51 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I’ve tried all the yellowbird and the only one I repeatedly buy is Serrano. Which I use on everything. Let me know how similar it is to secret aardvark, please. 

secret aardvark is a more unique taste to me, but i love it. i have been wanting to try their serrabano version but haven't ordered it for whatever reason

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i think i have posted about them before, but char man is currently my favorite brand right now.

https://www.instagram.com/charmanbrand/?hl=en

their verde, picante and carribean are pretty damn good. plus he does seasonal sauces too. just finished this one:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMOFrgWAdh2/

which is "mexican candy" flavored - tamarind, scorpion pepper, piloncillo and sour apple

i thnk their other seasonal ones are Lemon Fatali, Blueberry Pomegranate & Spicy Sriracha

 

[BurntOrange&White 41706]

I'm thankful for those who have introduced me to secret aardvark. It is my favorite now.

[Prepuce of Doom 21263]

3 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I’ve tried all the yellowbird and the only one I repeatedly buy is Serrano. Which I use on everything. Let me know how similar it is to secret aardvark, please. 

Will do, but it might be a while - these bottles are fairly large, and it could turn out that I like both of the open bottles well enough to continue allowing them refrigerator space but not well enough to finish either bottle very quickly...

[Chewbacca 7827]

9 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I’ve tried all the yellowbird and the only one I repeatedly buy is Serrano. Which I use on everything. Let me know how similar it is to secret aardvark, please. 

Not similar at all.  Aardvark is a unique flavor.  It's a lot hotter than Serrano Yellowbird, too.

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

I bought a bottle of Marie Sharp's for the first time.  Good stuff.  Thanks, Surly.

[Etexhorn13 3092]

19 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I bought a bottle of Marie Sharp's for the first time.  Good stuff.  Thanks, Surly.

Which one? I’ve found they have varying levels of spice. Some are more flavor than spice to me. 

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

6 minutes ago, Etexhorn13 said:

Which one? I’ve found they have varying levels of spice. Some are more flavor than spice to me. 

All I could find was this:

It isn't that hot.  It isn't that habanero forward.  But it is quite tasty.

[Etexhorn13 3092]

30 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

All I could find was this:

It isn't that hot.  It isn't that habanero forward.  But it is quite tasty.

Yep, that’s the one i had in mind that isn’t very hot, just delicious. I have a bottle in my fridge currently as well. Belizean Heat is probably my favorite spice level, I’d recommend that if you can find it. 

[Ag with kids 581]

I'm a huge fan of Marie Sharp's.

But, when I was in St Maarten over Christmas we had a lot of the Matouks, both West Indian and the Calypso...All the BBQ places and Lolos had this as a condiment.  Came home and ordered some from Amazon.

 

 

We also hung out at Fat Tony's most nights and he's got a couple of hot sauces that he makes.  Both are great.

 

The Regular is great on EVERYTHING.  Wings, meat, bloody mary's, as a dipping sauce for fries, etc...

He's also got a Mango Habanero that rocks...

I grabbed 6 bottles of the Regular before we left...he was out of the mango...

[TheStoicPaisano 9950]

Out: Palo Alto Firefighter’s Sauce (which is highly recommended)

New hotness (if anyone is looking for a mustard based sauce):

 

[Landomatic 3813]

What's the difference between Marie Sharp's "Smoked Habenero Pepper Sauce" and the "Smokin Marie"?  Just different packaging?  Different heat levels?  Different smoke levels?  Which one is better?

Or...

[midtown 3350]

I've got both right now. I'll do a taste test later And I brought back every kind they had sample size wise. The Beware and Belizean Heat are awesome.

[CooterBrown 18273]

Smokin' Marie is really, really smoky.  The regular isn't as smoky but smoky enough that it doesn't have that raw habanero flavor, if that makes sense.

They are both great but Smokin' Marie is my favorite hot sauce.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Taking the afternoon off and I'm too drunk to process everything in this thread.  But it's making me want to buy some new hot sauce.  Marie Sharp's has been my go to since we went to Belize about 4 years ago, so I'm covered there.  What am I buying?  Needs to be Amazon, cause I'm not making it to the store.  

[Landomatic 3813]

23 minutes ago, Longhornfan1024 said:

Taking the afternoon off and I'm too drunk to process everything in this thread.  But it's making me want to buy some new hot sauce.  Marie Sharp's has been my go to since we went to Belize about 4 years ago, so I'm covered there.  What am I buying?  Needs to be Amazon, cause I'm not making it to the store.  

I've got a lot of the hot sauces in this thread and, just generally speaking without going into specific flavors, I rank them...

1 - Marie Sharps

2 - Melindas

3 - everything else

 

Here's my current collection...

Edited March 25, 2021 by Landomatic

[NoName 17129]

15 hours ago, Landomatic said:

I've got a lot of the hot sauces in this thread and, just generally speaking without going into specific flavors, I rank them...

1 - Marie Sharps

2 - Melindas

3 - everything else

 

Here's my current collection...

for some dumb reason i have never tried cholula chipolte and am going to rectify this next time i go to HEB

[Landomatic 3813]

15 minutes ago, NoName said:

for some dumb reason i have never tried cholula chipolte and am going to rectify this next time i go to HEB

It's good, but I find the difference between the Cholula flavors to be pretty negligible compared to some other brands.

[ChickenSandwich 9926]

How long will these sauces last?  Or are people just using a 1/4 cup per meal?

Edited March 26, 2021 by ChickenSandwich

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

That Cholula chili garlic sounds pretty great.

[Landomatic 3813]

2 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

How long will these sauces last?  Or are people just during a 1/4 cup per meal?

I don't think they really expire.  At least most don't to my knowledge.  Right?

[Landomatic 3813]

2 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

That Cholula chili garlic sounds pretty great.

Hey, speaking of...didn't you have one back thread that you swear by that I don't have?  I looked back but I can't find it.  I wanna try that.  Or am I thinking of someone else?

Although, I think if I order any more hot sauces, my wife will have me committed.  She just said yesterday when I was taking that picture that I need to pick a few and throw the rest away.

That's kind of the conundrum about hot sauces.  I want to try them all, but the only way to really do that is to buy them all.  That pic I posted doesn't count the other 10 or so that I have at the boat dock.  So I probably have around 30 different sauces in my collection.  And then at the end of the day, truth be told, I could easily live with just 3 or 4 of them.  Most end up being a total waste of money because I don't really ever go back to them and always end up just going with the couple I like the most.

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

1 hour ago, Landomatic said:

Hey, speaking of...didn't you have one back thread that you swear by that I don't have?  I looked back but I can't find it.  I wanna try that.  Or am I thinking of someone else?

Although, I think if I order any more hot sauces, my wife will have me committed.  She just said yesterday when I was taking that picture that I need to pick a few and throw the rest away.

That's kind of the conundrum about hot sauces.  I want to try them all, but the only way to really do that is to buy them all.  That pic I posted doesn't count the other 10 or so that I have at the boat dock.  So I probably have around 30 different sauces in my collection.  And then at the end of the day, truth be told, I could easily live with just 3 or 4 of them.  Most end up being a total waste of money because I don't really ever go back to them and always end up just going with the couple I like the most.

Probably Lola's?

Speaking of which, I need to re-up.  I've been working on my Marie Sharp's, but I could slam some Lola's on leftover Easter Eggs next week.  Ironically you mention having extra hot sauces at the boat dock, because that's how I discovered Lola's.  My MIL just randomly grabbed it off the shelf to keep at their boat dock because I like hot sauce.

I also just discovered that Lola's is out of Des Moines, so that's cool too.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Al_4_ISU

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

17 hours ago, Landomatic said:

I've got a lot of the hot sauces in this thread and, just generally speaking without going into specific flavors, I rank them...

1 - Marie Sharps

2 - Melindas

3 - everything else

 

Here's my current collection...

I spy that Truff in your upper right hand corner.  My wife recently brought the black one home.  I'm a fan.  But mixing it into my savory oatmeal instead of rooster siracha.

[Landomatic 3813]

2 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I spy that Truff in your upper right hand corner.  My wife recently brought the black one home.  I'm a fan.  But mixing it into my savory oatmeal instead of rooster siracha.

I find it good in small doses but it will turn anything you put it on into a straight up truffle hot sauce dish.  Can be a little overpowering.  No background flavor or just a hint of anything with that shit.  I would NOT buy more than one bottle at a time (like my dumbass did).

[Landomatic 3813]

10 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Probably Lola's?

Speaking of which, I need to re-up.  I've been working on my Marie Sharp's, but I could slam some Lola's on leftover Easter Eggs next week.  Ironically you mention having extra hot sauces at the boat dock, because that's how I discovered Lola's.  My MIL just randomly grabbed it off the shelf to keep at their boat dock because I like hot sauce.

Yep, that's the one.  And I guess the boat dock thing settles it.  That's like fate or some shit.  I need to buy some.  Wife will just have to get over it.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Landomatic

[Al_4_ISU 12618]

5 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

I find it good in small doses but it will turn anything you put it on into a straight up truffle hot sauce dish.  Can be a little overpowering.  No background flavor or just a hint of anything with that shit.  I would NOT buy more than one bottle at a time (like my dumbass did).

I'm definitely not dousing anything with it.

[SydneyCarton 49426]

2 hours ago, NoName said:

for some dumb reason i have never tried cholula chipolte and am going to rectify this next time i go to HEB

Let me know. The only time I've ventured outside of regular Cholula is for their lime version, and that shit is terrible and has been sitting in my fridge for 2-3 years now. 

2 hours ago, Landomatic said:

It's good, but I find the difference between the Cholula flavors to be pretty negligible compared to some other brands.

See above. 

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

4 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

How long will these sauces last?  Or are people just using a 1/4 cup per meal?

I'm currently working through a bottle of Marie Sharps that expired a year ago and it hasn't given me the runs yet.  I wouldn't be concerned if they go past the best by date.

[Sam Lin 3592]

15 hours ago, Landomatic said:

She just said yesterday when I was taking that picture that I need to pick a few and throw the rest away.

 

And you told her she needs to apply the same bullshit to her pile of shoes, right? Fuck that.

[shadow_operative2.0 16201]

17 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

That Cholula chili garlic sounds pretty great.

Bought it a week or two ago specifically for fish tacos. I dig. 

[WillUSAF 226]

[Axle Hongsnort 210]

This thread delivers

[Etexhorn13 3092]

The beware and belizean heat are by far the best of the Marie sharps ive had. Have not had the smokin Marie’s but will get it if I ever see it. Honestly outside of that and the “regular” hot sauces, aardvark and torchys Diablo are the only ones I find worth keeping on hand that are out of the ordinary. Oh and the El Yucateco stuff. That’s my breakfast/eggs go-to. 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Etexhorn13

[bluto 4987]

One of the covid casualties is firehouse subs used to have a decent hot sauce rack that was self serve. It varied by location but was great for using as a taste tester, last time I went it was removed. It was the main reason I’d eat there honestly.

[staboner 5068]

2 hours ago, Axle Hongsnort said:

This thread delivers

[The Ace of Aces 5366]

My go-to sauces are our local Torchbearer Garlic Reaper and Zombie Apocalypse. They’re great guys who I’ve known since they started TB and have become pretty famous, especially since they’re now a staple on First We Feast’s Hot Ones. You can get them on Amazon I think, well worth trying. 

Edited March 28, 2021 by The Ace of Aces

[Etexhorn13 3092]

14 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

My go-to sauces are our local Torchbearer Garlic Reaper and Zombie Apocalypse. They’re great guys who I’ve known since they started TB and have become pretty famous, especially since they’re now a staple on First We Feast’s Hot Ones. You can get them on Amazon I think, well worth trying. 

Do you know which “level” they are ok hot ones? Those interviews are hilarious. 

[The Ace of Aces 5366]

13 hours ago, Etexhorn13 said:

Do you know which “level” they are ok hot ones? Those interviews are hilarious. 

Usually 3 or 4 before the last dab iirc.  

[Landomatic 3813]

Threw my “secret armadillo” or “secret aardvark” or whatever the hell it’s called, into the trash tonight. It was beyond meh. Like really really meh. Honestly, at the end of the day, that’s some of the yankiest shit I’ve ever had. And anyone who recommended it in this thread, you should have your man card and your Texas card revoked.  Smfh

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

On 3/27/2021 at 7:58 PM, bluto said:

One of the covid casualties is firehouse subs used to have a decent hot sauce rack that was self serve. It varied by location but was great for using as a taste tester, last time I went it was removed. It was the main reason I’d eat there honestly.

We’re visiting my son, and while he and I were at the Hy-Vee to get some beer and horseradish yesterday, for some weird reason, I asked him if the Firehouse Subs near his house still has all the Melinda’s, etc. hot sauces. He said they do.

Last time I was there, I had some turkey-bacon-jalapeño sub and put Melinda’s mango-habanero sauce on it:

Not particularly hot, but tasty. 

Edited March 29, 2021 by ImissWallyPryor

[Landomatic 3813]

On 3/26/2021 at 8:06 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

Probably Lola's?

Speaking of which, I need to re-up.  I've been working on my Marie Sharp's, but I could slam some Lola's on leftover Easter Eggs next week.  Ironically you mention having extra hot sauces at the boat dock, because that's how I discovered Lola's.  My MIL just randomly grabbed it off the shelf to keep at their boat dock because I like hot sauce.

I also just discovered that Lola's is out of Des Moines, so that's cool too.

Had this with my eggs yesterday.  That is a damn tasty sauce.  It’s not very hot, but it has great flavor.  It’s almost more like an additional ingredient to cook with than an actual hot sauce in the traditional way I normally use hot sauce. Will definitely keep it in the rotation.

[NoName 17129]

On 3/26/2021 at 6:38 AM, Landomatic said:

It's good, but I find the difference between the Cholula flavors to be pretty negligible compared to some other brands.

picked up some this weekend and it's actually pretty damn good. thanks for sharing the cholula chipolte!