Tabasco Family Reserve label

Tabasco Family Reserve Pepper Sauce Review

Meet the deeper shade of Tabasco. That’s right, the McIlhenny family (the makers of Tabasco) go for a richer flavor with its small-batch, barrel-aged Tabasco Family Reserve Pepper Sauce. How different is it from Tabasco Original Red? How well is it balanced in terms of …

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Casa Firelli Hot Sauce label

Casa Firelli Hot Sauce Review

What a name for an Italian hot sauce. Made in Parma, Italy, Casa Firelli Hot Sauce brings some Mediterranean fire to authentic Italian flavors. Balsamic vinegar and a mix of roasted red peppers and Calabrian chilies star, and the flavors are pretty special. But how …

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Truff Hot Sauce on spoon

Truff Hot Sauce Review

Truff Hot Sauce may look like a classic hot sauce on the first pour, but you soon get a good whiff of its unique selling point: truffles. You definitely notice the truffle smell right away and might assume it will overpower the spice, but you’d …

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Cholula Green Pepper Hot Sauce

Cholula Green Pepper Hot Sauce Review

I’ll say upfront — Cholula Green Pepper Hot Sauce is one of my everyday staples. It combines the sweet heat of jalapeños, the delicious mild bite of poblanos, and a solid mix of sugar and spices. There’s a lot of flavor here, but how’s its …

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Tajin Mild Hot Sauce

Tajin Mild Hot Sauce Review

Tajin seasoning is one of those blends you can just obsess over. From sprinkling it on fruit to bringing a fiery tang to margarita glass rims – it’s a winner in my book. So call me excited to try their hot sauce! Is it everything …

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Cholula Original Hot Sauce label

Cholula Original Hot Sauce Review

Cholula Original Hot Sauce is a tried-and-true generational Mexican hot sauce that’s sold around the world. It’s not too spicy with plenty of vinegar zing — a combo that’s meant to appeal to the masses. But how well is that heat and vinegar combo balanced? …

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Senor Lechuga Hot Sauce .002 Label

Señor Lechuga Hot Sauce Review (.002)

You simply don’t know what to think when you see that label on a bottle of Señor Lechuga Hot Sauce (.002). So simple – to the point – listing a handful of primary ingredients, including chipotle peppers and Carolina Reapers, and seemingly random numbers. And …

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Tabasco Scorpion Pepper Sauce in Spoon_cover

Tabasco Scorpion Pepper Sauce Review

My assumption before tasting Tabasco Scorpion Pepper Sauce was the heat wouldn’t really burn me, because, well….it’s made by Tabasco. How hot would they make it, really? Oh was I wrong about that. This scorpion pepper hot sauce brings real wrath to the table, much …

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Torchbearer Garlic Reaper Sauce logo

Torchbearer Garlic Reaper Sauce Review

I love heat, but I’ll admit I was a little scared of Torchbearer Garlic Reaper Sauce before I tried it. I mean, it stars the Carolina Reaper – the chili that tops the Scoville scale – as the first ingredient listed in its ingredients list. …

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