spices

The Hot Sauce Co. Peppers & Pickles Review

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Peppers and Pickles from The Hot Sauce Co is great for peak summertime grilling. Every burger needs a bit of relish and for those of you who like it spicy, this is the perfect condiment for the occasion.

This hot sauce is tangy, chunky, crunchy, and even has a bit of heat to it. I’ve been enjoying this on sandwiches, sausages, hamburgers, and wraps. If you like relish but wish it was a little spicier, this is the perfect hot sauce for you.

Hot Sauce Review: Ruthless Hot Sauce Habanero

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I found a bottle of Habanero sauce by Ruthless Hot Sauce at a Farmboy in Kingston, Ontario. It was the only one on the shelf made in Canada so I picked one up to try.

This is an onion and carrot-based hot sauce that tastes quite a bit like mulligatawny soup.

It is not very spicy and has a somewhat bland, watery taste. While it doesn’t taste bad, it is definitely not on my list of favourite hot sauces.

Front St Heat + Front St Fire Hot Sauce Review

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Front St Heat claims to be Canada’s premium hot sauce, but is it true? Maybe if you’re only comparing grocery store hot sauces. While Front St Heat and Fire are both pretty decent sauces, I don’t think they can compete with many of the amazing hot sauce makers in Canada.

Don’t get me wrong, Front St Heat and Fire both taste pretty darn good. They just fall into a different category for me. Front St Heat is more of a spicy pizza sauce or a dipper. Front St Fire is closer to a BBQ sauce or a great marinade.

Tasty Heat’s Tangy Ghost Pepper and Serrano Hot Sauce Review

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Tangy is a Serrano and Ghost pepper sauce made by Tasty Heat in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This bottle was a gift from a good friend in Toronto. I was very excited becuase I had been meaning to try some hot sauce from Tasty Heat.

This hot sauce is a vinegar forward sauce that is definitely Tangy. It has a mild heat and is said to go great with seafood, but it also worked well with some of my other meals.

If you’re into tangy sauces with the sharp heat of fresh ghost peppers, then this is the sauce for you.

Kultivar & Co Ghost Pepper and Molasses Hot Sauce Review

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Ghost Pepper and Molasses hot sauce by Kultivar & Co would be great on BBQ ribs. The molasses is sweet and earthy and the ghost peppers provide just enough heat to make it enjoyable.

The uniquely shaped and clear bottle showcases the chunky and ingredient rich hot sauce contained inside.

Floating around the hot sauce you can see bits of blended coffee, cayenne peppers, and dates.

This offering from Kultivar definitely has what it takes to fall into the craft hot sauce category.

What a surprising find!

Hot Sauce Review: Smoky Mountain Punch by Villain Sauce Co.

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Smoky Mountain Punch by Villain Sauce Co. from Brantford, Ontario. Wow!

Back when I was working in Toronto, I used to listen to Kim Mitchell’s radio show on Q107. He had this segment called “Damn I wish I wrote that! Where he would play songs that he wish he wrote.

Well, this is my “Damn I wish I made that” segment because damn I wish I made this sauce!

Smoky, spicy, flavourful, the whole 9 yards. Smoky Mountain Punch by Villain Sauce Co. is a great-tasting hot sauce made with many different types of peppers. Also, this is the first hot sauce I’ve tried that includes smoke flavour as an ingredient.