Lynchburg Jalapeno Hot Sauce Review

Historic Lynchburg Tennessee Whiskey Jalapeno Hot Sauce

I picked this up mainly because I haven't really spent a lot of time on the jalapeno end of sauces. While I like the flavoring of jalapeno a great deal, my experiences with the sauces has been flatly underwhelming. I don't think it lends itself particularly well in that arena, nowhere near the level of something like cayennes, for instance, but I've been really impressed by the artistry of the various sauce concotioneers lately and figured it might be worthwhile to give that sector a shot.

When I first opened this bottle, I was pretty impressed. It was a very pleasant-tasting sauce overall, had a good freshness and the Jack Daniels gave it somewhat of a unique tang. It worked somewhat well to very well with a variety of things. As the bottle has worn on, especially given the near absence of heat to this, it is taking on overtones of ketchup, so much so that I've checked the label a few times to make sure that tomatoes aren't somehow a part of this sauce. If they are, they're not listed, but given the listed ingredients, it really shouldn't be that reminiscent of a condiment I rarely use and somewhat dislike, which is also the case with most commercial barbeque sauces.

As I've noted, the heat is largely missing here and while I will probably finish out this bottle, the rather uncomplicated nature of the sauce is working against the freshness and vibrancy of when I first opened it and given the lack of heat, I'd almost rather have something else. If I liked ketchup more, that would probably not be the case and I think this blended with ketchup would make a fine fry sauce.

Bottom line: While the most apt description I can think for this is that it's a pleasant-tasting sauce, given the lack of heat and reminder of other sauces I don't like much, for $7/bottle, I don't see myself ever getting this again. It also reinforces somewhat why I don't bother with that end of the market.

Breakdown:

       Heat level: 0
       Flavor: 8
       Flexibility: 6
       Enjoyment to dollar factor: 2

Overall: 4