Historic Lynchburg Tennessee Whiskey Habanero Hot Sauce
In looking around at some of the other reviews online, a few reviewers have indicated that the label of this sauce bears an identical ingredient list to the Jalapeno sauce from this same company. My bottle has the same, but upon tasting it, this is notably hotter than the Jalapeno. I would put it at slightly over 10K, maybe 12K or so, though not "HOTT" with the double "T"s as the label indicates.
Very clearly, this is the same base as the other sauce and I'm guessing the flavoring and the heat come from the addition of habanero powder. The consistency is the same as the other and there is the same aspect of it being somewhat ketchup-reminiscent. The taste is a bit less pleasant than the other one, mostly due to the bitterness of what I'm assuming is the habanero powder, though the Jack Daniels still comes through and really makes a nice impact.
I encourage checking out the other review for the Jalapeno sauce, since aside from the heat and Habanero flavoring (again, probably from powder, given the little light colored speckles in this), everything else there would apply also. There are no chunks of habanero seeds or bits of flesh, but instead a very smooth consistency. This is not a sauce that works well enough by itself to be used as say a dipping sauce, though.
Bottom line: For $7 bottle, this isn't a good enough sauce to order again. The heat is somewhat moderate and while in some ways it is an improvement over the Jalapeno sauce, simply adding a bunch of powder for heat and flavoring seems a cheat to me. This is another "will do in a pinch" type sauces.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 4
Flavor: 6
Flexibility: 6
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 2
Overall: 4
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