Wicked Cactus Creole Demon Hot Sauce
As I alluded to in the Headhunter's Paradise review, there is some discontinuity with the labeling of the actual sauces. In this case, it's a whopper in that the website mentions vinegar being in the sauce, which is absolutely necessary for a Louisiana-style sauce, this being the market this is going for, yet there is no vinegar listed on the bottle nor is it apparent in the taste of the sauce. That is one mainstay of sauces that is very hard to miss and it is simply not present.
So, we have a Louisiana-style sauce that is missing the perhaps the most dominant and critical ingredient of that kind of sauces. I suppose that can be forgiven if the sauce tastes good and unfortunately, this one does not, overall. It does taste fantastic in cream-style soups, such as chowders (probably the clam juice element is helping here) and I'm guessing it might not be bad in a Bloody Mary, but unless you're eating (or drinking) a lot of those, there is no reason to have this sauce. The taste is strong enough that it becomes a distraction and is not very pleasant tasting and so detracts from everything else otherwise.
There is a very mild sort of heat here, another reason where it works so well in that style of soup as it adds "just enough" heat. It is overall so minor, though that it nowhere near compensates enough for the taste and can easily get masked by the more stronger-flavored foods, which again renders it sort of pointless.
Bottom line: The perfect analogy here is that this is the Old Bay Seasoning of hot sauces, whereas it is very, very good at one particular thing and mediocre to, at times, outright disgusting outside of that context. Unlike Old Bay, though, this is a liquid sauce that easily and repeatedly separates and has a much lower shelf life, so it is more dubious to have this one on hand...which I will most likely not much longer...
Breakdown:
Heat level: 1
Flavor: 2
Flexibility: 0
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 1
Overall: 1
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