Amazon Habanero Hot Sauce

Amazon Habanero Hot Sauce

This is the fourth (and final) bottle from the Amazon 4-pack that I've been reviewing and conclusively, after fairly exhaustive testing, I can say the only dud in that 4 pack was that awful Mango sauce that I wound up tossing.

This particular one is another Louisiana-style sauce, substituting Habaneros instead of the usual Cayenne or Jalapeno, somewhat similar to the Tabasco Habanero, minus the actual tabasco part of it. This cuts out a lot of the sweetness from the Tabascos and just leaves a strong red Habanero flavor, tempered by the vinegar. I find the taste of this to be refreshing overall, but a bit confusing, since it functions about halfway as a Louisiana-style sauce (Habaneros are maybe not the most suitable pepper for this style) and functions halfway as a sort of Mexican-ish sauce, where Habaneros tend to be used more frequently.

The heat is about on part with the green Amazon pepper sauce, perhaps a bit hotter, but less vinegary, right around the level of the aforementioned Tabasco Habanero. The dropper is built right into the bottle, but the design is a bit pour because frequently more will come out than necessarily intended. It isn't a bad taste, by any means, but not exactly stellar, either. I think this one meshes better across a wider variety of food than does the green, but not by a landslide or anything. All in all, with that 4-pack, we had 2 pretty good sauces, 1 that was basically liquified smoke in a pepper sauce and 1 total misfire that needed to be tossed. Not too bad and definitely worth getting to check out, but I'm not sure I will ever repeat it.

Bottom line: By a razor thin margin, this one emerges as the best sauce of the 4-pack, very narrowly beating out the green Amazon sauce. Still not enough for a repeat purchase, but definitely enjoyable while the bottle lasts.

Breakdown:

          Heat level: 4
          Flavor: 7
          Flexibility: 7
          Enjoyment to dollar factor: 6

Overall: 6