UPDATE: Support video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2bQWOpIjMc Habanero and Garlic are one of those interesting combinations of sauces that seems to crop up every now and again, often enough to be familiar but not so prevalent as to quite be its own category. These sauces invariably are best on lighter colored meats, such as chicken or pork and especially seafood and there is a certain similarity among them enough that you know instantly what you're getting into and expect. Having mined that territory thoroughly enough, I wasn't really looking to re-enter it when I picked this up, as Blair's Pure Death covers that nicely enough on its own, but put the words "fire-roasted" in front of something and I'm instantly interested.
For this particular sauce, the Garlic is very apparent upon opening this bottle and is what we would call heavy on the nose. Taste-wise, there is a good blend of that wonderful fire-roasted flavor, along with that of the Habanero and of course, that Garlic, though Habanero is probably the lightest of those flavors. I actually liked the flavor of the fire-roasted Habaneros so much that I now harbor thoughts that Habanero, which is not a flavor I'm especially in love with, should always be fire-roasted.
Despite the fact that this particular sauce is named after an active Costa Rican volcano, the heat here is fairly minimal. It is a very flavorful and tasty sauce, but not particularly hot, definitely not anywhere near what I was anticipating. In a way, this is sort of unfortunate, as it, while no contender for the Ghost Of Ancho currently leading the race for Sauce Of The Year 2014, would be something I would strongly consider keeping on hand and just may anyway.
Bottom line: This is one I'm a bit on the fence about, but the odds are good that when I go back to a hot sauce emporium to re-up, I may wind up leaving with another bottle of this.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 2
Flavor: 8
Flexibility: 6
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 8
Overall: 6
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