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I guess this is supposed to be a play maybe on the "O' Brother Where Art Thou?" movie from a while ago? Hard to tell, but this is kind of a dumb name, even worse because the claim of the sauce name is patently false. I do kind of like the label, though, with a jackass on the front breathing a dried chile (guessing that's supposed to be the Chipotle) and a regular red Habanero, which have flaming stems. The copy on the label goes on to lead with "We're not kidding", which calls to my mind strong questions about their heat tolerance...not something you probably want in your consumer's minds if you're a hot sauce maker...
The idea here was, since the rousing success of the Adobe Milling Chipotle-Habanero sauce, to find something similarly wonderful and even at the slightly high price for this type of sauce at $3/bottle, it was better than the $10 I could find for the other. I might just throw in on a quart of that sauce, actually, down the line, but for now, I've got an entire shelf to get through, so it won't be today...maybe not even this year.
That aside, this is what I call a "bright" sauce, in that it's very lively (and bright red). The Chipotle is downplayed somewhat, compared to the Adobe Milling and this fails as a duplicate sauce. It is much more on the vinegary side of things and pulls in a lot more of the Jalapeno and Habanero than the Chipotle. It's not a bad tasting sauce, just more astringent than I was really after. Because it tends more to that side, I find it much more capable where I would use a Louisiana-style rather than I would a Mexican sauce or the all-around nature of the Adobe Milling.
Bottom line: It's worth picking a bottle up to try, but this is not an acceptable substitute for the glory of that Adobe Milling and would do better if the ratios were adjusted a bit more.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 3
Flavor: 6
Flexibility: 6
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 5
Overall: 5
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