Private Selection Peri Peri Hot Sauce
This is the second of 4 in the new series of "boutique", as in grocery store boutique, hot sauces straight from the minds and presumably kitchens and vats of the Kroger grocery empire. While the Mango sauce (reviewed elsewhere here) was pretty worthy, this one is what I call a "stepper" sauce, as in a sauce that you use to increase the heat of another sauce while not modifying the flavor much. The flavor here is rather mild, but by itself, while not unpalatable, is very uninteresting...rather a pity, as much more can be done with these peppers. This attribute makes it great for a stepper sauce, but not very good as a standalone. The heat is also somewhat minimal, but it does work well nearly across the board, so things like Mexican sauces, ketchup, barbeque sauces, all benefit from this. The only one that this really doesn't do well with is Louisiana-style sauces but those are really meant solely as standalones.
Taken on its own, this is not a very good sauce and if you're buying right, you shouldn't really have need for a stepper sauce, but I do find this to be of use with some of the other sauces. Once I run out of those, though, there will be little value to this...
Bottom line: As a standalone sauce, this is a pass and your mileage will vary depending on what value, if any, you attach to a stepper sauce.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 2
Flavor: 4
Flexibility: 8
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 3
Overall: 4
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