NOTE: This sauce appeared in Season Three of The Hot Ones.
Note: Support video available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBulqjX3gm8
Figured I might just as well round out the last of my selections from this company. Of the fruit-based sauces I got, this one is probably my favorite, though the consistency is very reminiscent of Torani. It is a very bright and somewhat sweet sauce as well, but more importantly, it actually tastes pretty good. I wonder if some ingredients got left off, as this is perhaps overly sweet for having blueberries as the main ingredient, but this could definitely work in a dessert, even with both black pepper and Jolokia components.
As to that, if there is one thing that Bravado seems adept at, it is stripping all of the heat out of normally fairly hot peppers for their fruit sauces. Unlike the Special Reserve Crimson (reviewed elsewhere here), which moves into blast furnace territory out of the gate, this one doesn't seem to generate much heat, even when used to excess. If it was a wine, we would definitely be calling it fruit forward and though the consistency isn't quite that runny, the tag definitely applies. It is so much so that I didn't catch even a hint of the Jolokias, which is perhaps another thing Bravado is adept at...
In a way, this is a shame, as this would be a very interesting sauce were it hotter. It doesn't need to be along the scorching levels of, say, Blueberry Hell or anything like that, but definitely could use a greater degree of being amped. Despite this one having the 4 pepper tag on the label, it is still quite mild, which really becomes confusing then comparing the Crimson Special Reserve, which carries a 5 pepper rating. This means the difference between a 4 pepper and 5 pepper rating should be fairly moderate, but instead here is more like the difference between lukewarm water and boiling water.
Bottom line: An extremely runny, but overall fairly enjoyable sauce that definitely could stand to have more heat.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 2
Flavor: 6
Flexibility: 4
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 4
Overall: 4
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