Lola's Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce Review

Lola's Fine Hot Sauce Ghost Pepper

UPDATE: Video support available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvx4-ERbON0

 I don't usually start off reviews this way, but I strongly encourage you to read the Lola's Original review prior to reading this.

What I think we have here is a sauce manufacturer coming up with a base sauce and then substituting in various super hots for the heat element. This naturally also alters the flavor a bit as well. In this case, it improved the heat slightly and the flavor a bit more. It still does not work particularly well on Mexican foods, and generally follows the same applications as mentioned in the Lola's Original review. It did fail as well, pretty considerably, on mac & cheese, but did fare fairly well as a chicken strip dipping sauce.

It does not really strike me as flexible enough, though and only 2 of the four criteria I have really moved. There is still precious little heat here (I'm reluctant to give it the full bump to a 2, as it is more between a 1 and 2), and the Jolokias have been considerably restricted and tamed here. The sauce flow problem also persists a bit with this one, but oversaucing will just create flavor issues, rather than any heat problems.

Bottom line: Markedly better in flavor (and slightly hotter) than the Original, it is still a far cry from the "everyday" sauce it claims and ostensibly tries to be.

Breakdown:

            Heat level: 2
            Flavor: 6
            Flexibility: 5
            Enjoyment to dollar factor: 4

Overall: 4