Gindo's Original Hot Sauce Review

Gindo's Original Hot Sauce - [TSAAF Sauce Of The Year 2021]

Note: This sauce was provided for purposes of review by Roger Damptz of Burn Your Tongue. Check him out on Facebook or, better yet, head on over to his new online outlet where you can shop the widest selection available anywhere, www.burnyourtongueonline.com.

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As I mentioned in the Gindo's Honey Habanero review (elsewhere on this blog), Gindo's is one of those boutique, high-end sauce companies I hear a lot about and all of it favorable. Sometimes, the hype machine can go a bit nuts and things don't deliver on that promise, but with this, my second bottle of what I presume to be their marquee sauces (come in a square 8 oz. bottle), I have a strong suspicion that the entire line does. I went all the way back to the beginning of the blog to check and be sure, but this the first time I have ever had not only two different sauce companies have more than one sauce in contention for Sauce Of The Year (giving away the game a bit here, but yes, this one is definitely in the running), but it is the first time ever that the first two sauces I ever had from a company were also in contention for SOTY. 

So, this is definitely a great sauce. I really like the idea here, of the Honey Habanero featuring the orange Bells (to match the orange Habaneros) and this one, featuring the red Bells (to match the red Habaneros), which lends almost a nice tomato-esque aspect to things. You really get a good idea of the flavor differences between respective colors and I greatly admire and respect that. Both sauces are also reasonably simple, in terms of ingredients, so as to let the actual stars shine. Both also featured numerous references to Blair's Pure Death, though this is probably the closer of the two.

Like the Honey Habanero, this one has precious little heat. Also like that other one, this is really intended more towards the "everyday" type sauce. There's a laundry list of things this should pair well with and I have no doubt of that, as this has worked well on nearly everything I've tried it on. It has a flavor a bit reminiscent of the Blair's Pure Death (also reviewed on this blog), but not quite to the extent it is there. This is really its own sauce and I honestly enjoy eating it and try to chase down all the little flavor accents. It is truly a magnificent work.

Bottom line: If you enjoyed the Honey Habanero, but really want something a bit more savory for your everyday sauce, this one will fill the bill nicely. It is a testament to Gindo's mastery that each flavor preference for that usage is covered both to thoroughly and so spectacularly. Definite SOTY candidate. 

Breakdown:

            Heat level: 1
            Flavor: 10
            Flexibility: 10
            Enjoyment to dollar factor: 10

Overall: 8