Yellowbird Blue Agave Sriracha Hot Sauce
Ahhh, Yellowbird, those of the squeeze bottles so much admired by Sean Evans of The Hot Ones, a company that is overly fond of onions, but who has been on my radar for some time. With this, their pass at sriracha, a sauce that does not contain onions generally, they finally leave off of that, both allowing me to add in a sauce company starting with "Y" and getting that much closer to completing the alphabet and to finally sample some of their wares.
For those of who have been around Asian culture to any extent, or even without that, eaten in a significant number of Asian restaurants, the ubiquitous sauce, the large squeeze bottle with the green cap, is the Huy Fong version of this sauce. It is a very good sauce, reminiscent at once of a chili-garlic sauce, just more refined, in terms of milling and smoothness, and with a slightly higher garlic kick. This one models that existing monolith pretty well. I am no fan of agave, but the sauce here overall tempers down the garlic hit somewhat, and also adds in a bit of citrus fruitiness. This is a very acceptable entry into this style of sauce, unlike the previous sauce in the blog timeline that uses the sriracha name incorrectly.
There is next to no heat in any of the srirachas, this one included. While its veer from the "classic" Huy Fong taste is moderate, it is enough that I would probably not favor this over that one, but then again, I've eaten so much of this, given my various relationships with different Asian women, that I don't either buy or particularly ever eat this style of sauce much anymore.
Bottom line: This is a very solid, very capable rendition of a very specific style of sauce. To my taste, I wouldn't say it's better, but perhaps almost as good.
Breakdown:
Heat level: 1
Flavor: 6
Flexibility: 6
Enjoyment to dollar factor: 6
Overall: 5
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