Silk City Ram Skull Hot Sauce Review

Silk City Ram Skull Blueberry Torch

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I believe this is the first time this blog has ever seen a kinda sorta pre-release sauce, as I've not found this for actual sale anywhere online quite yet, and this particular sauce bottle does not contain a back ingredient label. It does have a nifty front label I find a bit confusion, as I don't understand what the name is meant to signify or its relation to either the contents or the character on the front, who is this cool-looking skeletal fella that gives me Skeletor vibes.

I  happen to have the ingredients (though not the order), which are blueberries, strawberries, apples, green Habanero, and apple cider vinegar. Though this sauce is very loose and runny, borderline watery, there is not the apple cider flavor that I dislike coming through prominently or at all. Instead, it is much more of a blueberry-forward concoction, though the flavoring is rather subtle and a bit on the light side.

When eating it, I get hints of apple and apple is a steady companion to both the blueberry and strawberry elements. It does take a bit of eating for this sauce to heat up, but there is not really a very strong Habanero presence in either flavor or particularly in heat. This indeed is somewhat of an unusual sauce in that I'm not quite clear of the intent. I find myself wishing that it had been reduced somewhat so as to be less runny, as it can be a bit of a challenge to use, not that it's preventing me from trying. I find it works best on lighter meats, particularly chicken, though I do plan to try grilling with it as well once it finally warms up enough to do that. I could see this potentially being nice on pork as well. 

As it is, I don't find this a hugely flexible sauce. It notably clashed with the ice cream I tried it on and it was there that the vinegar asserted itself unhelpfully. I do think this would also possibly work well in drinks, with lemonade being something I may consider trying. I do quite like the flavor and enjoy eating it, just overall wish it was a lot less loose than it is. I don't see a price tag on the front label, but if it follows the usual pattern of Silk City and goes $10/flask, it will be another good proposition as a buy.

Bottom line: Very watery, but excellently flavored and somewhat unique sauce that is definitely worth a  look.

Breakdown:

            Heat level: 1
            Flavor: 10
            Flexibility: 2
            Enjoyment to dollar factor: 8

Overall: 5