This was left as a comment, but I thought it deserved a little more attention.

Thanks for the glowing review of Fire Sauce No. 9! I am taking such comments from a connoisuer like yourself as the highest of compliments.

When I introduced the products in early ’04, I was fortunate enough to secure a vending space at the historic Eastern Market on Capital Hill in Washington, DC. Every weekend, you can find there a collection of produce and specialty venders and thousands of visitors from around the country as well as around the world.

This past weekend, several people came to both purchase (based on your review) and let me know that I had been written up on HSB. I was thrilled to learn of this as I’ve been so busy lately that I hadn’t even heard of HSB. (What a terrific site!) But I just wanted to clarify a couple of things brought up in your review.

First, with regard to the questionable nature of the folklore, admitedly, I’ve received every possible question ranging from, “is that really true” to “how could you put something so obviously WRONG on your label like that??!!” I needed to fill space so I thought why not get a little chuckle out of folks while I’m at it. (I guess that’s why I’m making hot sauce and not telling jokes for a living!) While a few people have actually found it amusing, you’ll be happy to know that the decision had already been made to drop the folklore in order to make room for acknowledgements. (Here is where I’ll admit to being a bit behind on a few things like being on top of keeping my website updated.)

To date, Uncle Brutha’s Fire Sauces have accumulated a total of 16 awards since September of 2004. Along with the 2nd place for No. from the 2005 Fiery Food Challenge, both sauces won first place awards in this years Cajun Hot Sauce festival’s Hot Sauce competition and we were named Grand Champion/Hot Sauce Manufacturer of the year with 8 total awards (www.sugarena.com for a complete listing.) Fire Sauce No. 10 picked up another second place for XXX hot and First place for Best Hot Sauce General-All catagories at the 2005 America’s Zesty Best Professional Food Competion (www.zestybest.com) Most recently, Fire Sauce No. 9 received three second place awards while No. 10 got a third place as well as 1st Place Golden Chile award for Hot Sauce XXX Hot in the 2006 Fiery Food Challenge (www.chilepepper.com) We’re very proud of these acknowledements as they have served to fuel our tenacity and determination to keep moving forward.

Finally, I would also like to apologize for the mis-placed sticker. It was most definiely placed in error which has already been addressed and will hopefully not happen again. While having been disappointed when No. 9 has not won in every competition we don’t believe it necessary to mis-lead anyone as we strongly believe the flavor sells itsself. Thanks again for the glowing review. I hope you enjoy the No. 10 equally as much.

- Uncle Brutha

No, this isn’t a fountain of hot sauce, it’s actually a fountain of hot blood sauce that resides within the main gates at Six Flags Great Adventure for the Fright Fest. The wife & I decided to brave the 40 degree weather and crowds of teenagers in order to ride the tallest and fastest roller coaster on Earth.
It may not look like much in my picture here, but believe me, that fucker is huge! And even though we mistakenly cut in front of 1/4 of the line, the wait was still just over 3 hours – probably only 2 hours if we hadn’t waited the for the front seat. I thought about trying to get a better picture right before the coaster shot us out, but the thought of getting a digital camera jammed into my face at 128mph made me think twice. Hell, I thought my contacts were going to fly out of my eyes and I’m pretty sure the wife peed herself a bit. We can’t wait to go again!
So after behaving like teenagers for the day, we stopped at “Real Mexican Food” (actually the name of the place) & instead of paying $10 for a pretzel at the park, we had drinks, dinner and chips & salsa + tip for less then $30. Immediately when we walked in I knew I was going to like the food. “Hola, Bienvinedos” was music to my ears and my stomach & finding Tapatio and El Yucateco on the table just about made my night. The selection was large and the waitress was very attentive.
Right before our food came, a family with 2 demon spawn offspring came in and sat in the booth right behind us. The entire place was empty and they sat right next to us. This really irritated me and not just because I like a little space, but the two demon spawn kids were 500 times worse then my brother and I ever were. The eldest spawn child was about 5-6 and one day she will make some man very unhappy & probably ruin his night just liked she did for us.

Dinner was a Burrito Al Carbon with beans & rice. Simple and delicious – plus it was easy to eat quickly. If we ever hit Six Flags Great Adventure again, we will definately swing by again. Had it not been for the demon spawn kids we would have stayed longer and tried dessert. Definately can’t find “Real Mexican” in NYC.