When I finally received a box of sauces to review from Nick, I, like other reviewers before me greedily tore into it. My 12 1/2 and 14 year old sons were anxious to help as well. First I lined up the bottles, surveying what lay out before me. I already had some notions of what I would like, and which would not end up being favorites. There were 4 bottles from Suffern Bros. All American Hot Sauce; Original, Bayou Classic, Northeast, and Southwest. This review will be about the Bayou Classic flavor.

The label on this Brand is very patriotic. The Statue of Liberty in front of a faded flag, the company name All American Hot Sauce in red, white and blue with stars in the blue portion of All American. Something quite unique about the bottle is the statement on one side of the label – “The All American Hot Sauce is a corporation with a conscience. 7% of all profits go to organizations that improve the lives of Americans.” Under that statement is contact info to see how you can help Americans in need. In bold type below that it states ” Liberate Your Palate. Every Taste Bud Has A Voice. Made in USA”, (gosh I would hope so!). The label also has a heat meter on it this one indicated 6 out of 10 chiles hot. Even with all it’s patriotic symbolism, and commitment to helping others, the label seemed a little plain to me.

Now my first impression of this sauce was that it was very thin, water thin. There was a serious amount of separation, and what substance the sauce did have was settled to the bottom. I didn’t think that I was going to like this sauce. I do like some thin sauces for specific applications though, so I was definitely going to give this one a fair shot.

The ingredients list is as follows: seasoned rice wine vinegar, chilies, onions, bell pepper, cayenne, salt, sugar, sodium bisulfate.

The aroma of the sauce has a really sweetish vinegar tang. The flavor is much the same sweet rice wine vinegar with a cayenne after taste. Please notice I didn’t say afterburn. There is not much heat in this sauce. I said I’d give it a fair shot, and I did a shot glass full. It does leave a pleasant tingle in the throat but other than that pretty mild.

Now as I stated before, I do like thin sauces for specific applications. One of such meals is bacon, eggs and hashbrowns. I’ve been known to use half a bottle of Tabasco on my eggs. I like the way that flavored vinegar runs off and combines with everything else. That is how I planned on using this sauce.

I fried up some bacon, eggs, and hashbrowns and liberally coated them with All American Hot Sauce Bayou Classic. I ate half of the meal, then added more sauce. It was delicious but not hot. It was kind of like a thin Franks Red Hot, but instead of the vinegar bite it had a tanginess to it. Next time I will cut up a couple fresh jalapenos for a little heat. I also drowned some leftover turkey with it, tangy and tasty, not hot.

I did like the flavor of this sauce, but I probably wouldn’t buy it. It would be a sauce that because of its sweetness and lack of heat would be great for those with a milder palate. I think this sauce would go great with chicken, pork, shrimp, and of course eggs, however since it is such a thin consistency it would definitely decide to join whatever else is on your plate.

Their website states that it is the classic trinity of celery, bell peppers, and onions with a kick of cayenne. Celery is not listed in the ingredients though. It also suggests using this sauce in your favorite gumbo or over hot wings. The website lists their current charities as buying phone cards for the military and providing relief for hurricane Katrina victims. The price is $4.50 or 5 for $20.

All American Hot Sauce LLC
Suffern, NY. USA
www.allamericanhotsauce.com

This was a gift from my wife. She picked it up at Hot Licks in San Diego. She called me from the store and told me they didn’t have any of the sauces I had requested; no Mild to Wild, no CSIGI, no Fat Kid sauces and no THT. Come to find out she only wrote down the first three sauces assuming they would have one of them. Hot Licks did actually have THT.

I had my wife read off the ingredients to me: Roasted Habaneros, vinegar, salt. Short and sweet! No preservatives, no extracts, I’ll take it.

Now not having a visual of the label, I imagined a Grizzly Adams looking character with a habanero in his pipe or something like that. Instead, it has the silhouette of a mountain climber ascending a sheer vertical, sun shining behind him, framed on two sides with the word Mountainman. In the middle of the label is a graphic somewhat resembling a habanero. A clean and simple label. I can’t help but notice that the nutritional facts are conspicuously missing!?! Aren’t they required? A ‘some like it hotline’ is listed, but it seems like it has a grammatical error – “and hotter that you can’t find it…” Maybe that’s how they wanted it to read.

Now, when you open this sauce, you are in for a treat from the word go. The aroma is smoky, vinegar habanero. The consistency is that of syrup, while the appearance is dark reddish brown with small, thin curls of pepper skin, seeds and flecks of charred pepper suspended in it.

W/ Jalapeño Bread

W/ Pork Pot Pie

W/ Steak Quesadilla

The flavor is a rich smoky habanero with a bit of vinegar finish and decent heat. As for heat, I would give it a 6. This is my current favorite sauce. Unfortunately, it died within two days of entering my house. I let my sons try it, big mistake!! I fought them off until the last half inch, which they finished off over Cheez-Its. I put this on everything I could get my hands on. Even at $10 per bottle, I will definitely be buying more of them.

W/ Cheez-Its

Catskill Mountain Specialties, Inc.
127 Church Hill Rd
Eddyville, NY 12401
1-800-311-FIRE

Let’s start with the label. Danny Cash has one of the coolest labels out there. Diamond plate, flaming choppers and two sets of dual exhaust spitting flames. It screams of testerone and after all, hot sauce is a staple of manliness.

Now let’s get to the sauce…

Ingredients: fresh mangos, red habanero peppers, vinegar, sugar.

This sauce is visually appealing, an opaque orange with tiny bits of red habanero pepper and a few seeds suspended in it……oh how I wish there were more bits of peppers and seeds.

The aroma is fruity with a strong vinegar bite.

If I had to use one word to describe the flavor, it would be tangy. It’s both sweet and sour at the same time. I was hoping for a lot more heat, with red habaneros as the second ingredient. In fact, I expected it.

I applied a generous amount to some smoked pork enchiladas. While it was delicious, I couldn’t help but think the sauce should be called Mango Habanero instead of Habanero Mango Hot Sauce. So, I applied more. It paired perfectly with the pork, chips, avocado, and it was even decent on the tomatoes with some fresh ground pepper added.

For my second trial, I breaded and pan fried some thin strips of pork and applied a generous amount of Mean Streak along with some cayenne pepper flakes from last year’s pepper patch. WOW!! Mean Streak was a perfect sweet & sour sauce.

As for heat, I would give this a 2.5 – maybe 3, which makes it attractive to a larger market. I really enjoyed this sauce and would recommend it for chicken, pork, shrimp, eggs or anything else that lends itself to a sweetness.

Danny Cash Unlimited
2936 S. Zuni Street, Unit A
Englewood, CO 80110
USA, EARTH
(888) 3-hotsauce
www.dannycash.com