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If you would like to know what the sauce is before reading through the review, you may skip to the end here
Reviewer #2: Packaged in a typical 5oz. woozie bottle with a black plastic cap, this sauce has a nice deep burgundy red color with little flecks of pepper skins and small reddish-black seeds.
Reviewer #3:At first glance, I can tell you that this sauce is going to have specific uses, but it looks very, very good. It is dark, reddish burgundy, with many, tiny strawberry seeds floating around. Lots of fruit pulp present and some chunks of fruit so big, the bottle actually clogged. No pepper seeds were present, but lots of tiny pieces of red pepper flesh were visible. Overall appearance, 9.5 out of 10
Reviewer #2: The overall viscosity of this sauce is perfect. It pours nicely from the bottle and isn’t too thick or thin. The producer of this sauce obviously knows what they are doing and they do it well.
Reviewer #3: Perfect. Thick but pourable. Bits of fruit provided texture and strawberry seeds provided a little crunch. I would love to know if the owner of this sauce used pectin as a thickening agent like most jams and preserves use. 10 out of 10
Reviewer #2: Cranberries! I love the smell of that firm jellied cranberry sauce out of the can, and this has that same smell and not much more. There is a slight acidic aroma from vinegar, a hint of citrus, but the peppers are a no show.
Reviewer #3: I was really hoping for a huge blast of fruit aroma, and was a little disappointed. My first impression was indeed fruit, but not really intense, like if the sauce had been reduced to really intensify the fruit flavor. This sauce smelled of strawberries, but almost a watered down version. I did not catch any smell of vinegar. Overall Smell 7.5 out of 10
Reviewer #2: It isn’t often that I say that a sauce wasn’t at all hot, but in this case, it isn’t. In fact, I had my eight-year-old daughter taste it and she wanted to know why it’s called hot sauce if it’s not hot? Kids! After a while however, the heat did intensify after trying it over and over, and my mouth and throat did eventually get a bit warm.
Reviewer #3: I would not want a fruity hot sauce to blister me and this sauce does not. I ate teaspoon after teaspoon after teaspoon ( Cause I like this stuff) and did get heat and a mellow, lingering, mild, burn in my mouth. When I used this sauce on my turkey instead of cranberry sauce, I barely noticed any heat at all. I really don’t want to grade this sauce on a 10 point scale, because it actually has the perfect balance of heat for it’s purpose.
Reviewer #2: I also love the taste of that firm jellied cranberry sauce out of the can, and this is very reminiscent of that flavor. The initial sweetness is quickly married with tangy tartness and finished off with a bit of heat. Delicious! I’m not a big fan of fruity hot sauces, but this stuff will definitely find a home in the pantry and get a lot of use.
Reviewer #3: Very good. Not intense just like the smell, but just rich enough. Strawberries as well as cranberries are perfect on turkey. It imparted a sweet accent that allowed me to taste turkey and fruit at the same time. It was a perfect compliment. This sauce would be great on vanilla ice cream. 9 out of 10
Reviewer #2: Wow! I wish I’d opened this sooner and had it around for the holidays. It would have been terrific on a roasted turkey breast sandwich with a little hot stuffing. Although I haven’t tried it on food yet, I do think I’ll be making a grilled pork loin for dinner tonight. This sauce will be excellent on it. I can also imagine it going great with chicken, drizzled over cream cheese with crackers and poured all over a bowl of vanilla ice cream. If you are a fan of the cranberry and are looking for something different in a hot sauce, give this stuff a try. You won’t be disappointed.
Reviewer #3: I really like this sauce . It has specific applications like ice cream, turkey etc, but I most definitely will buy a bottle to keep on hand, once Nick reveals the name. For what it is designed for, it gets a 9 out of 10
Curious to know what sauce it is? Information on the sauce is available below the fold
Ingredients: Cranberries, Sugar, Water, White Vinegar, Pineapple, Concentrated Orange Juice, Balsamic Vinegar, Dorset Naga Peppers, Salt.
You can buy your own bottle from the Three Hot Tamales here and determine for yourself whether it’s more cranberry or strawberry. Clearly there’s no strawberry in the ingredients, but as this review shows - everyones tastebuds are different. You can also read a previous review of the THT’s Cranked Up Cranberry here - which both reviews comment on the “tickle” of heat from the sauce but as always, only you can be the judge, so buy yourself a bottle today and give it a whirl.
Three Hot Tamales, LLC
973-340-0551
Garfield, NJ, 07026
www.threehottamales.com
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23 Comments »
I knew it!
It’s a yummy sauce, and was a big hit on the Holiday table, but I do think it could stand a heat increase of, say, 20% without changing its’ character.
Nice job on the review guys, whoever you are.
THT Cranked Up Cranberry is one of my favorite sauces ever.
And yes, I’m gonna say it again, I still think it would be a lot easier and make for a more visually appealing review to just put the picture of the bottle at the beginning.
Peanut butter on a ritz cracker w/ CUC on top!!!!! I can’t wait to get home to try it myself, Im a huge PB and J junkie so I think Im gonna be a happy camper! And yes truth, I just said happy camper…….lol
kristi on 1/3/2008 at 9:48 am said:
Peanut butter on a ritz cracker w/ CUC on top!!!!! I can’t wait to get home to try it myself, Im a huge PB and J junkie so I think Im gonna be a happy camper! And yes truth, I just said happy camper…….lol
Did you ever try it with Oreos? NO!!!!!! 
And yes, the penut butter Ritz thing looks good too. 
Actually I never did! Ill make it a point to do so. I swore off oreos as part of my 12 step program…..lol Lisa killed it this weekend though when she tirelessly baked for hours and hours to make me my very own birthday TWINKIE CAKE surounded by yodels! lol hehehe Off the wagon now so I might as well go for the oreos…..Ill let ya know
Rob on 1/3/2008 at 8:56 am said:
I knew it!
It’s a yummy sauce, and was a big hit on the Holiday table, but I do think it could stand a heat increase of, say, 20% without changing its’ character.
or 62%
Now I am definately going to get some of that sauce.
Great entertaining review!
DK on 1/3/2008 at 8:58 am said:
Nice job on the review guys, whoever you are.
THT Cranked Up Cranberry is one of my favorite sauces ever.
And yes, I’m gonna say it again, I still think it would be a lot easier and make for a more visually appealing review to just put the picture of the bottle at the beginning.
just cant let it go!!! what would a review be without that comment? uummmm better!!! great job guy!!!
kristi on 1/3/2008 at 9:48 am said:
Peanut butter on a ritz cracker w/ CUC on top!!!!! I can’t wait to get home to try it myself, Im a huge PB and J junkie so I think Im gonna be a happy camper! And yes truth, I just said happy camper…….lol
Have you EVER gone camping???
Tony Legner on 1/3/2008 at 1:16 pm said:
Great entertaining review!
Tony thanks again for the package !! Ill call you tomm. to get your address i will be sending you something
Good job on the review guys…we ordered some a few weeks back and love it! Keep up the great work ladies.
“…The snozberries taste like snozberries…” “What’s a snozberry?” “I’m a trifle deaf in my left ear, next time speak up!”
Ahhh… Willy Wonka, only one of the best movies EVER!!! Nice Buddah
I will add, this review is a great one, I like the format myself. And again, this sauce was a scovie winner !!!! Congrats gals, ya keep chalkin them up, I can’t wait to see your table in NM !!
My fiancée bought me this hot sauce and Hot Wachula’s Cranberry Hot Sauce for us for Thanksgiving. My fiancée and I both enjoyed them, but I found both of them to be lacking in cranberry flavor and heat. Oh well.
Arizona Jack on 1/4/2008 at 6:29 am said:
I will add, this review is a great one, I like the format myself. And again, this sauce was a scovie winner !!!! Congrats gals, ya keep chalkin them up, I can’t wait to see your table in NM !!
Actually AJ, this sauce didn’t win a scovie. BUT it did take SECOND place in the fruit category of the first annual The Hot Pepper Awards. It was beat out by THT’s Make Me Moan Mango for first place in the same category.
Me bad, I knew you gals took a few more awards AGAIN, lol
Try this stuff with Triscuits and cream cheese. Perfect late night snack. I unfortunately finished my review bottle last night. Must order more!
Arizona Jack on 1/4/2008 at 10:03 am said:
Me bad, I knew you gals took a few more awards AGAIN, lol
Thanks AJ! No problem. We did win another first place scovie but that was for our Cry Baby in the Lousiana category. So you weren’t to far off about winning a scovie, just wrong sauce!
woof woof
Way to stay on top of things Buddah
Hey guys, nice Blog you got here! We make smaller personal size oak barrels, and I recently found out that Hot sauce is made in oak barrels too. Our customers usually use them for aging wine, beer or other spirits. Do any of you make your own hot sauce and if you do, do you age that stuff in oak barrels? We would be glad to know and would be happy to hear from you. Thanx and keep up the great work here.
Manny Focil on 1/12/2008 at 10:29 pm said:
Hey guys, nice Blog you got here! We make smaller personal size oak barrels, and I recently found out that Hot sauce is made in oak barrels too. Our customers usually use them for aging wine, beer or other spirits. Do any of you make your own hot sauce and if you do, do you age that stuff in oak barrels? We would be glad to know and would be happy to hear from you. Thanx and keep up the great work here.
Manny, this might get unnoticed in the review. Up on top of the page is a spot called, “The Boiler Room”. A lot of people post important things in that area. There are many many manufacturers that come to this fine site, not just chileheads like me.
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nice review, there is also a multi review on this sauce that isnt blind that was done for TTF the advantage to the non blind review is that the label says to heat it up before eating it. only one person did but his portion of the review really stood out because of it.