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Ingredients: Aged red cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, garlic, salt.
Label: Well folks, we finally did it… Using only the FINEST, ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS, we have created a [tag]HOT SAUCE[/tag] with FLAVOR. Not a real “HEAD BURNER”, Uncle Dougie’s LIL’ BOOM packs a BLAST of FLAVOR to your taste buds before the HEAT kicks in! Try it on EVERYTHING – we are sure you’ll love it!!! ALL NATURAL, NO PRESERVATIVES, NO MSG.
Appearance: Not bad at all. It seems a little thin, and pours liberally.
Smell: Vinegar, vinegar, and more vinegar. Oh, and a hint of… no, wait, that’s more vinegar…
Taste: The vinegar is overpowering, and the overall flavor is very salty. The heat rates a little less than Tabasco. Honestly, not much to speak of, flavor or otherwise. “Not a real HEAD BURNER” ranks as understatement of the year.
Conclusion: With all the CAPS on the LABEL, I was EXPECTING something WONDERFUL. Ever tasted a hot sauce with training wheels? Yep, here ’tis. This would make a great gift for your non-chilihead friends and neighbors. Wait, if you consider yourself a chilihead, you might not want to give this as a gift: it could ruin your rep. In this reviewer’s humble opinion, vinegar does not a hot sauce make, and the vinegar here is completely over-the-top. After fully enjoying Uncle Dougie’s Hab Mustard Sauce, I was a little disappointed with the lack of flavor here. If the flavor was there, it was completely drowned out by the vinegar.
1 out of 5
Chilehead Comments: 7 Comments
Posted by: Jim - Categories: Uncategorized
Permalink: Review: Uncle Dougie’s Lil’ Boom Hot Sauce
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7 Comments
I always look at the label, and unless its a strong extract sauce, I run from all signs of vinager.
i LIKED your REVIEW.
Same here, you only need one bottle of the vinegar in your house. I mean you MIGHT use it but theres way too much vinegar sauces out there and too litle of it being used in normal everyday eating.
I don’t mind a little vinegar in my sauces but I agree that it is over done these days. I like it but if that is all I wanted in my sauce then a gallon of vinegar is under $2 at the store! haha I’m one to try something at least once but this will be far down my list if I happen to get to it.
I’ve got 3/4 bottle with your name on it, just say the word…
…bleah…
I agree with you Aaron. Vinegar and heat is not my personal idea of a quality hot sauce. I want some flavor in there to and limited vinegar taste. Nice review:)
Good compact review…that’s it in a nutshell. I have this hot sauce at my desk at work and decided to look it up. I agree that it’s not really even hot enough to be hot sauce, and the flavor is just blah. It’s not horrible as in bad tasting, it just doesn’t live up to quality hot sauce standards.
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Thanks for the review Jim, sounds like one for me to stay away from. I don’t mind vinegar in a sauce, but it should never overpower the other flavors. It should just enhance them.