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Danny Cash 1%er

Danny Cash is a rising star in the hot sauce industry.  He has developed a bit of a reputation as being one of the bad boys of hot sauce.  Anyone who has met him at a trade show always has an interesting story to tell.  I know he loves motorcyles and cars, and he has the same passion for his hot sauces.  Danny and I go back a little while as he sold me the first jolokia sauce I ever tried, the Naga Sabi Bomb (which I could use some more of Danny before they are all gone!).  When I saw this sauce the first time, it was in a chrome collectible flask.  This is the first time I have seen it with the more consumer friendly price in a glass woozie.  There is also this other little vial of doom, an ounce of jolokia and habanero powder on a keychain.  1%er for anyone who does not know is a biker saying that they are the 1% that live outside the law.  This sauce would bring those same bikers to tears I promise you!  Okay I am dreading this, but here goes... time for the taste test.  First of all, DON'T DO THIS!  I just had a small amount on a spoon.  This should be an additive to food unless you are torturing someone else (which I do not promote).  Okay back to the taste.  The extract is there immediately, but almost simultaneously I get a burst of sweet which must be from the molasses and the tomato paste.  The taste after the first seconds is really pretty good.  The sharpness of the extract softens and the aftertaste is actually pretty pleasant.  About the heat, just a small dose immediately hit me on all sides of my tongue and a little in the throat.  It is intense, but subsides to an overall burn after a short time.  That softer burn lingers for awhile.  Like I said, this is not a sauce that I would recommend pouring on food, but rather as an additive.  What should you do with it?

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AlabamaJacks Exotic Superhots Naga Morich Puree

I have had a few of AJ's products in the past and have always known that what I was getting was pure quality just like the man that makes them.  I popped this open and the smell is intense.  I happen to love the smell of fresh pods.  That is what a puree is all about.  At first glance it looks like a pizza sauce.  Don't let that fool you, there is pure unadulterated heat in there!  The taste for anyone who has not yet eaten a naga morich pod is a bit fruity and sweet for about ten seconds, then a bit more pungent as the heat begins to build to a fiery crescendo.  This puree is probably the best I have had as it is simply all pepper.  There is just enough vinegar to get the pH stable, a little salt, and a little agave nectar to balance it out.  If you didn't tell me though, I would swear it was just peppers.  The heat really does get intense.  I am sweating and burning as I write this.  Of course, I made the mistake of treating this as a hot sauce when I poured it onto my food.  I guess it goes without saying that you need to use with care.

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