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First bottled hot sauce!!

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SadisticPeppers

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It's official, folks, I have my first official bottles of hot sauce! With the mash I made the other day, and some ingredients, I bottled 27 5-oz bottles in total. Several of them are already spoken for and going to good homes! Here's pics!
 
Starting up the cooking
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Reducing it down a touch
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First bottle is done!!!
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12 bottles down
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and 27 in total!
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Overall the taste is quite sweet, and then the smoky tropical flavors kick in, and gives you the vibe that, despite the pretty awesome heat, you're on a tropical beach somewhere, kicking back and having fun. My pre-orders, I'll label and ship off in the next day or two, and if anyone's interested in a bottle or three, PM me for details!
 
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Why thank you, sir! The hot sauces I've whipped up for gaming nights and events with coworkers have proven to be such a hit at the office, I already have 9 bottles pre-ordered of this batch, and several more folks are in line to get some as well :)

Make that 10 bottles ordered :) One of my friends from college wants one, and my old high school debate coach is debating (no pun intended) whether to get a bottle. I know a couple other people were interested in buying a bottle or two, so before I know it, I may have sold out my first batch :)
 
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Wustenfuchs said:
That's awesome!   :cheers:
 
What pepper/peppers is it based on?
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For this sauce, I used only Butch T's... 6 pounds worth went into this sauce :)
 
 
Matanzima said:
Nice looking sauce - looks like it has good texture
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Oh it does, By some act of $deity, I created it with just the perfect balance of thickness and flow, such that it still flowed and dripped off the spoon I used to stir it, but I could definitely notice that stirring required at least a small measure of effort. I was also pleasantly surprised by how easily it poured into the bottles, and half expected a disaster. Luckily, no such disaster occurred :)
 
Al-from-Chile said:
Cool - way to go!

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Thank you, sir! I'm stoked, and have almost half the bottles spoken for already!
 
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neoguy said:
Great looking sauce. And, good luck with your sales.

If I may ask, what method did you use to fill your bottles? I'm finding that to be the most difficult part.
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In my case, I used a food grade funnel to fill them (and by some miracle, I only spilled a couple drops on the counter), but I'm hoping sooner rather than later to get myself the Handy Filler: http://handyfiller.com/
 
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neoguy said:
Thanks, it'll be awhile before I can afford one of those. LOL
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Even with my day job, it'll take me a bit to afford it. Once I get it though, it'll be awesome to have, and make things so much simpler than the funnel method! I guarantee you, I would've been done in 1/3 the time if I had the Handy Filler.
 
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It's official! of the 27 bottles, 22 have already been sold or spoken for, leaving me with just 5 bottles of the sauce. There's a couple on the fence right now as well. The first reviews are already in, saying the sauce has a smoky-sweet tropical flavor, and that the heat keeps building and building to a crescendo.
 
I'd call that a successful batch! :)
 
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Here is by far the funniest and most awesome review I've gotten so far of this hot sauce, from a friend who bought 3 bottles, and loves eating spicy food:
 
"OMG, WARNING...WARNING...there's a reason why he calls this "Sadistic." You have to be sadistic to use this hot sauce! I tried a drop, yes...just a tiny drop on a piece of chicken...DON'T DO THAT FOLKS! I immediately reached for a pitcher, no, not a glass...a PITCHER of iced tea. Of course you know that only made it worse!. I followed it by a 1/2 roast beef sandwich, still burning...I love it! I will definitely be using this in a gumbo, some jambalaya, ...but not by itself...whooooooaaaaa!!! Well worth the $$$ spent. Great jobl!"
 
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poypoyking said:
Great looking sauce!  I think my wife would shoot me if I bought that bottle filler :)
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Thanks! I broke down and plunked down the money for it over the weekend, and it should be arriving later today. And I still have a bottle of the sauce left, if you feel like purchasing one :)
 
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