Alright! So, I finally finished my hot sauce. I got a bunch of hots from another member on here and decided it would be cool to make a sauce. Here is how I did it:
Step 1: Took 5 cloves diced garlic and put them at the bottom of mason jar.
Step 2: De-seed all peppers, cram into mason jar.
Step 3: mix 1 heaping tablespoon salt with 2 cups distilled/filtered room temp water to make brine.
Step 3: cover peppers in the mason jar with the brine.
Step 4: Take shot glass and put it upside-down on top of peppers so they don't float.
Step 5: Cover and let sit in dark area, shaking every day after the first couple days.
Step 6: After 2 weeks, open jar and inspect my work (no yeast, no mold, no problems!)
Step 7: drain brine out of jar, set aside brine.
Step 8: Puree peppers until fine.
Step 9: Add brine and a tablespoon of vinegar to puree in the container (in my case, a ninja) and pulse til blended.
Step 10: Strain solids out with a cheese cloth and save the liquid in a container.
Step 11: Enjoy on everything.
It came out tabasco consistency and tangy/extremely hot. It had a sepia serpent, BBG7, scorpions, primos and a bunch of others in there. I'm very pleased with the outcome! I didn't use an airlock or anything as a starter; I really wanted to do something really basic with the most basic of things I had on hand. Can't believe how easy it was.
