Grumpy's Gold

[Sizzle Lips]

Seeing as how most of the guys at work know me as "The Grumpy Cigar Smokin Guy"......It gave me a great label idea for my hobby sauces.
But first I processed one of my ferments that has done its 100 plus days......I shall call this Grumpy's Gold.
This was started on Oct.24th/15
 
Grumpy's Gold
 
1 gallon bag frozen White Primo/Peach Ghost
Carrot
Ginger
Onion
Pineapple
Peach's
Garlic
This was all fermented together
Raw P.H was real low....2.98
 

 

 

 

 

 
I simmered the sauce for 30 minutes and did the first blend and the back on the stove and cooked another 20 minutes.
I added cumin,cracked pepper,white sugar,agave syrup,garlic powder,apple cider vinegar and water.
I blended this again and added xanthan gum.....everything back on the stove and brought back up to temp for bottling.
 

 

 

 

 

 
Final ph after cooling was great...2.88

 
I got 15 bottles of great tasting sauce....very pleased and it has some good heat.
Made up a new label.......just a hobby sauce label....but I do like my stuff to look pretty.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dragonsfire]

They look great !

 

[SavinaRed]

The sauce looks great and so does the bottles.

 

[pa1966stang]

Looks wonderful. Love the label. What are you using for paper/printing?

 

[Sizzle Lips]

Looks wonderful. Love the label. What are you using for paper/printing?

Hey thanks for looking guys......My nephew is a budding young artist so I told him what I wanted and between the two off us we come up with this design....I like it.
The labels are heavy gloss laminated from  http://stickerapp.com/ ...they are out of sweden.

 

[JohnsMyName]

Amazing looking labels, well done!

 

[pa1966stang]

Hey thanks for looking guys......My nephew is a budding young artist so I told him what I wanted and between the two off us we come up with this design....I like it.
The labels are heavy gloss laminated from  http://stickerapp.com/ ...they are out of sweden.

 
Thanks for the link. Those are some expensive labels! for a 3"x5" square (order of 1000) it is almost $500. That comes out to just under $0.50 per label. A 5oz woozy bottle is $0.33 per bottle. Hard to believe that a label costs more than a bottle!

 

[Sizzle Lips]

 
Thanks for the link. Those are some expensive labels! for a 3"x5" square (order of 1000) it is almost $500. That comes out to just under $0.50 per label. A 5oz woozy bottle is $0.33 per bottle. Hard to believe that a label costs more than a bottle!

It's more expensive than you think.....$299.00 Canadian for 500 labels....with the exchange rate...total became $432.00......plus I got dinged $65.00 duty....which really pissed me off.
Works out to a buck a label.....good thing is ...I only pay 3 cents for a woozy through a friend of mine.......Right now its a fun hobby and selling the sauce to friends and guys at work pays for the labels and bottles.....rest is beer money....making small batch's of 20-30 bottles....my 500 labels will last while i look for a cheaper source......the pictures do not do the labels justice.....they are very thick heavy coated labels.

 

[tctenten]

It's more expensive than you think.....$299.00 Canadian for 500 labels....with the exchange rate...total became $432.00......plus I got dinged $65.00 duty....which really pissed me off.
Works out to a buck a label.....good thing is ...I only pay 3 cents for a woozy through a friend of mine.......Right now its a fun hobby and selling the sauce to friends and guys at work pays for the labels and bottles.....rest is beer money....making small batch's of 20-30 bottles....my 500 labels will last while i look for a cheaper source......the pictures do not do the labels justice.....they are very thick heavy coated labels.

The Boss recommended these awhile back http://www.onlinelabels.com/weatherproof-labels.aspx

I ordered some and have been pretty happy. They do seem to be waterproof and are somewhat cheaper that what you are using. I just do not know if they are comparable.

 

[Burns and McCoy]

I use them here in Colorado and love the quality.

Look up

Columbine Label Company. Don't know how to input a hyperlink. I am internet stupid. Jennifer is who I always speak with. You could get 5000 labels with shipping for less than $650 USD.

 

[Sizzle Lips]

The Boss recommended these awhile back http://www.onlinelabels.com/weatherproof-labels.aspx

I ordered some and have been pretty happy. They do seem to be waterproof and are somewhat cheaper that what you are using. I just do not know if they are comparable.

Is that printed and cut or is that just for plain sheet labels....mine are printed and cut from sticker app.

I use them here in Colorado and love the quality.

Look up

Columbine Label Company. Don't know how to input a hyperlink. I am internet stupid. Jennifer is who I always speak with. You could get 5000 labels with shipping for less than $650 USD.

I will check them out ...thanks

 

[tctenten]

No. I print at home, but they are pre-cut and they have various different sizes.

 

[Redeemer]

Seeing as how most of the guys at work know me as "The Grumpy Cigar Smokin Guy"......It gave me a great label idea for my hobby sauces.
But first I processed one of my ferments that has done its 100 plus days......I shall call this Grumpy's Gold.
This was started on Oct.24th/15
 
Grumpy's Gold
 
1 gallon bag frozen White Primo/Peach Ghost
Carrot
Ginger
Onion
Pineapple
Peach's
Garlic
This was all fermented together
Raw P.H was real low....2.98
 

 

 

 

 

 
I simmered the sauce for 30 minutes and did the first blend and the back on the stove and cooked another 20 minutes.
I added cumin,cracked pepper,white sugar,agave syrup,garlic powder,apple cider vinegar and water.
I blended this again and added xanthan gum.....everything back on the stove and brought back up to temp for bottling.
 

 

 

 

 

 
Final ph after cooling was great...2.88

 
I got 15 bottles of great tasting sauce....very pleased and it has some good heat.
Made up a new label.......just a hobby sauce label....but I do like my stuff to look pretty.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Those look great. Amazing even. How do I get my hands on a bottle? Cash? Sauce to trade? I wanna try it!

 

[Redeemer]

Hey thanks for looking guys......My nephew is a budding young artist so I told him what I wanted and between the two off us we come up with this design....I like it.
The labels are heavy gloss laminated from  http://stickerapp.com/ ...they are out of sweden.

 
Grumpy's Gold, is appropriately named. I'd definitely say it meets the gold standards of hot sauce. I was lucky enough to receive a bottle, and I tested it out on some ribs the other night.
 

 

 
First impressions, you can definitely tell the ingredients are home grown and not store bought. The sauce pops with a sweetness that can only be described as "natural". Then the aged goodness, that flavor we all look for in a fermented sauce comes through. My first thought is that it wasn't as bold or deep as I'd expected for a 100+ day sauce but thats when the heat kicked in. Pretty hot, to the point I lost my sense of taste, but it doesn't linger. It calms down and beckons you to try some more, and you do, and the experience repeats itself. Pretty magical as I used half the bottle with a single meal. The acidity is on point. I can't think of anything I would change with the exception of the upfront sweetness, but even that I'm not entirely sure about. I'd rate this a 9/10. Thanks for sending it my way.

 

[Sizzle Lips]

Wow Redeemer.....your too kind...but thanks for the kind words and I am glad you liked it.I had to try and sweeten it up a bit to knock down some of the heat...which did work,plus I do like a bit of sweet heat, I was pretty happy with this batch and will try and match it again...maybe tweek a couple small things in the recipe.I do like fairly hot sauces but not to the point where it blows my brains out.Everyone's take on hot is always a little different then the next guys.
 
I look forward to the sauces you sent me to try and will post my thoughts soon....I really like to try sauces on several different foods....gives the palette a good work out.