Product Name: Danny Cash 1%er
Style: Extreme extract sauce
Manufacturer: Danny Cash Hot Sauce
Country of Origin: USA
Website: http://www.dannycash.com
Ingredients: Naga Jolokia Ghost Chile Peppers, Chile Pepper Extract, Molasses, Tomato Paste, Vinegar, & Salt
Label/Packaging: The label is typical hard charging Danny Cash, with the dimpled metal, and the tailpipes throwing flames up the side of the bottle. 1%er is blazingly obvious as it is backed with a bright red placard. The ingredients are in white as is the contact info. My favorite thing is the small print at the bottom; "Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce 1.7 Hellacious Ounces."
Appearance/Aroma: The sauce is a very deep dark reddish brown color. Some seeds and flecks of pepper skins are visible. The consistency looks thick enough, but pourable. Upon opening the bottle, there are two ominous signs of my impending doom. First, there is a pop top cap with a small whole in the middle. Second, there is an immediate smell of extract that was not clearly visible when looking at the sauce. (You know that dark ring around the top of the bottle... not there.) Upon smelling it again, I can smell the jolokias and I believe the molasses as well.
Body of Review:
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?
Heat Level: 10
Applications: Since this is an extract sauce, I used it to kick up some BBQ sauce for a ham BBQ sandwich. I also used it in soup, on pizza, and mixed with my favorite wing sauce to bring up the heat to sweating and tearing stage. Use it however you like, but I do not recommend straight pouring this on food.
Appearance Score: 4.5
Aroma Score: 4
Taste Score: 4.5
Mouthfeel Score: 4.5
Heat Accuracy Score: 5
Overall Score: 4.5
Notes: The only thing I could ask for with this sauce may be a little better aroma, possible the addition of another sweetener such as a fruit to mask the extract a little more. This product is just as advertised, and as a side note of caution, this stuff is a butt burner too! Good sauce Danny.
Style: Extreme extract sauce
Manufacturer: Danny Cash Hot Sauce
Country of Origin: USA
Website: http://www.dannycash.com
Ingredients: Naga Jolokia Ghost Chile Peppers, Chile Pepper Extract, Molasses, Tomato Paste, Vinegar, & Salt
Label/Packaging: The label is typical hard charging Danny Cash, with the dimpled metal, and the tailpipes throwing flames up the side of the bottle. 1%er is blazingly obvious as it is backed with a bright red placard. The ingredients are in white as is the contact info. My favorite thing is the small print at the bottom; "Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce 1.7 Hellacious Ounces."
Appearance/Aroma: The sauce is a very deep dark reddish brown color. Some seeds and flecks of pepper skins are visible. The consistency looks thick enough, but pourable. Upon opening the bottle, there are two ominous signs of my impending doom. First, there is a pop top cap with a small whole in the middle. Second, there is an immediate smell of extract that was not clearly visible when looking at the sauce. (You know that dark ring around the top of the bottle... not there.) Upon smelling it again, I can smell the jolokias and I believe the molasses as well.
Body of Review:
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?
Heat Level: 10
Applications: Since this is an extract sauce, I used it to kick up some BBQ sauce for a ham BBQ sandwich. I also used it in soup, on pizza, and mixed with my favorite wing sauce to bring up the heat to sweating and tearing stage. Use it however you like, but I do not recommend straight pouring this on food.
Appearance Score: 4.5
Aroma Score: 4
Taste Score: 4.5
Mouthfeel Score: 4.5
Heat Accuracy Score: 5
Overall Score: 4.5
Notes: The only thing I could ask for with this sauce may be a little better aroma, possible the addition of another sweetener such as a fruit to mask the extract a little more. This product is just as advertised, and as a side note of caution, this stuff is a butt burner too! Good sauce Danny.
