Mike: Garlic Goodness Hot Sauce from the Intensity Academy has a great garlic flavor with some kick. The sauce is only slightly thick from the garlic and has an orangish-yellow color. A whole spoonful of the sauce, by itself had an intense garlic flavor. I do love garlic, so this sauce is right up my alley. The primary flavor of this sauce is definitely garlic with very slight hints of the Habanero peppers noticable. We have already come up with some good ideas for how to use this sauce and will probably post some examples up as we try them. I am rating this hot sauce a 4 out of 10 on the heat scale.
Josh: Coming into the trial of Garlic Goodness Hot Sauce, I knew I would like it because I love garlic. Our first sample was quite large due to how fast the sauce came out of the bottle. As soon as the hot sauce hit my mouth, it was garlic that fulfilled my taste buds and then the heat followed. I was surprised by how much heat this sauce had packed into it, but the garlic is definitely the most potent effect in this sauce. I liked this sauce a lot, but you need to be able to tolerate garlic because it definitely fits the name of the hot sauce, Garlic Goodness. I am rating this hot sauce a 5 out of 10 on the heat scale.
I sampled Defcon Zero produced by Defcon Sauces at the Fiery Food festival. Notice how much sauce John gave me compared to the people in the other videos. This is easily one of the hottest sauces that I have ever tried. This sauce has been tested at around 2 million scoville heat units. As you can see in the videos, John, “The Creator” thoroughly enjoys watching people suffer when they try his sauce. As you can imagine, Josh and I will not be reviewing this sauce for quite a while.
Mike: D.L. Jardine’sBlazin Saddle hot sauce was not very good on a chip. The flavor was quite sour and the sauce didn’t have much heat. I have tried this sauce with some other food items and it doesn’t taste as sour, but this still would not be a top choice for me. I also feel that the XXX HOT on the label seems a little exaggerated. I am rating this sauce a 3 out of 10 on the heat scale.
Josh: Blazin Saddle had a very sour taste, I did not like the flavor at all. It had a little bit of heat to it, somewhat comparable to Tabasco sauce. I am rating the heat a 4 out of 10 on the heat scale.
Isaias and I were having some homemade picodegallo with jalapenos and habaneros in it and we did not feel it was spicy enough, so we decided to eat the remaining habanero peppers by themselves. The habaneros were pretty spicy, but not as hot as I thought the peppers would be. Josh and I will be eating habaneros at a later time, I thought I would put this one up for your enjoyment.
Mike: Genuine One Drop hot sauce has a very sweet unique flavor that peaks off very quickly and seems a little bland in the end. You can eat this sauce with chips like salsa since it isn’t very spicy, despite how the label sounds. I am rating this sauce a 4 out of 10 on the heat scale.
Josh: I thought this sauce was very sweet and just a little spicy. Tabasco sauce was worse than this one. I am rating this a 5 out of 10 on the heat scale.