Hot Sauce Taste Test
Hot sauce. There are thousands, but in the U.S. there are the big three, Frank’s Red Hot, Cholula (with the round wooden cap) and of course, Tabasco. You know them and probably have one or more on your counter. Since we are a locally owned and operated company, we thought that it would be interesting to taste test some locally made hot sauces with our customers at Rock Barbers. So we drove to the store and bought four different hot sauces, three local ones, to see if there was an overwhelming preference.
We set up a testing area toward the back of the barbershop. We provided tortilla chips to place drops of the sauces on, then covered the bottles with brown paper and labelled them with A, B, C, and D. We did not want to influence the testers by the packaging of the bottles. The testers could taste each in any order and retry any one that they wanted. Most were washed down between tastes with the local beer in our kegerator, Buffalo Gold. After their decision was made, which was difficult for almost everyone, they would put a bean in corresponding cups also labelled A, B, C and D. Then we would reveal the different hot sauces names and prices.
Here are the results:
A: High Altitude Gourmet Red Habanero $4.99 Englewood, CO 37%
B: Boulder Hot Sauce Company Harry’s Habanero $4.39 Boulder, CO 29%
C: Gilberto’s Gourmet Goodness Zesty Cayenne $4.99 Fort Collins, CO 23%
D: Kroger Hot Sauce .89 cents ?? Not sure what locality ?? - Votes 11%
Next time you are in the store looking for a new hot sauce, think of our local ones and give them a try. You’ll be surprised with the quality goodness in every bottle and you will also be supporting another local entrepreneur.
Next Rock Barbers Taste Test – Barbeque Potato Chips?
Want to know more about hot sauces? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_sauce