Tears of the Sun Hot Sauce Review by Chris Caffery

Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Savatage guitarist Chris Caffery has teamed up with High River Sauces to release a gourmet hot sauce called Tears of The Sun.

"Ever since my first world tour in 1987 I have been on a global hunt for great hot sauces. About six years ago I began making my own. Trial and error led me to a sauce that had something very unique. My fellow band and crew members loved it so much I would actually make batches in catering on my recent tours. I am truly excited to finally be able to share Tears of The Sun with fellow chili heads" states Caffery about his inspiration behind his newest craft"

The Tears of The Sun Hot Sauce will be released on September 12th and can be pre ordered on the High River Sauces website here . Each bottled pre ordered will be personally signed by Chris Caffery.

The description you find on the High River website sounds like it will be a tasty and powerful sauce ready to bring lasting warmth as the summer begins to end. click in the picture to find out more!

Tears of the sun is a deliciously dangerous blend of habanero peppers and tropical fruit. Your taste buds are greeted by the sweetness, then rising like the sun on a hot summer day the heat settles in to make this unique sauce. Chicken, pork, fish, vegetables, hot dogs, tortilla chips, even a bagel with cream cheese…if your food is crying for help…it’s crying for some Tears of the Sun

Pain Is Good Jamaican Hot Sauce Review

I thought I would follow on from the review of Levi Roots with Pain is Good Jamaican Hot Sauce. Each bottle of Pain is Good range from the USA comes with the same distinct labels of someone in pain enjoying the wonderful sauce inside. I like this shape of bottle for any sauce and even the label comes with a mini story:

"In the jungles of Jamaica, far from the soft, white beaches and luxury resorts, there's a small shack with a small garden. In the garden, Scotch Bonnet and Habanero peppers are grown. In the shack, jerk sauce is made with them. In the mouths of those who eat it, a strange voodoo begins to take hold, consuming the body, mind and soul in a fiery, hypnotic euphoria. In this bottle is that sauce. In this world there is no sensational quite like it"

This hot sauce has classic Jamaican seriously hot flavour, but with plenty more to offer than cheap imitations. The heat comes from the powerful habanero pepper alongside a sharp twang from pineapple juice and finally jerk seasoning giving the characteristic Jamaican taste you expect.

I tried this sauce for the first time in August 2011 in a new chilli shop in Brighton run by Chilli Pepper Pete. On first taste I was a little disappointed as there was definitely Jamaican flavour but it just lacked something. I bought a bottle to experiment with and quickly learnt that this sauce comes alive when added to chicken for a classic Jerk style dish... obviously with rice and peas!

Adding Pain is Good Jamaican Hot Sauce to simple dishes like good old cheese on toast is a definite winning combo too, (you will never use worchestershire sauce again) A few dollops in your bolognese also brings it alive from the sale old dish. Generally this sauce appears to go better with cooked dishes rather than as a dipping sauce. However it is a great one to have in your fridge to add a twist to many dishes to surprise your guests and sometimes even yourself when you re-heat the next day and forget you have added hababeros!

Pick up some Pain is Good Jamaican Hot Sauce from Scorchio  by clicking here clicking here



There are many other bottles in the range so pulling together a set will make a great gift for any chili head. click on one of the pictures below to pick up a bottle of a different flavour

Pain is Good - Batch #114 Sweet Caribbean Jerk Screamin' Wing Sauce

Pain is Good - Batch #164 Honey Cayenne Mustard Sauce

Mad Dog Green Amigo Hot Sauce Review:

Mad Dog Green Amigo Hot Sauce is one of the tasty mild sauces in the Mad Dog Range. Why Mad Dog for a name... one you have seen their other sauces like Mad Dog 38 Special Pepper Extract - 3 Million Scovilles you will understand

But back to the Green Amigo. The bottle has their signature dog on the front, this time shaking his maracas and saying:

"Experience the mouth watering combination of fresh ingredients in Green Amigo and transport your taste buds somewhere south of the border."

This is very true of the contents. The hot sauce tastes fantastically fresh, jam packed with Jalapenos combined with lime and coriander giving an authentic Mexican flavor. This sauce can be used to instantly create a quick salsa by adding a pile of chopped tomatoes. If you can get hold of them try it with tomatillos (mexgrocer.com) for a salsa verde.

Reasonably priced around £3.99 this Green Amigo sauce from the USA will add a fresh zing and Jalapeno chili hit to any dish. If you like your sauces mild and like me cant get enough of jalapenos on you nachos this is well worth a try. Pick up some Mad Dog Green Amigo Hot Sauce from Scorchio by clicking Here

Da Bomb Beyond Insanity Hot sauce Review

Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity is a hot sauce that focuses on purely heat. The bottle claims to be:

"One of the hottest sauces on earth! Pure habanero pepper enhanced with habanero infused flavor create a sauce measured at 119,700 scoville units. Wicked beyond belief!"

There is no doubt that this is a leader of a hot sauce from the USA with a reasonable price tag of arounf £5.50 for a 4oz bottle. The ingredients are quite basic: Habanero peppers, water, natural pepper flavouring, vinegar and spices. but boy do they pack in the Habanero peppers into this hot sauce. For me this sauce lacked flavour but does have a hint of smokiness.

If heat is your thing and you like cool looking hot sauce names in your collection then pick up a bottle of Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity from Scorchio by clicking here or on the bottle.

Enjoy Chilli Heads!

@CaJohnFieryFood Holy Jolokia Sauce:

Support @chilepepperinst by buying a bottle of Holy Jolokia Hot Sauce and the Chile Pepper Institute in Mexico will receive a portion of the bottle sales helps to fund research and education at the Institute into the wonderful chilli pepper that we all love.

The Chile Pepper Institute is an international nonprofit organization devoted to education, research, and archiving information related to Capsicum. Since its inception in 1992, it has been a recognized research institute in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University 

Holy Jolokia Hot Sauce is very special indeed! A 2010 Golden Chile Winner from a great hot sauce producer CaJohns who continues to  go from strength to strength with his ever expanding range of unique and quality sauces. The hot sauce contains the Bhut Jolokia chili, measured at over a million Scoville Heat Units. This chili is also sometimes referred to as the ghost chilli or ghost pepper holding a Guinness World Record in 2007 for the hottest chilli in the world.



Bhut Jolokia



Not only will you be doing good by buying this sauce helping the research and development of the chilli pepper, you wont be disappointed by the fresh flavour and heat the sauce gives you in return. A notable interesting ingredient is 'lemon extract' which lifts and compliments the heat of the Bhut Jolokia surprisingly well. In fact the bottle claims:

"Caution: Your taste buds may cry out, "Holy Jolokia"

I found that I really couldn't put this sauce down and it felt great at the same time (maybe from the chilli buzz) that I was supporting the institute too. Pick up a bottle of Holy Jolokia from Scorchio by clicking here and see if you will cry out 'Holy Jolokia'. Tell your friends about this blog post so that they can add their support too.

Please publish this blog post on Twitter with the buttons below and +1 with the google button too. Lets grow all the support we can to help continue the great research.

Thank you and enjoy!

Top Ten chilli Hot Sauces

I came across this article from the independent news paper listing the 'top ten hot sauces' I have to say this list was probably not complied by a true chilli head. It got me thinking what my top ten sauces would be, I have so many that I am finding it hard to choose. There is an excellent collection of lists from some true chilli heads here on Scott Roberts site Thinking through what would be in my top ten and decided that I cant rank them in my mind but these sauces are usually stocked in my chilli shelf at home. Leave your comments below what would be in your top ten!

I have added a link to each Hot Sauce so you can pick some up for your self or find out more

The Evil One Hot Sauce by Grim Reaper foods - UK

Hatari Acid Rain Sauce by Hatari Hot sauces - Canada

Oak Smoked Chipotle Sauce Upton Cheyney Chilli Company - UK

The Rookie Goblin by Grim Reaper foods

Chillipepper Pete's Naga Headhunter Sauce

Pleasure & Pain Smokin' Scotch Bonnet & Mustard Hot Sauce

CaJohn's Holy Jolokia Hot Sauce

Mad Dog 357 Extreme Mustard Sauce

Tazmanian Devil Sauce - Chilli Pepper Pete - uk

Dave's Gourmet Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce

There are also so many sauces I have yet to try and so many new quality producers springing up everywhere so this list and my shelves will grow