Gochugaru is the type of pepper traditionally used to make kimchi and is also known as the Korean pepper or Kimchi pepper. It’s said to...

This is the most inarticulate branding in my hot sauce journey so far. No, sorry, let me start on a different note. I didn’t want to do...

Hot Ketchup. That’s what this is. Tomatoes and heat. Simple and effective. Done. I’ve criticised too much tomato in some of the Chipotle...

7th June. Cutting off flowers feels a bit Addams family but that’s what I’ve been doing. I mentioned this process last time but thought...

I’ve had a lot of mild sauces lately so this one took me by surprise. It isn’t raging but it’s got a sharp kick. It’s a Bajan sauce - my...

I may not have said this before now, but a side-purpose this year as I try all of these hot sauces is to find the perfect pasty...

Until recently I was sitting on the floor of the greenhouse to write, enjoying the wildlife that was passing by or through - goldfinches,...

This is the first Buffalo Hot Sauce I’ve reviewed here, which is an oversight. Generally speaking, Buffalo sauce is a normal hot sauce...

I was a bit worried about this one. The sauce looks quite like the Chipotle sauce from South Devon, which I tried a while ago and it...

Confession: I dismissed a whole species. The Baccatums. I have two Baccatum types growing, the Peach Sugar Rush Stripey and the Zebrange,...

Odd flavour. Slightly reminds me of some of the smoked sauces from earlier, which is probably the Chipotle coming through. The...

I picked up a handful of Lazy Scientist sauces recently and they’re all kind of funky. One has blueberry in it, another has stout, and...

The big flavour here is mango. The sauce looks and tastes just like pureed mango. It’s bright yellowy orange, smooth as ketchup and sweet...

I have some chilli plants to give away. When ordering seeds from a grower in Wales I was given a free pack of mixed hot pepper seeds....

Following the joy of their Gold, I got stuck into Pure straight away. This is a ‘Red Habanero & Ginger Hot Sauce’ - a little less sweet...

I hadn’t been to Par Market for ages but I was passing today and thought I’d see what was there now. I’ve always been fond of the idea of...

12th May May is a busy month. Every day I’m potting up, planting out or moving the peppers. They’re all growing slightly differently. I...

10th May Every morning and evening I’m taking the chillies for a walk. In the morning I take the plants out to the greenhouse and in the...

Another sauce that plays with the idea of the mad scientist or alchemist trope, and this innocuous sounding Gold has a weird twist. It is...

That list of ingredients got me. When I started the hot sauce journey I was loving the sauces that highlighted the individual...