Just got into hot sauces. Finding my preferences and trying stuff out.. How would you guys rank these?
Crystal and Tabasco are nice classic tangy vinegary sauces, Crystal wins for me.. Cholula has always been my favorite mexican type hot sauce.
Melinda's garlic habanero did not taste as I was guessing/hoping.. it is much sweeter than I would have guessed, and has a very fruity flavor with some bite on the end. Not very garlicy.. but it is good! Definitely still getting some use. Melinda's Ghost Pepper sauce was disappointing.. super hot, but with that really flat, flavorless "just heat" taste. Not a good flavor imo.
But this YELLOWBIRD! This stuff is my favorite by far! It's flavor is super delicious with a nice habanero kick that never overpowers the flavor. Freaking spot on.
Anyone recommend any sauces that have that yellowbird sort of thing going on??
by No-Instruction-5669
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the melindas sauces are 7-8 out of 10. cholula is a 6. yellowbird is a solid 8. crystal and tabasco are both a 5.
all great sauces. good on almost everything. i personally love the yellowbird and the 2 melindas
Good start! The YB Habanero and Tabasco are my personal favorites from these. See if you can find the Cholula Green Pepper or Chili Garlic versions – both an upgrade over the Original imo.
Nice taste buds!!
Haven’t tried all of them but that fire garlic habanero is nice. Classic Tabasco is still so good too. Nothing else like it.
Unpopular opinion: I’ve got Cholula at 1 and Tabasco at 6.
You’re on the right track.
Melinda’s garlic + habanero has been going on everything for me. I just bought a cheap jar of pickles and dumped about 4oz of it into the jar. I haven’t about 24 hours and I now have spicy pickles that got cost me about $2.
I bought a couple of those little bottles of Melinda’s at Wally World and loved them…need to get more
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Melinda’s ghost pepper wing sauce is my personal favorite
Yellow Bird for the win!! Best flavor and ingredients
Best to worst:
1. Melinda’s Fire Roasted Habanero
2. Melinda’s Ghost Pepper Wing Sauce
3. Yellowbird Habanero
4. Crystal
5. Tabasco
Melindas ghost pepper has become my daily driver.
Watermelon
Not really a huge fan of any of them. Not sure how people like Melinda’s sauces. I prefer ordering more spicy and better tasting sauces online
That fire roasted garlic and hab is one of my favorite sauces.
IMO it’s God tier.
I’m not a huge fan of Tabasco, but see if you can find the habanero version. It’s up there at the top of my ranking. I hear the scorpion version is great, too, but have yet to find it locally.
Love em all except I’m not a Malinda’s fan
Crystal goes great on eggs that are on top of toast with roasted sweet potato
You should try hot sauce. It’s delicious.
Cholula, Yellow Bird, Crystal and Tabasco. Not a Melinda’s fan.
That tiny yellow bird container is like a single serving.
Melinda’s is good
I adore Crystal. I will literally drink that stuff out of the bottle.
more heat buy El Yucateco yo
Crystal, Tabasco, YellowBird well played, next stop hoff sauce