I expected a lot more after hearing all the recommendations about this sauce. To me, it tasted like garlic buffalo sauce. It wasn’t bad, but it’s definitely a niche sauce and I feel like it only pairs well with a handful of foods. I saw it listed as 116k SHU online but I don’t think it’s nearly that hot although it’s definitely got a kick. Overall, not worth $15. What’s y’all’s opinion of it?
by TonyRicin
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I’m going to be downvoted, but I’m going to go against the grain here and say this sauce is highly overrated on this sub. It has an aftertaste that I find really off-putting, almost like a chemical taste. I’ve bought more than one bottle of it though, because I really wanted to like it, but I just can’t. It is somewhat decent on pizza, but even on that it doesn’t really add much.
My favorite sauce
To each their own, thought for a moment it was a troll post as it will for sure have a reaction (spend too much time on subreddits where that is a thing). But I’m glad we don’t all have the same taste.
Personally love this one on sandwiches/burgers, dislike it with soup as it overpowers it too much.
As for the heat, the two bottles I had were pretty similar, bit below Aka Miso and Scorpion Disco, but still pretty darn hot. Scoville SHU, honestly to me that rating is pretty useless for anything but extract sauces and dried peppers (good Hot Ones got some reality exposed on their silly ratings). I have another “118k” sauce (forbidden fruit) which is less hot than Tabasco Scorpion, so probably closer to 15-20k. Garlic Reaper is way way hotter but the real rating, who knows, with fresh reapers being 210-330k max (85% moisture, the 1.4-2.2M rating is for dried) I’d say 116k might be a stretch as processing would kill some of the heat too. Out of curiosity, what do you compare it too to say it is way lower than 116k?
Haven’t had it looks interesting heard a lot of god things but not gonna expect it to launch my ass into orbit , more like don’t care launch is delayed while enjoying it
Yes
Amazing in chili so good. I need to get more
Good but I like zombie apocalypse a little better.
My favorite sauce
Going to make fried shrimp tacos with this later tonight: tortillas, frozen friend shrimp, garlic reaper mixed with a little mayo(most likely) as a sauce. I wish I had some cabbage or something for a slaw but I’m broke and working off of what I have until I get paid haha.
I much prefer Son of Zombie.
Perhaps I am not the target for this … because I got it, tried it on a burger, and it was so spicy it made me nauseous. Did not taste like garlic at all to me, all I got was overwhelming heat.
I got some on my cheek and didn’t notice for a while because I was coughing up a lung from the heat of it. Got a burn on my cheek. Shit hits hard if you are not expecting it and I was not expecting it.
You can’t trust SHU numbers you find online unless they’re the result of third party lab tests. Hot Ones does inflate the SHU of pretty much all of their sauces on the show.
I do like Garlic Reaper, but if you want to try out another extra hot garlic sauce give Puckerbutt’s Unique Garlique a go. It’s more savory with a darker flavor and has a building slow burn heat. It’s maybe a teeny bit milder than Garlic Reaper but it’s still very hot.
Tastes great but too hot for me, I still throw a dash or two in some mayo for a sandwich every once in a while
one of my absolute favorites, its hard to balance really extreme heat and great flavor but torchbearer is among the best at it
I just got this from chilli shop near mine can’t wait to try it
Love it on Greek food, like a gyro for an extra bit of kick
Love it. Very hot, yet very flavorful. Goes really good with Indian food.
A personal favorite. Put it on everything. Only complaint is my son was scared by the artwork when he was young, so now I need to hide it. 😂
Overhyped
One of my top faves just haven’t bought it in years due to price
I had a bottle of this awhile back and discovered it was really good stirred into cheesy mashed potatoes.
Torchbearer makes tasty sauces. Pretty spicy kick though. Think it’s like a 7-8 out ten? My wife recently bought me the honey mustard flavor and I am also done with it
I’ve ruined many a lunch by putting too much of this sauce on it. Nonetheless this one along with Culley’s Fire Water have been two constants in our refrigerator for years. Love this sauce.
My fav sauce, it’s pricey so I only use it for special occasions or I’ll go through a bottle every week.
Awesome
Very niche and inconsistent. I’ve gotten this sauce twice, the second time didn’t taste at all like the first and I liked it way less
How garlic forward is it? I love Torchbearer, but I’ve never tried this one. I like garlic, but I don’t generally like hot sauce with a pronounced garlic flavor.
I love this stuff. Tasty and hot
I make a Reaper Ranch with this and it’s my go-to dipping sauce for quesadillas and tots
My favorite from Torchbearer. Followed by the Habanero version
Tasty with a quick kick!
I got a different bottle, but same label. Shouldn’t matter but the reason I mention is cause mine is fuckin’ hot! Maybe it’s a particular ingredient in it for me. Cause to me it’s more potent than Da Bomb Groundzero, Satan’s Blood, Black Mamba… lol it’s good for chicken wings.
Too hot for me. Reaper pepper is too hot for my taste. I prefer the ghost sauses.
$15 is high but it’s really good. Not so spicy but good enough
I introduced my BIL who loves good hot sauce to this. I told him to be careful cuz it can fuck you up. He didn’t listen and got burned. It was funny to watch. I love the flavor of this stuff but it will bite you!