Restless Dead Syndrome

Sorry to have been away for so long sauce swillers! I'm back with a small batch hot sauce company just getting started and want to bring to you as makers of products with which to look forward to abusing your taste buds! The folks at Peril Hot Sauce have brought us Restless Dead Syndrome. The company has a domain (perilhotsauce.com) but, as of this writing, there is no content up. I'm assured by its lovely owners that it should be a matter of a week or two before this is rectified. Give them time! A fledgling hot sauce company should have all of our support getting them on their figurative feet.
Peril Hot Sauce is a small batch hot sauce company getting started in Lexington, KY. They ferment their sauces and hopefully the process will come through in the good taste! I met the owners during a weekly horror movie fan social event called The Louisville Gore Club. There we traded stories of making, tasting, and just plain enjoying hot sauce. If being nice and fun were enough to earn your business, you'd be giving it to these fine folks.
This label was definitely a real bit of eye candy for me. As I alluded to just a bit ago, I'm a horror movie fan. Specifically a zombie movie buff. The undead, teeth-baring ghoul that adorns the bottle made me grin. I also liked the pun as name. Now I'm not normally a fan of puns. This one's just cute though. The bottle is a standard one but I have to give props to putting something as gruesome as the depiction as the graphic representation of this product. Its color is a nice and very deep red. I found this pleasing because, not only is it my favorite color of hot sauce (perhaps my favorite color in general), but it's very appropriate for the imagery. The consistency is very think and the pour is super controlled.
The flavor is quite surprising in that it almost has a refreshing quality. It begins with a sweetness akin to a citrus that permeates throughout the taste experience. That is to say it's a pleasant sweetness, not one that is overly saccharine. This is followed by a savoriness assuredly due in some large part to the garlic. There is a light earthy feeling left with the whole adventure that I thought brought out a nicely balanced delivery.
This sauce brings the heat but not in a standard way. It definitely sneaked up on me by beginning the tasting process with light touches of flavor that hinted at the burn coming. Hinted but leaving me still somewhat surprised at the aggression of sear that hit mostly the middle of my tongue. While burning, I was still left contemplating the flavor, which is a win to me. The lip burn is long lasting and quite noticeable after a few samples.
Unfortunately this sauce isn't available for purchase as of this writing but hopefully in the near future you'll be able to roll over to perilhotsauce.com and pick up a bottle or five. And I encourage you to definitely do so when you get a chance. This sauce was a pleasant and fun experience the whole way through!