Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Good Burn

I have returned from my hiatus to explore more hot sauces with my friends! I hope you didn't miss our diggings into the world of spice too much. I just wanted to return as fresh and excited for our journeys as I could be. I'm glad to be with you all again!
Today I want to look into a sauce I got a few weeks ago made for Sully's Hot Sauce Store called Good Burn. I couldn't find much information about the company as all links seemed to go to Amazon.com but I did find a Facebook page. Present but not really informative.
The label is quite uninteresting. The only thing that breaks up the black and white lettering in a monotonous font is the red shadowing effect with the word "BURN". A portion under the ingredients list dictate that this sauce is a product of McCutcheon's Apple Products, which seemed odd at first, in that this company seemed to mainly truck in apple butters and jellies. Upon cursory exploration of this sit,e however, I did find a hot sauces and mustards section. They do, after all, appear to have a fairly diverse catalog.
The thickness here is quite pleasing to me. It has a nice slow pour and leads to an even distribution of the bottle's contents onto the target vector. As well, the color is a nice deep red that you all know I like. There is considerable sediment present so we can infer that the product wasn't pulverized too much upon blending.
The flavor is surprisingly complex. At first I tasted a very vegetable-like flavor that mixes with a kind of unidentifiable savoriness. This is quickly followed by an almost sweet taste. Curious about this, I perused the ingredients list, finding nothing sweeter than lemon juice. I have to conclude that the lemon juice interacts with the habanero and other peppers to create a vaguely sweet output.
The heat isn't oppressive or severe at all. It definitely leave a tingle on the lips and tongue but I had no immediate need to quench my palate. The initial "Good Burn" on the tongue plays on the tip briefly but wasn't really detectable anywhere else in the mouth. Additionally, the tingle on the lips that I referred to lasts a while but is actually quite pleasant.
While this condiment didn't "wow" me with its heat or its plain label the flavor profile is enough, paired with it's admirable pour and appearance, to make me revisit this sauce again. In fact, I think that it will go wonderfully on my tacos later. This combined with the low price of $5 makes me lean towards recommending a purchase for anyone with interest in tastiness. Thanks for joining me friends and I'll be back next week with another study in sauce.

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