Today I bring you Tears of the Sun brought to us by High River Sauces. High River Sauces brought us Rogue (a favorite of mine) and the previously reviewed Foo Foo Mama Choo. As previously reported, the company was founded to stoke Steve Seabury's, the founder passion for spice and music. I have since discovered that the first sauce was made for the 2011 Metal Alliance Tour, something of interest to me as I am a huge metal head as well as a chili head! They also mention beers on both their website and their Facebook page and beers are a guilty pleasure of mine. I like this company more and more!
The bottle itself is of the standard hot sauce glass type. The label is a bit eye-catching in that it has a stylized sun/smiling face as a main focus. The face has a flame on each cheek and is spitting flames out of its hair/sunbeams. The font of the word "tears" is interesting while the font of the word "sun" is considerably less so. The consistency is of medium thickness but has kind of a lightly gelatinous manner about it. Not so much as to make me shy away from it but is worth make note of.
The color is a light brown/dull yellow one which is not particularly attractive but, as we've seen before, I try to look past first impressions that threaten to taint my opinion of a sauce based on color.
The flavor starts off fairly sweet with the presence of citrus and mango rushing to the front of the line. It's not to overbearing but the fruits definitely made themselves known. The pepper flavor trails behind the sweetness, leaving my palate with the impression of sweet vegetables or spicy fruit. Garlic is there but I think that it might be obfuscated somewhat by the sweetness.
The heat was both surprising and not simultaneously. It was surprising in the fact that it immediately hit my lips and tongue tip and was quite direct. It doesn't float about the mouth in a continuous attack strategy but it does leave a noticeable lip burn that, thankfully, dissipates relatively quickly. The tongue heat doesn't last long either so, while it may be an acute type of hot, it's not relentless in its aggression.
While the sweet aspects of the flavor theoretically make it a less versatile sauce than some others, I could see this sauce playing well with grilled chicken, burgers, and eggs. Ooh, grits too! At $5.99 one has to opt on the side of adding this fun sauce to a collection.
Until next year dear friends! Happy Holidays!!
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Love high river sauces! Cheeba Gold might be my favorite of theirs.
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