Last Dab XXX

Today I have a special treat for us all. Before getting to the meat of the matter, I want to welcome you back (or maybe for the first time) and thank you as always for coming along in our adventure into the world of hot sauces! I got my hands on a bottle of the newest sauce from Heatonist named Last Dab XXX. This is the last sauce to be sampled on the YouTube show Hot Ones. Normally I try not to review sauces featured on this show but this one seems right up my alley. It contains pepper X, chocolate pepper X, and peach pepper X. I'm excited for this one so lets get right into it.
Heatonist is a small hot sauce shop in Brooklyn, New York. It was started by Noah Chaimberg and Tyler McKusick in 2013. They exclusively carry small batch hot sauces and are on a constant search for the next best ones. The shop is a bastion of hot sauce and chili head culture.
I won't go too much into the label as it's very similar to the previous iterations of the Last Dab sauce. It features both Hot Ones and First We Feast, the network in which the show is featured. It has stylized flames on the top of the label and is contains reflective gold print. It's understated yet stylish. The consistency is thick and slow pouring. The sauce color is a reddish yellow with obvious sediment throughout the liquid.
The taste is very much along the lines of fresh vegetables. There is a presence of garlic and vinegar, which was completely expected. I suspect there is some ground black pepper mixed in somewhere here, but I wouldn't say that under oath in court.
This is a hot sauce! I assaulted my tounge, starting at the front tip and searing the inside of my mouth as it traveled down. The residual burn after the liquid left the mouth was intense and prolonged. The lip burn is almost instantaneous and long-lasting. The heat also remained on the roof of my mouth for a long time, which is unusual in my experience with other hot sauces.
In summation, this sauce is decently flavorful and quite hot, as it was presumably designed to be, being engineered for a hot wing show. It's pretty pricey at $20 for a 5 ounce bottle. But, if you're a fan like me of Hot Ones, this is worth it. Until next time fellow children on the flame!

Watchoutdehnow

Hello again fellow heat explorers! Today we will take a look at J. Anthony Brown's Watchoutdehnow Habanero Hot Sauce. I wasn't able to find too much information about the company other than their catalog of hot sauces, so we'll skip right to the good stuff today: the review.
The label is fairly simple, featuring a mustached cowboy smiling with J. Anthony Brown's signature along the bottom right of the main label image. The font for the titular sauce is reminiscent of one in comic books of yesterday. On one side of the label, it is suggested that we should look at the catalog that presumably would include sauces, salsas, nuts, and chips but I found no such diversity there.
The sauce is a fairly light shade of red with a consistency of a Louisiana style one and that gave me a tinge of anticipatory disappointment. There is very little sediment apparent in the liquid but when the bottle is tipped, it is detectable though minute. A plastic pour protector is present an necessary.
It has a lightness to the flavor, in contrast to some of the products that we've explored together in the past. It has a very light fruit note without giving the impression of too much sweet presence; citrus comes to the fore without taking center stage. The garlic is there but is fairly balanced with the salt in the mixture. There is a garden aspect to this which is emphasized by the fairly heavy carrot flavor here.
The heat is not as intense as I expected/hoped for a habanero sauce. It affects and remains mostly on the tip of the tongue and lips with repeated samplings. To be sure, this sauce amplifies the burn as tastings increase. This effect is more pronounced than some other sauces in my repertoire. The fire dissipates quickly though.
At $15.00 from the home site ($8.99 on Amazon), I think that this might be overpriced. The sauce is more flavorful than some of its more mainstream colleagues but, at the end of the day it's more of a glorified table sauce than anything. I can't say that I recommend this for an addition to one's collection, though I should note that the carrot and garlic tastes pair well with eggs.

Venegaroon Whip Scorpion Table Hot Sauce

Hello friends! Great to be talking to you after our time apart! During our separation I came across a hot sauce that is sure tantalize the taste buds. That is none other than the Whip Scorpion Table Hot Sauce by Vinegaroon. This was inexpensive to purchase (approximately $6.00 on Amazon). Unfortunately I am currently unable to find it there that isn't in a lot of twelve bottles. I'm fairly certain it will be back for sale by individual bottles soon.
I wasn't able to find much about them online, such as a home page. So sadly I'll have to skip right to the review of the actual condiment. That's the good stuff anyway, right?
The black label is fairly understated with what looks to be an ink drawing of a scorpion in black and white at the bottom of the oval that surrounds the front-facing section. It's actually a fairly intricate drawing with shading and fine-line details. The company name is emblazoned at the inside-top of the oval in white. Notably, above "table hot sauce" in the oval's center is a truncated list of ingredients reading "Red Pepper | Vinegar | Salt". On one side of the label is a full ingredients list that states "Contains: Milk" at the bottom. Good warning for those of us with dairy issues.
The color is a deep reddish brown and the pour is of medium speed. That is to say the consistency is not the thickest I've seen but not of the thinness that a Louisiana style sauce exhibits. There is definite sediment and the bottle notably has a pour protector. It is also interesting that when the bottle is tipped with the product inside, the liquid with the sediment trails the rest of the sauce when examining the movement within.
The flavor is rich and surprisingly sweet. Not to say that there is no vegetable feel and taste here. There is and it cuts through the sugariness as to make it not quite saccharine. Upon further examination of the ingredients list I discovered that it contains molasses which is very present throughout the tasting experience. I think that the flavor with make a good accoutrement to red meat as it has a similarity in flavor to steak sauce. The end product turns out to be fairly well-rounded.
The heat level is medium low. It hits the tip and edge of the tongue slightly and then moves to the top back part or the mouth but without the intensity of some of the sauces we've explored together in the past. There is a slight tongue burn but it's almost imperceptible even after multiple tastings. However, the heat level intensifies somewhat upon multiple samplings, much like other sauces.
This sauce is a different kind than I'm used to. Well balanced, slightly tipping the scale toward sweet while remaining fairly layered. The price is very good for what you get and, once it's available for individual sale, I'd back making the slight investment in this. Until next time friends, stay hot!

Extending My Review Vacation

Hey there hot heads! I regretfully wish to inform you that I'm not posting a review this week due to personal matters. We'll see each other next week though! Looking forward to it and I'll see you then!