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!
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