Brine Damage

At it again folks! This week I have a very special sauce to review. This was a limited edition sauce only for sale at a Louisville Gore Club meetup on March 1, 2020. I apologize in advance for not delivering the goods on a sauce that's publicly available. This one is just near and dear to my heart.
Our feature this week is a sauce called Brine Damage from the nice folks at Peril Hot Sauce. Those fine humans have shown this review site a lot of love and now they've shown Louisville Gore Club some too, which warms me to the bones. This sauce is a Louisville Gore Club exclusive, so it may be difficult to get your paws on. In the past, I've heaped the praises on Peril Hot Sauce (and will continue to do so) but today I'd like to introduce you to an organization of which I'm a part and means a great deal to me.
Louisville Gore Club is a group of like-minded individuals that share a love for horror of all varieties. We meet on Sundays in Louisville, KY at a pub named Seidenfaden's to watch horror movies, some obscure, some not so much, and enjoy libations together. We often cook food to share in a potluck manner. From Louisville Gore Club's own self description: "Every Sunday night at 9pm the ghoulish and the grave turn up to enjoy the best and worst in horror/sci-fi/ fantasy cinema! 9pm-4am every Sunday night. You have been warned." I look forward to our meetups and enjoy them very much.
The label is very fun. It has "Brine Damage" at the center top in ominous red letters. Below is an illustration of a man screaming with both hands on either side of his head. Below him is a (presumably) human brain with a cherry on the top and a straw sticking out of it, a la milkshake-style. The lower right corner labels it a "special edition" with Louisville Gore Club's logo above. The color of the sauce is a rich and dark red. This sauce has very heavy sediment. You can see seeds and pepper bits aplenty. The consistency is quite thick and the pour is slow. No pour guard is present here, nor is it needed.
The flavor begins with sweet notes, very shortly followed by a vegetable taste. Presumably the latter is from the peppers, which this sauce is full of a large variety. The comfortable presence of garlic is warming and, while I can detect vinegar, the strong influence of the peppers softens the bitterness.
This is a sauce not skimping at all in the heat department. It lights up the tip of the tongue as expected but quickly spreads to the roof of the mouth. In fact the burn is surprisingly acute here and the tip of the tongue remains being affected for a considerable time. Of course there is a presence of lip burn but it's surprisingly strong and long lasting.
My friends at Peril Hot Sauce have done it again with this one. I suggest that you sample their wares in the store that's now up. At $6.66 for each bottle, you can be ready for a good time while not draining the resources too badly. Until next time!