Tabasco Habanero Sauce

Full disclosure - Tabasco is the reason I love hot sauce.  The ubiquitous Tabasco brand hot sauce.  Available at every diner, mexican restaurant, etc.  And for good reason.  It's a simple good hot sauce.  Tabasco has become synonymous with hot sauce.  Like Kleenex, Velcro, Band-Aid or (if you're from Kansas like I am) Coke, when you ask for Tabasco, people will know what you're asking for.

So here I'm "reviewing" Tabasco's (to be proper McIlhenny Co.) product line diversification on the more extreme heat side of things... the wild, out of order cousin of Tabasco.  The weird adopted cousin that gets drunk and hits on your sister, the Tabasco Habanero Sauce

When you sell millions of bottles of a product,
one must ask oneself,
"How can we change this perfect, money-making formula?"

I threw this on some over-easy eggs.  It was pretty good.  No, I'm not going to take pictures of that shit, because taking pictures of your food puts you in a certain class of people that I'm not comfortable with.  

HEAT - Habanero, allegedly one of the spiciest peppers in the world.  I say allegedly, because I can't be bothered to look that shit up. This sauce is marketed as Tabasco's hottest sauce.  This was well and hot though.  Quite a bit more so than the standard Tabasco.  One thing I hate in reviews is when they compare the thing they're reviewing to another well-known thing or predecessor.  This is a variation, so I'm breaking my own rule here.  6/7.

FLAVOR - It was kind of fruity actually.  I think they were going for some sort of a Jamaican jerk-chicken vibe with this hot sauce.  The ingredients list included papaya, banana and ginger.  Ok...  Well rudeboys, if you're into sweet with your heat, this is your special day.  I didn't find the flavors to be obnoxious actually, which sort of surprised me.  It was a good balance of heat and flavor.  5/7.

EXPERIENCE - This was noticeably thicker than standard Tabasco, so I was pretty cautious when applying it, but I found myself adding more.  It was good.  A total change of pace for me.  I was into the sweetness of the fruit, but just when you realize you're tasting the fruit, you're smacked with the heat of the habanero.  That was fun.  It's not an everyday sauce, but it's nice for a change.  6/7.

This hot sauce has a BFB rating of 17/21.   A worthy sauce to carry the Tabasco name, but not really essential.  

If this sauce sounds like it's right up your alley, you can buy it here.