TABASCO® Original Pepper Sauce
A-4.0 BASED ON 2 REVIEWS
Maker:
McIlhenny Company
United States
Pepper(s):
Tabasco
SHU (Scoville Heat Units):
2,500
Volume:
2 oz
Ingredients:
Aged Red Peppers, Salt, Vinegar
Description:
Official: "Since 1868, TABASCO® Pepper Sauce has been made with just three ingredients: fully aged red peppers, Avery Island salt and distilled high-grain natural vinegar. This simple recipe - when brought together and aged with the greatest care and attention - produces the incredibly pungent, fiery pepper sauce that's beloved the world over."User Reviews
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B-3.0
Reviewed by Onfirebabies on July 8th, 2012
Label:
An unmistakable logo. Simple in design and straight to the point. no flash here.
Looks:
Easy flowing watery sauce. Very thin in consistency.
Smell:
All vinegar here. You can discern a little bit of heat...but mostly just vinegar.
Taste:
A strong vinegar taste It has a little bit of smoke taste, and a bit of salt.. Not much going on in this bottle.
Heat:
Not much heat. It tends to linger a bit, but it doesn't really punish you with overpowering heat.
Overall:
An overall decent sauce. I have found that it is a sauce that works well in cooking, and would recommend it to any chef looking to add a little punch in the oven.
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A+5.0
Reviewed by foamy on February 26th, 2013
Label:
An excellent, time honored logo that is unmistakable. I could pick this bottle out of a line-up, blindfolded due to the shape of it's cap.
Looks:
Really, what looks as good as Tabasco?
Smell:
A lovely pepper/vinegar smell.
Taste:
I'm a bit biased. I've been using this hot sauce since I was in my early teens and it is my go-to hot sauce for almost any dish, snack, chip, whatever. I don't believe I have to describe it's taste because if you haven't had any in your lifetime then I don't know what to tell you other than go out and get some. It's essential.
Heat:
As an everyday-type hot sauce, it's heat is perfect. Enough heat to wake up your taste buds, but not so much as to obscure the taste of whatever you're eating. A bright, lively, vinegar heat. If this sliding scale is only for heat measurement, then I consider it a 3 out of 5.
Overall:
Original Tabasco is the standard by which other hot sauces are measured. If you are going to have only one hot sauce (heresy), then this should be it.