Everything from Secret Aardvark and most of Crazy Bastard
Valentina. Not very hot, but I like it and use it like ketchup.
Try the black label if you want a bit more heat.
Yellowbird Habanero Sauce, Tapatío, Valentina, Sriracha.
Aardvark Habanero and Renfro’s Habanero Salsa. I just really like habanero, okay?
Trappey’s Bull is good. Also have a few varieties of Tabasco (jalapeno, scorpion pepper, cayenne & garlic), and some made by the students at a local culinary program.
Not sure it counts as hot sauce but a chili oil like Lao Gan Ma is my favourite. Otherwise when I do use hot sauce my favourites are Hot Ones Los Calientes Rojo, Tabasco Chipotle, and Secret Aardvark.
Hot sauce is for people who dont enjoy taste.
I go for salsas and chunky condiments (e.g. black bean chilli crisp, hot Indian chutneys) than just a liquid hot sauce, even then it’s sriracha.
There’s this belizean hot sauce called Marie Sharp’s, I get the gold one. Doesn’t sting me at all, my family can’t handle heat, but it does the job well enough.
My favourite however is Salsa Macha. Can’t get dried pepper where I’m at though, or I’d make it myself. Goes great with just about anything, even compound butter slathered bbq steaks.
Encona West Indian Papaya Hot Pepper Sauce
-Homemade garlic cayenne hot sauce.
-Frank’s Red Hot. I put that shit on everything.
-Cholula for Mexican food.
I use Franks and Franks wing sauce a lot.
I live in NM so we have New Mexican Food, for that it comes pre covered in green or red chile.
Willing to share your fav garlic cayenne formulation?
My store bought favorites are chili garlic Cholula and the green tabasco. I also make my own (commented on another reply about what)
El Yucateco - all of their habanero-based sauces are good. I had the black label one recently and feel like I’ve discovered a new favorite.
Kill Sauce - limited selection but really unique sauces with complex flavor profiles to balance the heat. The Habanero is exemplary, but the Carolina and Ghost versions are the pinnacle, IMO.
A good, fresh salsa verde
Good old Tobasco.
