INGREDIENTS: Tomatoes, red habanero peppers, yellow onion, water, lemon juice, distilled vinegar, garlic, sea salt, spices, and cornstarch.

CONTAINER: Something draws me to Scotty B’s sauces. Not sure what it is. The graphics are simple but still effective. I guess I like the simple. In a market where dozens of sauces have gimmicks like fake rubber snakes or toilets it’s nice to see a sauce that doesn’t use all its label space trying to brag. I think this is the 12 oz. bottle but the label says 5 oz. I’m not griping…. Just saying is all.

APPEARANCE: A salsa puree look with chunks and pepper floating merrily about. You can taste this sauce just by looking at it.

SMELL: First you get an aroma not unlike salsa, tomatoes, then a strong onion smell. Finally to top it off the habaneros come in to carry your nose off to a magical wonderland. Are there unicorns? I’m sure there are!

CONSISTENCY: This is the pour I’m looking for. I’ve got total control over how much or how little because it pours slowly but not BBQ sauce slow. It’s at a consistency where it can go on anything and you won’t have to worry about it getting everywhere.

TASTE: This sauce introduces to its flavor on a learning curve. First the sweet tomatoes, which did not make a strong impression on me the first time I tasted is only a small part to the whole. Next is a mix of garlic, onions and salt. And that is pretty much where it stops. Not a lot of pepper flavor, it’s there but you’d have to go looking for it. One of the best parts about this sauce is that there is no vinegar taste, none, zilch. Had I tasted it blindfolded I would have guessed that it was blended an hour ago.

HEAT: Rating of 8.8 out of 10. It brings the heat. I often take swigs of this every time I pass by the fridge and every time I’m sucking in air like a dying fish to cool my tongue off.

FIELD TEST: It’s a salsa sauce essentially so it does have its limitations but seems to overcome its limitations more easily than its peers. Usually I would hesitate to add a salsa sauce on my brown rice but this Scotty B sauce works perfectly. Go to Taco Bell or Del Taco when you get this sauce and grab 5 or 6 of the cheapest items on the menu. This brings the food into a while other league of taste.

FINAL WORD: This sauce has gone FAST. I’ve had maybe 3 meals with this sauce because I’m almost trying to suffocate my food in it. I can’t understand how Scotty B’s could sell this sauce in a 5 oz. bottle (that’s about a meal and a half worth of sauce). After trying this you’ll realize how familiar the taste is but Scotty B’s gets it just right.

OVERALL: Rating of 9.7 out of 10. A classic sauce. This is one you can give a permanent spot in your fridge for.