Spurred by the comments of a reader, I moved my scheduled review of Frostbite Hot Sauce to this week. Frostbite Hot Sauce is made by CaJohns and is marketed as a hot sauce/drink mix. Luckily, I had a half bottle of Jose Cuervo Margarita Mix to finish off. If you haven’t yet tried it, it’s a tasty concoction of Jose Cuervo, margarita mix and Grand Marnier – all you have to do is pour. Perfect for drinkers and lazy people. Plus you only have to buy one bottle, instead of 3.
Frostbite is now being made with a list of drinks (see below) attached to each bottle, so that it’s evident to buyers that Frostbite should be used as a drink mix. I doubt applying it directly to food would add any heat worthwhile. If you buy/use Frostbite like a regukar hot sauce, your going to be disappointed. If you use Frostbite as a drink mix (recommended) you’ll find yourself drinking more then a few spicy martinis or beers.
Although I wouldn’t recommend it to beginners, I applied Frostbite directly to my tongue. The heat lasted only a few minutes and was pretty tolerable. Now that I knew exactly the heat level I was dealing with I stirred about 8 drops into my margarita. WOW – now that made it a mean margarita! The Frostbite mixed with the margarita drink mix very well and distributed even heat to each sip. Not like when I tried the Caliente Lager from Spanky’s – all the hot sauce settled to the bottom and the last sip almost killed me.
Now, the scoville rating of Frostbite is supposed to be 1,000,000 – but in all actuality Frostbite isn’t that hot. The high scoville rating comes from the Aquaresin of Capsicum that’s mixed in to the vinegar, water and salt. The bottle is clear, and you can see from the shot glass, that the liquid is pretty clear outside the bottle as well.
The Hot Sauce Scoville Scale lists numerous hot sauces sorted by their pungency and their amount of capsaicin in Scoville Heat Units (SHU). A hot sauce, also known as chili pepper sauce is a spicy seasoning sauce made from chili peppers and other ingredients such as various fruit and vegetables, vinegar and spices. In addition to changing the degree of spiciness, hot sauce is also used to alter the actual taste of a dish. The production of hot sauces can be done by cooking, fermentation, but also by using only raw ingredients.
Depending on the chili pepper varieties used and the type of production process, hot sauces are divided into different degrees of pungency and consistencies. There are rather thick sauces with a lot of chili peppers like the Sriracha sauce. The Sriracha sauce is named after the city of Si Racha in Thailand and consists mainly of pureed chillies, garlic, sugar and relatively little vinegar. It is one of the world’s most famous Asian sauces used worldwide in the kitchen. But there are also thinner sauces that contain more vinegar, such as the classic Louisiana hot sauce. The world famous fermented TABASCO® sauce from the USA is a typical representative of the Louisiana style. In the Caribbean, there are very fruity chili sauces, which are mostly made from fresh fruits and Capsicum chinense chilis.
Capsicum chinense peppers have a very aromatic flavor with a very high to extremely high pungency. They are therefore also suitable for the production of extremely hot chili sauces and extracts. So it is not surprising that the Scoville scale is led by Blair’s 16 million reserve. The 16 million in the name stands for 16 million Scoville Heat Units. It is not a sauce, but Pure Capsaicin crystals.
(SHU) UPDATE: Based on some customer reviews and feedback we have adjusted the Scoville rating for this hot sauce. Manufacturer rating is at 750,000 however many customers have said that it was on par with other sauces that have an (SHU) rating of approx 500,000. The new adjusted rating is at 500,000 to 600,000. To those chili heads who have left reviews, we thank you for your valuable feedback. HotSauce.com.
Frostbite Hot Sauce (5 FL.OZ. / 148 ml): The worlds first white hot sauce. This sauce is uniquely its own… just think water soluble. You can add it to any drink to spice it up a couple of notches without adding any flavor. It mixes right into the drink and doesnt float at the top like most hot sauces or extracts. Try it in lemonade, soda or even beer! Heat up your cocktail without changing the flavor! Makes a fantastic “Hot” Martini! Use to add heat to just about anything!
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