That Wenches Gold Walk the plank is in that neighborhood. And yes I admit that is too hot for me.
As I have been learning about hot sauce, the Walk The Plank hits one of the no-no's for me. We've all heard of Dave's Insanity sauce. And while it's very hot, the "Gourmet" version I have is way less overall hot than others I have had. Yet all you can taste is bitter heat. No good flavors to go along.
Anyhow, I wanted to use it in my chili and it ruined it. Dave's and the Wenches Gold Walk the Plank both have chili/pepper extract. The better hit sauces use actual peppers. Here are the ingredients of 4 hot sauces. 3 I have and the Dave's tastes like aspirin and heat. Nowhere near as hot as the Psycho, but ruins food because the bitter heat buries the flavors.
Wenches Gold Walk The Plank SHUs Unknown
Ingredients: Aged Red Peppers, Vinegar, Salt and
Chile Extract.
Trader Joe's Habanero Hot Sauce +/- 80,000 SHUs
Delicious
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Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce 180,000 SHU's
Tastes like wasabi and aspirin
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Dingo Psycho Hot Sauce 666,000 SHUs
Very good, but you must mix it with something like salsa or sour cream or just put a few dashes in your bowl of chili.
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So, if you want to try it again, look for one with natural peppers and no extract. I went down the rabbit hole and extract is basically like adding pepper spray to hot sauce to give it more heat. It's not enjoyable.
