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Hot Winter

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4 bottlesHeat: Medium to HotNotes to explore: garlic, ají crystal, aleppo
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Aleppo peppers give this sauce an earthy character, with rice vinegar, cider vinegar and hardneck garlic.

Aleppoearthygarlic
Flavor & heat
Aleppo: 4 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Medium (2/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 1/5; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: 3/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Bulgarian Carrot and Ají Crystal peppers meet rice and cider vinegars, with citrus-like pepper character.

Bulgarian Carrotají crystalcitrus
Flavor & heat
Bulgarian Carrot: 4 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Hot (3/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 1/5; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Hot Winter peppers bring a little natural sweetness to a short recipe of vinegars, cane sugar, salt and garlic.

Hot Winter pepperlight sweetnessgarlic
Flavor & heat
Original: 3 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Medium (2/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 1/5; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Santa Fe Grande, Bulgarian Carrot and golden cayenne peppers are combined with rice and cider vinegars and garlic.

pepper blendrice vinegargarlic
Flavor & heat
Santa Fe Grande: 4 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Medium (2/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 1/5; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

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