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If you like Benito's Hot Sauce Poto Rojo, try these 5.

A familiar kind of different: related flavors, nearby heat, and room for a new favorite.

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Benito's Hot Sauce Poto Rojo

Extra hot

Carolina Reaper peppers meet blood orange juice, carrots and onions, with heat that develops gradually.

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Good choice. Let’s find its next-door neighbors.

Scorpion and árbol peppers meet pomegranate, black garlic and earthy annatto.

pomegranateblack garlicannatto

Similar documented flavor notes, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Arbol Scorpion: 5 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 3/5; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: 3/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Pear and ginger meet Fatalii and 7 Pot Primo peppers, with a small star-anise note.

peargingerstar anise

Similar documented flavor notes, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Ginger Devil: 3 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: Not established; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Mango, mustard and Scorpion pepper are barrel-aged for a woody, smoky character, with brown sugar in the recipe.

mangomustardbarrel-aged

Similar documented flavor notes, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Scorpion Monkey Barrel Aged Sauce: 4 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: 3/5; Garlicky: Not established; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Ghost, Reaper and Scorpion peppers are paired with hibiscus, brown sugar and coffee extract.

hibiscuscoffeepepper blend

Similar documented flavor notes, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Three Kings Sauce: 5 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: 2/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: 2/5; Garlicky: 2/5; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: 2/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Trinidad Scorpion peppers meet apricot preserves, blueberry and carrot, with a little habanero in the listed recipe.

apricotblueberryfloral pepper

More fruity, with a similar heat range.

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

Based on shared flavor notes and heat, not a promise that two bottles taste identical. Your palate gets the final vote.

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