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If you like HAB Sauce The Golden Child, try these 5.

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

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HAB Sauce The Golden Child

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Scotch bonnet and black garlic meet a sweet soy-and-molasses base intended for glazing and finishing food.

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Rice koji supplies a savory foundation for habanero, with sherry vinegar, olive oil, garlic and coriander in the blend.

kojiumamisherry vinegar

More sour / tangy, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Il Mig+ Koji Hot Sauce: 6 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Hot (3/5). Sweet: 4/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: 0/5; Garlicky: 3/5; Fruity: 0/5; Savory / umami: 4/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Roasted garlic and curry spices frame habanero peppers, with carrot, citrus and ginger in the recipe.

roasted garliccurryginger

More sour / tangy, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
The Funk of 40K Years Garlic Curry Habanero: 2 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Hot (3/5). Sweet: Not established; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 4/5; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

A strongly smoky, bacon-flavored sauce combines black garlic and fermented shallots with jalapeño and habanero. The recipe includes wheat and soy ingredients.

smokyblack garlicbacon flavor

Less sweet, with a similar heat range.

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

Habanero, olive oil and toasted onion create a deeply savory base, with rosemary and black peppercorn giving it a woody, herbal direction.

rosemaryblack peppersavory

More sour / tangy, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Sun Of A: 2 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Hot (3/5). Sweet: Not established; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: Not established; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: 4/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Red jalapeños and garlic form a sweet-savory squeeze sauce.

GarlickySweetSavory

Less sweet, with a gentler heat range.

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