Two Fermented pepper sauce blends

[jcam222]

So is that where a lot of the heat is ? In the brine ?

More of the heat in the peppers I believe. That is why I used more of the brine to dilute it. That said the brine was hot too. The orange batch blended with half the brine was so hot I Could not work with it for flavoring over multiple tastes lol. Had to add the rest of the brine and some vinegar. I just ordered 100 Carolina reapers. I’ll mix them with store bought orange habanero and start 4 new half gallon ferments next week.

 

[chopsaw]

brine was hot too.

Mine was crazy hot before I added the pineapple . After I mixed , it has a " sneaky heat " . I asked because I didn't use a lot of the brine . Maybe half or a bit less . I like the red wine vinegar taste in there .
That being said , even after mixing , when I was washing the stuff up I got a huge hit when the hot water hit the bowls and spoons . Choke the dang life out of you fumes . Lol .
Love the color on yours .

 

[jcam222]

Mine was crazy hot before I added the pineapple . After I mixed , it has a " sneaky heat " . I asked because I didn't use a lot of the brine . Maybe half or a bit less . I like the red wine vinegar taste in there .
That being said , even after mixing , when I was washing the stuff up I got a huge hit when the hot water hit the bowls and spoons . Choke the dang life out of you fumes . Lol .
Love the color on yours .

Lol I’m really reconsidering my sanity in ordering the reapers lol. I think ghost or scorpion would have been ok. I like just about a third those and 2/3 habanero for hotter sauce and 100% habanero or a or scotch bonnets for my go to. I’m going to do a pepper garden next year for sure. I may have to sell it to locals on the downlow lol. I’ve had offers to pretty much sell out 30 bottles of this stuff and wasn’t asking lol.

 

[chopsaw]

Reapers are fantastic . Get the amount right and the fruity taste comes through . I do a sausage and a dried beef with reaper powder that's really good . It's addicting . If you don't have any reaper powder , dry some of the peppers and grind them .

 

[xray]

I love the color on those sauces and the labels look great too, it sure can become an exciting hobby.

That’s an awesome idea about putting the blended sauce in a jar and letting it sit and then adjusting your seasonings to taste once everything has mellowed out a bit. I’m gonna borrow that idea for some future ferments! Thank you.

 

[chopsaw]

it sure can become an exciting hobby.

I left some of the green reapers on the plant . Pretty much forgot about them . Just went out and saw I have another 8 or so that are ripe , and about a dozen new green ones . Also picked 12 jalapenos off the Aero garden this morning . Wasn't gonna start another one , but you start thinking about different profiles .

 

[xray]

I left some of the green reapers on the plant . Pretty much forgot about them . Just went out and saw I have another 8 or so that are ripe , and about a dozen new green ones . Also picked 12 jalapenos off the Aero garden this morning . Wasn't gonna start another one , but you start thinking about different profiles .

Colors, profiles etc. You could really come up with some creative sauces! It will be interesting to see what you make next.

 

[chopsaw]

Colors, profiles etc.

The dang mash ! That rub I did from the last batch is awesome .

 

[jcam222]

The Mean Green was wildly popular with friends and their friends. So much so I keep getting requests for purchase lol. May as well oblige to help pay for bottles and peppers! The last batch had a little miscellaneous in it so trying to nail down a repeatable formula. This is basic 1/3 green scotch bonnet and 2/3 jalapeño. Very basic finish with brine , small amount of white vinegar and xanthan gum. Really let’s the pepper flavor shine through. Processed two batches of it this morning yielding just short of a half gallon of processed sauce. I’ll bottle tomorrow when the bubbles settle and I double check taste. People are already lining up lol. I will say this is far easier to taste and adjust multiple times vs the reaper blends!!

 

[jcam222]

All bottled up and ready to distribute Mean Green II

 

[Fueling Around]

Awesome stuff there Jeff.
Definitely need to try this myself next fall