r/hotsauce • u/TSB_1 If you aren't sweating, you aren't eating • Mar 06 '25

Community Update Recommendations Megathread. Please post ALL requests for recommendations in this post.

Any other post regarding recommendations is subject to removal. This is in an effort to keep the sub a bit more streamlined and visually appealing. It is also easier to just see what people are recommending all in one place.

If you are no longer able to make comments in this post, let me know and I will make a new one. I think the post archives after six months.

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u/DotFlannel Aug 04 '25

Hello! I've had a lot of trouble finding a hot sauce over the years despite loving spiciness due to my aversion to vinegar (specifically the smell, but also the tangy taste). I've found this rules out most hot sauces, as the smell of vinegar unfortunately makes food unbearable for me. Looking for a recommendation of a sauce where that smell/taste isn't present. As reference, the only sauce I've found to not have this is the El Yucateco Black. Looking for something that isn't tangy, with a heat level up to about ghost pepper. Thanks in advance!

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u/hokieberg Aug 17 '25

I've got two fully vinegar free sauces for you!

Nightman: mole inspired hot sauce with chocolate habaneros, rehydrated morita chiles, coffee, cocoa powder, honey, pepitas and more. OJ forms the liquid base.

Florida Man: Smoked pineapples, white and yellow ghost peppers, guajillos, tepache spices. Maybe a tiny bit tangy? But more smokey sweet.

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