I’ve written this review once, but sadly it was wiped out when we had our big server crash several weeks ago. I had just enough of this sauce left to make a mini version of what I did before, which makes it perfect for a mini-review.

This isn’t a hot hot sauce like many of the ones that the Peppermaster has to offer, but I was intrigued by the list of ingredients, which include:

Ingredients: sugar, glucose, fresh lime juice, fresh ginger, orange habanero peppers

Still unsure of what to do with this sauce, I asked Tina from Peppermaster and her suggestion, quoted from the website, was to “try it on egg rolls, sushi or grilled fish. Drizzle on toast or bagels with cream cheese. For a great margarita, pour equal quantities of Ginger Lime Drizzle and tequila over ice cubes and serve as an aperitif.”

Wait a moment…I can mix this sauce with one of my other passions, that being 100% de agave tequila? With that wonderful thought in mind, I set out to make a margarita truly fit for a chilehead.

I didn’t have much left in the bottle, but I chose to use some El Tesoro platinum tequila to make my margarita. El Tesoro is a fabulous blanco tequila with distinct agave flavor. Blancos are ideal to use because I didn’t want the aging of the reposados and anejos to affect the taste of my drink and overwhelm the taste of the Ginger Lime Drizzle. My only regret was that I didn’t have the right kind of glass for photgraphic purposes, so I had to make do with this:

It looked good and smelled better, so I took my first little sip. The ginger & lime juice is the dominant flavor, with a mild habanero burn that will hit your palate a few seconds after you swallow. I don’t know which I enjoyed more, the habanero burn or the alcohol burn from the tequila. For habanero flavor, it’s top-notch. Since the heat is toned down a little since it’s mixed with sugar and lime juice, you can appreciate the flavor of the habanero so much more.

Overall recommendation: Whether you use this sauce in food or as I did in a margarita, this is a great sauce for those chileheads who like to mix a little sweetness with their spice. What’s so great about this to me is that the ingredients are all-natural, it has a moderate heat level, and is a good mix of flavors that are balanced rather well. For margaritas, I would probably grab this sauce over many of the commercially-available mixes you might see in your local grocery or liquor store. For other uses, the fun is figuring out how to use this sauce in as many dishes as you can. For me, margaritas might never be the same without a little of this sauce in them. Thumbs up!

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