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Entries for July, 2008

Passow Gets Yet Another Naga Snakebite

Yes, one of my favorite sauce makers is at it again! This time, Mark from The Chile Man.org Database has come out with an even meaner Snake Bite sauce….

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What to see at the Weekend of Fire: Redd-Eye Brand

Purveyors of some tremendously good salsas and hot sauce, not to mention being genuinely nice people who deserve to succeed, the folks from Redd-Eye Brand will be there with all their usual good stuff, plus something special:

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Passow Goes to the Weekend of Fire

We’re still a few days away from Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire, but I’m psyched! I’ve got my list of vendors, map of the store, directions, places to buy beer, brewery list, bags packed, car gassed up….I’m all set!
I just thought I might post an updated picture of myself so if you see this hairy [...]

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Sauce Cartel

Proof positive that Columbus, Ohio is the nexus of hot sauce creativity is the up-and-coming hot sauce entrepreneurs known as the Sauce Cartel. We’ve known of Gary and Max, the creative forces of the company, for a while and have rubbed shoulders with them at a few industry events over the past year or [...]

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Passow Receives A 3 Punch KO

Yep folk’s, yet another one by Aussi sauce sensation, Old Stillmanz. This one is a heck of a lot thicker than his Texas Pequin sauce and once again I’m sparing you from a shot of a bottle with writing on it (no label).

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What to see at the Weekend of Fire: Torchbearer Sauces

We will have some interesting stuff at our booth this year!
- We will have 2 new BBQ sauce products available. A Honey BBQ and a D’Jon BBQ, and they are $5 each and in limited supply.
- We will have our XXX Hot limited Sugar Fire for sale (signed and numbered). We [...]

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Passow Enjoys Some Liquidy Aussi Sauce

I just received a very large package from our buddy Bent of Alpha Nerdz. It’s basically Australia in a box and contained sauces from three of the land down under’s finest hot sauce companies. Today we’ll be examining one from Old Stillmanz.

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What to see at the Weekend of Fire: Intensity Academy

All this coming week, we’ll be highlighting companies who’ll be attending this coming weekend’s event…the 2008 Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire. Just a little sneak preview so you can whet your palate to all the good stuff you can try when you attend:

July 27, 2008
Intensity Academy of Tampa, FL will be releasing three [...]

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Passow’s Newest Job

Well, I’ve been known to have jobs of all sorts, I like variety and new skill sets. I’ve worked for the government, been in the restaurant business, a musician, and actor, graphic designer, manager, gardener, landscaper, stuntman, journalist… the list goes on and on. One thing I didn’t expect to be doing or didn’t count [...]

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Mama Lee’s Carribean Pepper Sauce

I was contacted by a young man from Georgia by the name of Antonio Cadogan and was asked to review a Scotch Bonnet hot sauce of his own creation that he was looking to take from just being a hobby to actually bottling it and selling it commercially. Antonio himself is a U.S. Army [...]

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