Yep, that company name is still a blast to say. Originally this was to be just an email of my thoughts on his new sauce but since I had a little time today I’ve decided to do a full blown review of Benito’s White Hot.

Benito’s White Hot Ingredients: Organic Bhut Jolokia and Habanero peppers, lime juice, ginger, onions, garlic, vinegar, evoo.

The label isn’t anything to comment on here because it’s the test batch. Ol’ Benito himself has assured me that the final label will match his other labels perfectly. Now onto the sauce, which has a beautiful, bone white color to it with small dots of red spattered amongst the finely pureed sauce.

Right off the bat the ginger hits, nice and sweet with a hint of fruity Habanero flavor. Then the Jolokia comes in with it’s familiar tongue sear. The lime juice lightly plays on the sides of the tongue, with the garlic coming in on the after taste. There is a slight tongue coating that goes on from the Extra Virgin Olive Oil but it’s not very much.

For a sauce who’s first ingredients are Bhut Jolokia and Habanero, I was really expecting this sauce to have more heat to it. There’s a nice sting from the Jolokia and a slight back of the throat burn from the Habs but it really doesn’t go anywhere. For all intensive purposes it’s about a solid medium, definitely a far cry from “White Hot”.

Like his other sauces this one has classic Benito flavors throughout it. From the lime juice to the EVOO all the way down to the smooth taste that allows you to just spoon it out of the bottle into your mouth, these are the things that make his sauces great. That’s what I like about them, he has a running theme, a signature taste that’s incorporated into all his sauces and it works. Use this on top of ice cream, mixed into sauces, cook with it, or eat it right out of the bottle. Batches are up on his site for purchase now.

Taste: 9.5, Heat: 5