Blue's Habanera Reserve Test

[Blue's]

Hey Folks:

I'm the owner of Blue's Carolina Pepper Sauce. The hot sauce blog did a favorable review of my sauce a few months ago. Since that review the sauce has expanded into about 80 markets.

I am currently contemplating a limited edition habanero reserve sauce and would like to know if anyone would be interested?? The sauce would be a blend of cayenne and apple smoked red savina peppers. Any serious reviewers can email me at bluesbbq@carolina.rr.com and I will send a sample. If the interest is there, I will send the formula to my copacker for production.

Blue's

[sevver]

I would like to start doing reviews if you are interested. I have always loved hot sauce but only recently discovered that there were other people like me. :)

[Cap'n Bones]

Welcome Aboard the Hot Pepper Steve!! We have at least three active members on here from your area.

[imaguitargod]

Welcome to our little corner of heat. I sent my email about two minutes ago.

[thehotpepper.com]

Welcome Blue's!

[Blue's]

Hey folks!

Samples of my prototype will be sent out. Plz keep in mind that this sauce, if well received, will be a limited edition, with limited quantity. The sample you will receive will not have a label, but it will be tamper proofed. Your feed back will determine if I procede. I believe you're in for a treat.

Blue's

[thehotpepper.com]

Sent a PM.

[Blue's]

Hey Ya'll:

For those that responded, samples have been sent. Sevver, yours will be sent Thurs.

Blue's

[imaguitargod]

Hey Ya'll:

For those that responded, samples have been sent. Sevver, yours will be sent Thurs.

Blue's
Groovy!

[marcosauces]

Hey Blue's i like the elephant recipe..LOL...awesome..!!!

[bubbaschili]

blue where from in north carolina?? mabey i can find a store to buy some and try...im from near winston salem

[Blue's]

blue where from in north carolina?? mabey i can find a store to buy some and try...im from near winston salem

Check out Carolinasauce.com or allspicedup.biz or peppers.com or a southern season or remierseeds.com or the best way is type in: Blue's carolina pepper sauce in google and go for it.

Blue's
Concord, NC

[imaguitargod]

Well, I got my sauce in the mail today! Thanks Blue! I'm going to cook an elephant like you website says and try it on that tonight. I should have a review up this weekend. But as of right now, I like! It's got a beautiful sweetness to it and is not very hot. I would appreciate a ingredient list (unless you don't want to give it away, then I understand) if you can provide it. A bit watery(ie: not thick) but that can be good too! I'll post more once the tests are done.

[Blue's]

Hey folks!

Samples of my prototype will be sent out. Plz keep in mind that this sauce, if well received, will be a limited edition, with limited quantity. The sample you will receive will not have a label, but it will be tamper proofed. Your feed back will determine if I procede. I believe you're in for a treat.

Blue's

Hey All:

Anybody who received my Blue's sample had a chance to sample yet?????

Blue's

[imaguitargod]

I'll be posting (and emailing) you about it tomarrow. Also, do you want me to do a full review of the sauce for The Hot Zone Online?

[Cap'n Bones]

Hi Blue, received the bottle yesterday. Haven't had the chance to try it yet, but I can assure you that within the next 24hrs I'll be popping the top. I'll report soon. THANKS!!!!

[Blue's]

Man:

Only if you say it's by far the best you've ever had.

No seriously, at this stage of the sauce, I think it still needs some work before a full review. It has potential.I want it hotter, but if I add any more habs. it will alter the taste. I'm considering extract, but I've never used them before. I'd also like to thicken it ever so slightly. Any inputs????

Is that a 5 string base you're playing?

Blue's

[imaguitargod]

If you are reffering to me, then nope, all I like to play are four stings for bass and 6 or 12 for guitar.

Stay away from extract. Almost all of the times it is used (with some exeptions...Defcon...E.Z. Earl...I'm look at you guys!) it carries with it a metalic taste that tends to ruin sauces. One thing I did notice about your sauce was the small heat it carries. But the taste is really good. I'll hold off on the published review. If I have some tips on improvement or areas to improve it do you want that posted here in this thread, or do you only want pasitive things said here and any(if there are any) negative things PM/emailed to you?

And I belive you can use Xanthan Gum to thicken it...I'll have more things to say once I do my little experiments with it tomarrow.

[Blue's]

Thanks for the replies:

This forum thing is becoming addictive. I'm thinking about quiting my real job already.

Please give me input privately, good or bad. I do need input from real pepper lovers. From the pics I saw elsewhere on this site, MAN, you fit the bill. I can't believe you ate that pepper without a seatbelt on. Hopefully, you had one on the next day.

Thanks for the help.

Blue's

[imaguitargod]

This forum thing is becoming addictive. I'm thinking about quiting my real job already.
It's a blast isn't it? I hope you keep coming back!

MAN, you fit the bill. I can't believe you ate that pepper without a seatbelt on.
LOL, thank you. I must say, it takes some dedication to eat that sucker.

[Blue's]

It's a blast isn't it? I hope you keep coming back!


LOL, thank you. I must say, it takes some dedication to eat that sucker.

Actually, my true mission is to create a reverse anti-heat anti-matter that makes the day after more palatable.

Please consult your proctologist. Common side affects include rectal vomitting, hot flashes and the need for more.

Blue's

Seriously, help me hone this sauce, it's close.

[imaguitargod]

HAHAHA! Rectal vomitting, that's classic. I'll help as much as I can with the sauce.

[marcosauces]

And I belive you can use Xanthan Gum to thicken it...I'll have more things to say once I do my little experiments with it tomarrow.

uh-oh..watch out Blue's the Mullet man is putting his lab suit on....:scared:

[imaguitargod]

uh-oh..watch out Blue's the Mullet man is putting his lab suit on....:scared:

"This just in...Los Angeles has suddenly phased out of existance...more to come at the 10:00 news hour."

[marcosauces]

LOL..!!!

[imaguitargod]

Ok, testing is finished, I sent you an email via the "sburnham" addy.

[marcosauces]

Ok, testing is finished, I sent you an email via the "sburnham" addy.

hmmmm...subway..?:)

[thehotpepper.com]

Please give me input privately, good or bad. I do need input from real pepper lovers. From the pics I saw elsewhere on this site, MAN, you fit the bill. I can't believe you ate that pepper without a seatbelt on. Hopefully, you had one on the next day.

Thanks for the help.

Blue's
PM sent, thanks for including me.

[DevilDuck]

Thickening tip:

Either keep your peppers in the sauce and don't strain it, or just a touch of corn starch.

[Sickmont]

I can't believe you ate that pepper without a seatbelt on.



Blue's

It's actually on his toilet, just like mine is also:mouthonfire:

[sevver]

Eating and pooping, mmmm yumm.

[Sickmont]

Eating and pooping, mmmm yumm.

I meant for later on...

[thehotpepper.com]

New sauce is much better! Thicker, hotter! It's on the sweet side, but that is what you are going for, a hot/sweet sauce, and the balance is much better. Go for it! I'll be using this bottle. Good job.

[imaguitargod]

I'll be using this bottle. Good job.
I'll be using the SAUCE in the bottle. ;)

[sevver]

Me too, my wife is making a taco pie and tonight is the test!

[thehotpepper.com]

I used it as a kicked-up ketchup on fries. Works well. Something tells me this would be good on seafood... oysters, shrimp. I don't eat that stuff, though.

[imaguitargod]

:shocked: Sea food! I didn't think of that! This sauce would work AWSOME for that!

[Blue's]

Thanks for the good input.

Do ya think this product is worth the cost of re-labeling, test run with co-packer, marketing, etc. Initial cost would be around $2,000.00. just to get going.

Thanks,

Blue's

[marcosauces]

Well Blue's,
that is the ultimate question you have to ask yourself...
we just gave you some feedbacks, the go ahead is for you to decide. The price sounds ok with everything included...
just my 2 cents...

[Blue's]

Well Blue's,
that is the ultimate question you have to ask yourself...
we just gave you some feedbacks, the go ahead is for you to decide. The price sounds ok with everything included...
just my 2 cents...

Actually, I am an FDA approved manufacturer so I could do limited quantities out of the house. My only major cost becomes label design and printing costs. I'm already sitting on pallets of bottles, caps and shrink bands. I'd put the price at 5.49 for a 5 oz bottle. Any interest?

Blue's

[imaguitargod]

If I hadn't already tried the sauce, I would by a bottle for that price.

[Blue's]

If I hadn't already tried the sauce, I would by a bottle for that price.

Ahhh

But now that you've tried it, would you buy it?

Blues

[imaguitargod]

Ahhh

But now that you've tried it, would you buy it?

Blues
Probably. That's a good price for a bottle that size.

[thehotpepper.com]

He says he's doing 5 oz. now. I like the bigger.

[imaguitargod]

He says he's doing 5 oz. now. I like the bigger.
Oh, I didn't see that!

[sevver]

I would buy it, if possible I would like to have this sauce around the house. I truly enjoyed it last night on my taco pie, excellent job. You have a customer here. I think that a five oz bottle would go fast though.

[thehotpepper.com]

To me this is a niche sauce. It's good on specific things. If you market this well, targeting those specific things, it will do well, but if bought as a "hot sauce", it won't do as well. The sweetness must be mentioned. Just my opinion.

Example:
Blue's Habanera Reserve
Sweet Pepper Sauce
A blast of heat and sweet... perfect for tacos and seafood.

[Blue's]

I would buy it, if possible I would like to have this sauce around the house. I truly enjoyed it last night on my taco pie, excellent job. You have a customer here. I think that a five oz bottle would go fast though.

To All:

I prefer the 10 oz bottle but have been told by the folks at Peppers that 10 oz bottles are hard to sell. Peppers loves my Carolina Pepper Sauce and do carry it, but it's not selling very well. They can't figure out why except for the size of the bottle. It sells well to the military in Iraq, probably because it is a 10 oz size. Go figure??? In actuality, the product that goes into the bottle is not where the cost is. It's everything else. :?:

Thanks Sevver

Blue's

[Blue's]

To me this is a niche sauce. It's good on specific things. If you market this well, targeting those specific things, it will do well, but if bought as a "hot sauce", it won't do as well. The sweetness must be mentioned. Just my opinion.

Example:
Blue's Habanera Reserve
Sweet Pepper Sauce
A blast of heat and sweet... perfect for tacos and seafood.

Thanks a bunch for that type of input. I am trying to develope a hot sauce, not a S.A.S. sauce. (specific application sauce) If you have a sauce specific to certain foods, you really limit your market. If you're big, SAS sauces sell well like tobasco. I'm a small frye, so I think limiting this sauce to in home production is probably the way to go. I'm sitting on about 10 pounds of applewood smoked red savina habs, so I might just make this sauce till the habs are gone. The price will go up to +/- $6.99 A BOTTLE.mORE INPUT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!

BLUE'S

[thehotpepper.com]

Thanks a bunch for that type of input. I am trying to develope a hot sauce, not a S.A.S. sauce. (specific application sauce) If you have a sauce specific to certain foods, you really limit your market. If you're big, SAS sauces sell well like tobasco. I'm a small frye, so I think limiting this sauce to in home production is probably the way to go. I'm sitting on about 10 pounds of applewood smoked red savina habs, so I might just make this sauce till the habs are gone. The price will go up to +/- $6.99 A BOTTLE.mORE INPUT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!

BLUE'S

In my opinion, it's too sweet for what you are trying to do then. Just my opinion though.

[Blue's]

In my opinion, it's too sweet for what you are trying to do then. Just my opinion though.

I value your opinion!

I cut the sugar by 75%. It must be the applewood that is making it sweet.

Blue's

[Dan@BLP Labels]

Blue's - I must commend you on a fantastic sauce! Thanks for the prototype sample. Currently it is my new table sauce that I put on everything. Job well done!! My wife isn't much of a chilehead but your sauce even has her eating it on most everything. Can't wait to get a hold of the finished product.

Keep up he good work!

[Blue's]

Greetings to all:

I've sent all the samples out that i can afford to. ($300.00). Please stay tuned for the finished product. I think I have a winner.

Blue's

[imaguitargod]

Greetings to all:

I've sent all the samples out that i can afford to. ($300.00). Please stay tuned for the finished product. I think I have a winner.

Blue's
Damn skippy! This is the one and only "Chineese Food" sauce that I own! A+++ for Blue!

I just threw this into a HUGE After-Thanksgiving Stew....should be good!

[thehotpepper.com]

This sauce just made an appearance in my leftover wrap... turkey, stuffing, mashed, and Blue's!

[marcosauces]

I am telling you Blue's your sauce had a good happening on my pulled pork sandwiches...people love it..