Think about making your own sauce: Get creative! Tailor it to your favorite drinks! According to our very own Steven John, it’s “ laughably easy.”įresh fruits and vegetables are a plus: Cucumber, tomato, watermelon, and pineapple all counterbalance heat nicely. Or Frank’s work well with fruits like pineapple and watermelon.” Also consider texture (is it a smooth liquid or does it have chopped bits in it?), and any potential food allergies. According to Boase, “vinegar-based sauces like Tabasco tend to go better with more savory cocktails, while richer sauces like Ready to get creative with your own spicy cocktails? Keep these tips in mind:Įach sauce is different: Anyone who’s tasted through the carousel of options at their local taqueria knows that hot sauces come in a wide range of flavor profiles. On all my food, but for this drink it was too mealy.” “With the martini, we experimented with a bunch of hot sauces, and “Hot sauce is a great way to balance out fruity cocktails and give them more depth,” says Boase. The Mayan (coconut-infused Milagro tequila, housemade corn purée and lime juice) features habanero bitters. At New York’s La Contenta Oeste, bar manager Alex Valencia offers up a wide range of agave-based cocktails all with extra heat. Liquid Lab, a New York-based cocktail consulting company, offers a very popular Tomato Basil Martini (recipe below) with touch of heat at its private events according to co-founder Parker Boase. The newest round of regionals are slated for in June at Chicago’s first Hot Sauce Expo.ĭrinks are heating up at more buttoned-down spots as well.
The winner (New Jersey’s Carlos Ruiz for 2018) scored $5,000. “We’re like the Slayer concert of cocktail competitions,” Seabury jokes. The 15 finalists brought their A game, producing artful, well-balanced drinks under a 90-second speed clock in front of a crowd of about 1,000 hopped-up fans. The Expo allows chili-heads the opportunity to sample hundreds of (mostly indie) labels, ranging from sweet to smokey to volcanic, at six cities throughout the country each year.
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