Reaper Squeezin's

Wonderful sauce, thick but still pours fine. Solid flavor alongside the great heat.

This is definitely the hottest natural hot sauce I've ever stuck in my mouth. Whether or not it's truly a hot sauce is debatable, it's more like a pepper mash because the ingredients are just a boatload of Carolina Reapers and a touch of vinegar. It doesn't matter how you classify it, this sauce shines in two areas which are flavor and heat. I've seen other reviews on the web calling this sauce one dimensional, but I have to disagree. While yes it's basically one ingredient, I find that Carolina Reapers have a nice complexity on their own, with a nice bit of acidic sweetness followed by a serious punch of heat. This one is definitely a builder. When I first tried it I put way too much on a taco, took a bite and thought "this isn't so bad! I really like the flavor!" and about 30 seconds later the heat started to build. And build. And build. Next thing I know I've got sweat dripping off my brow and then my face melted off. After catching my breath I went on another ride. Be careful with this one! The one small downside is that this sauce/mash is incredibly thick so it's tough to pour. The sauce gets caught up in the neck of the bottle, only for you to shake it a bit and then accidentally dump out more than intended.

Reaper Squeezins, through its simple list of ingredients, succeeds where most extremely hot sauces fail: it actually has a great flavor, as opposed to the unnatural, almost chemical taste that extreme hot sauces often have. It has a beautiful color, and lends both extreme heat and smokiness to dishes. This is definitely a hot sauce to approach with responsibility and caution. I have a very high tolerance for heat, and started with an approximately pea-sized dab on a mini potato. I wasn't suffering much, but even such a small amount left my mouth tingling for ten minutes. It would be easy even for an experienced heat-seeker to overdo this and have regrets. I love the bottle design, and $18 seems reasonable considering this will certainly last me a long time. Even if you're not looking for extreme heat, I could see putting a teaspoon of this into a pot of chili to add some fire and smoke.

This is a great sauce if you are looking for an extremely hot non-extract based hot sauce. My only criticism is that the sauce itself is super thick. I understand that this may be unavoidable in order to maximize the amount of pepper mash in the bottle so I didn't deduct a star for it. The flavor is good and actually fairly neutral. I think that the reapers taste less floral and aromatic than habaneros. It is very very hot, but not stupidly so. It is not so hot that someone used to spicy food can't put a bit on their meal and enjoy it. So far I've used it on some wings (mixed with other sauces) and by itself in some beans. I actually don't think this is as hot something like Blair's Megadeath. Maybe something about the extract makes us perceive them as being hotter. Either way I'm not a fan of the flavor of some of the other extract based hot sauces so this is a welcome addition when I want to really light myself up with some heat.

I'm the type of guy who can literally sip Tabasco® brand sauce straight out of the bottle. I would only do it for show, and not very often because it tastes too vinegary Until I tried Reaper Squeezin's, I really didn't think there was such a thing as a hot sauce that was too hot. Oh yeah, you can bet your patootie, this stuff is 'too hot,' but that's a good thing. Here's why: It only takes a few drops to achieve the heat level most folks want, but as an added bonus, it has a definite, pleasant smoky flavor to food in moderate doses. I figured the smokey flavor other reviewers mentioned was imagination, but yes, it's real. I don't doubt there are other sauces that are even hotter, but at some point, a few extra Scoville units here and there doesn't really matter. This stuff is hot enough. For example, I used to think people declaring a food was so hot that it made them sweat was an exaggeration, but believe me, this made me break out in a sweat. Yet here, it's the flavor that makes a difference, but be sure to go easy. A few drops does the trick.

Added this to another sauce that I liked the flavor of to give it that kick I needed, the best of both worlds. It felt like Death showed up at my door with flowers, then took me on the back of his bike for a spin setting the roads on fire, brought me home before 9 and then kissed me. That's what this feels like. I am in love with The Reaper. For real though: no chemical taste (that I could detect, and I am very sensitive), sauce is smooth and will pour the first chance it gets so be slow and careful, and it smells about the damn way you'd think. It's pure stuff.

Hot for sure the taste could be better

Delicious with lots of heat for a great price.

Heat with flavors