I would class myself as someone who doesn't generally like sauces, from ketchup to hp I find that sauces tend to drown out the flavour of what you're eating, and while this is still true of the one type of sauce I do love, the humble hot sauce, I am completely addicted to the stuff.

The bottle displays a pleasant tropical scene in a deep blue colour which contrasts with the vibrant red of the sauce which can be seen through the clear glass from which the container is made. This not only provides a nice contrast of colour (if that's what you look for in a sauce 8^P) but it does have a practical application, you can assess the consistency and composition of the sauce providing early indications of it's quality.

The sauce is a thin one, it's orangey red in colour and pleasingly you can see blended up bit's of chili including their seeds (a good sign for those who like it hot.)

A good hot sauce must never be too vinegary, and while this west indian hot sauce does contain spirit vinegar as it's second most abundant ingredient (with the most prevalant happily being beautiful scotch bonnet and habanero chili's) it somehow manages to avoid this all too well trodden pitfall and has a fruity (but not overly sweet) taste. This comes from the scotch bonnet, these chilis have a wonderfully full and fruity flavour and the habaneros give it a fiery kick.

As already mentioned the sauce does have a very slight sweetness but thankfully the overriding flavour is a savoury one, salty and spicy are my two absolute favourite taste sensations.

Often I have to get my hot sauces online because supermarkets dull down the heat level to appeal to the widest demographic (I don't begrudge them this as it's in their best interest), with the exception of the habanero variety Tabasco sauce (which rates at about a 4 out of 10 on my heat scale) I have never found a sauce that comes close to satisfying my sadomasochistic love of heat, that is until I found this sauce.

It's similar in heat to Habanero Tabasco, a pleasant and not insignificant heat level but I always like it hotter ; )

My favourite use for this sauce is to lob half a bottle of it into some super noodles and mix it all in, your anus will not thank you for this the next day but I'm sick and tired of living my life for that guy anyway 8^P

Encona have a good range of sauces but this west indian pepper variety is my personal favourite.

A strong and savoury taste, thin consistency (a personal preference) and high heat level (for a supermarket sauce) make this one of the better hot sauces out there.