Posted 09 May 2018 - 04:00 PM

The 11th Annual Hot Pepper Awards Winners!



HOT SAUCE EDITION

For the 11th Annual we are celebrating Hot Sauce! Isn't that what this is all about anyway? We spent 10 seasons judging everything from chocolates, to pickles, bloody marys, and even energy drinks. But we wanted to step back a bit to celebrate the sauce of hot! And your winners are...





BEST OVERALL: THE HOT PEPPER AWARD - Britannia Mills - Chaude Boucane

BEST MILD - Chilicum - Noir

BEST MEDIUM - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Gourmet Green

BEST HOT - Britannia Mills - Chaude Boucane

BEST EXTRA HOT - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Reaper Whisky BBQ

BEST EXTREME - JLD - Carolina Reaper Special Reserve



BEST JALAPENO SAUCE - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Gourmet Green

BEST CHIPOTLE SAUCE - Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Garlic Chipotle Pepper Sauce

BEST HABANERO SAUCE - Bow Valley BBQ - Total Jerk Sauce

BEST GHOST PEPPER SAUCE - Meet your Cremator - DD's Think Green

BEST SCORPION PEPPER SAUCE - Sárréti Chilifarm - Chili Joker

BEST REAPER PEPPER SAUCE - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Reaper Whisky BBQ



SINGLE PEPPER

1st - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Hop Smoked Jalapeno

2nd - Butterfly Bakery of Vermont - Maple Wood Smoked Onion Hot Sauce

3rd - Slap You Silly - User Friendly



SINGLE PEPPER - SUPERHOTS

1st - Pepper North - Blueberry Plague

2nd - JLD - Bhut Jolokia Extra Hot Sauce

3rd - JLD - Carolina Reaper Special Reserve



FEATURED PEPPER

1st - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Gourmet Green

2nd - Don's Hot Spice Delights - Don's Red Hot Devil Sauce

3rd - Shaka Sauce - Pineapple Habanero



FEATURED PEPPER - SUPERHOTS

1st - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Reaper Whisky BBQ

2nd - Bold Badger - Yellow 7 Pot Sauce

3rd - Sárréti Chilifarm - Chili Joker



PEPPER BLEND

1st - Britannia Mills - Chaude Boucane

2nd - Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Garlic Chiptole Pepper Sauce

3rd - Sárréti Chilifarm - Levendurva



PEPPER BLEND - SUPERHOTS

1st - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Gourmet Green

2nd - Pepper North - Solar Flare

3rd - Sárréti Chilifarm - Chili Joker



PEPPER-BASED

1st - El Fuego Pepper Sauce - Serrano Pepper Sauce

2nd - Eransean - Madame J's Gourmet Pepper Sauce

3rd - PexPeppers - I'm So Chile



PEPPER-BASED - SUPERHOTS

1st - Sárréti Chilifarm - Chili Joker

2nd - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte

3rd - Pepper North - Stargazer



FRUIT-BASED

1st - Hellfire Hot Sauce - The Chilimaster's Private Reserve

2nd - Bow Valley BBQ - Blueberry Merlot

3rd - OSO Pepper Company - Cry Out Surf Sauce



FRUIT-BASED - SUPERHOTS

1st - Meet your Cremator - DD's Think Green

2nd - Pepper North - Solar Flare

3rd - Elijah's Xtreme - Reaper Sauce



SWEET

1st - Chilicum - Noir

2nd - Pepper North - Heart of Aztlan

3rd - Pepper North - Solar Flare



SAVORY

1st - Gindo's Hot Sauce - Truffle Parmesan

2nd - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Gourmet Red

3rd - Gindo's Hot Sauce - White Fish Pepper



SWEET & SAVORY

1st - Bow Valley BBQ - Winged Buffalo Hot Sauce

2nd - Butterfly Bakery of Vermont - Maple Sugar Shack Sriracha

3rd - Mikey V's - Sweet Ghost Pepper Sauce



SMOKY

1st - Britannia Mills - Chaude Boucane

2nd - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Hop Smoked Jalapeno

3rd - Butterfly Bakery of Vermont - Maple Wood Smoked Onion Hot Sauce



ETHNIC

1st - Bow Valley BBQ - Total Jerk Sauce

2nd - Cobra Chilli - Reaper Magic Sauce

3rd - That's So Good - Mild-Medium Salsa Verde



SPECIALTY

1st - Butterfly Bakery of Vermont - Maple Sugar Shack Sriracha

2nd - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Reaper Whisky BBQ

3rd - That's So Good - Mild-Medium Salsa Verde



UNIQUE

1st - Dinosaur Bar-B-Que - Garlic Chipotle Pepper Sauce

2nd - Sárréti Chilifarm - Levendurva

3rd - OSO Pepper Company - Cry Out Coastal Fog







FOODIE AWARDS



BEST ON EGGS - Britannia Mills - Chaude Boucane

BEST TACO SAUCE - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Gourmet Green

BEST WING SAUCE - Bow Valley BBQ - Total Jerk Sauce

BEST BBQ SAUCE - Melbourne Hot Sauce - Reaper Whisky BBQ

BEST ON ICE CREAM - Chilicum - Noir







INDUSTRY AWARDS



PEPPER PATCH AWARD (Best Product Line) - Hellfire Hot Sauce



SEEDLING AWARD (Best Industry Newcomer) - Britannia Mills



PICASSO PEPPER AWARD (Best Artwork and Design) - Hellfire Hot Sauce



HYBRID PEPPER AWARD (For Innovation) - Butterfly Bakery of Vermont



INSANE IN THE PEPPER MEMBRANE AWARD (Hottest Hot Sauce) - Hellfire Hot Sauce - Fiery Fool



SPICETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Awarded to a company that has shown excellence in craftsmanship over repeated Award seasons of The Hot Pepper Awards. We would like to recognize:

Hellfire Hot Sauce