Dave’s Gourmet  Insanity Sauce Private Reserve 2009 Limited Edition – his first (and subsequently most collectible) using the Indian Jolokia Pepper, also known as the “Ghost Pepper”. These collector’s items are in such demand that it’s hard to even find them. Whether or not you actually taste this is up to you, but here’s a review for you that might change your mind:

This Gourmet Reserve comes shipped in a nice wooden coffin wrapped in bright yellow warning tape. Dave signs each bottle personally. The label has a clear warning (That I did not read) that reads, “One drop at a time, and keep away from children. Not for people with heart or respiratory problems! Not for use of minors.” Believe it folks, he means it! I pulled the bottle out and inside the bottle is a swirling of red and black colors with bits of seed. It’s thick, dark and murky…the kind of stuff that’s made in nightmares… maybe!

Inside the bottle you will find Scorpion, Naga Jolokia, and the Habanero peppers. It also has Chili pepper extract, salt, cane vinegar, passion fruit juice, garlic, onion, acetic acid, and xanthan gum

Cracked open the bottle and took a strong smell. WHEW!!!! It burned my nostrils all the way back to my throat. It has a sweet smell to it and I can definitely smell the scorpion in it.. Now just to qualify myself, I eat hot spicy pepper sauces all the time and this one did not scare me. I have tried the hottest of peppers and even extracts straight so I felt pretty comfortable.  I shook the bottle vigorously and tried to get it to mix. As I poured the bottle, I could see the oil run to the top and then the sauce started moving slowly like a volcanic lava flow heading for the ocean. I poured a liberal amount a burrito.  (About two tablespoons) and took a bite. Instantly there was a sweet pepper flavor that had a sharp tang to it. I took another bite and the heat appeared and started building. (I had no idea what I was in for!) I then ate the last two bites but before I could accomplish the final swallow the hiccups came FAST AND FURIOUS! Like seizures they racked my body. Sweat poured off my face and chin. I looked at my reflection in the window and I looked like someone who had spent the last 3 days passed out in a tanning bed-I was CRIMSON RED! The heat was swallowing me up. I felt my knees almost buckle, my hands were shaking and I thought, “Uh oh, I might be in trouble!” The heat built and built, the hiccups racked my body giving me repeated bouts of mild whiplash. I grabbed the milk and attempted to pour. As it splashed in the glass and on the counter, my tongue, mouth and throat felt like a thousand demons were scraping the inside lining with glass and salt. It was hot! Milk slowed the heat a tiny bit but there was no getting away from the Scorpions sting! I paced, I sweated, I prayed. It was a “super” chili experience! After about 10 minutes the heat resided a bit, enough for me to realize that I was going to indeed live to see another sunrise. Even though I ate before trying this EXPLOSIVE sauce, my stomach was cramping something fierce. It wasn’t until about three hours later after my stomach had relieved itself of its fiery contents that I felt back to normal.

So in conclusion I just want to say, heat level is a 10! Take the warnings serious. Flavor is an 8 or 9. Good taste and would be something to enjoy if it was possible to eat in normal applications. Label and packaging is always a 10. Great bottle, Dave signs them all. The coffin is a nice bonus and makes a great display piece. The color and view of the sauce from outside the bottle is almost magical and hypnotizing. Beautiful! Do not let children anywhere near this! But this sauce is definitely going to please the most daring chili head! This is one hot spicy “mountain” I may never attempt in such quantity again.

     Dave’s Gourmet  Insanity Sauce Private Reserve 2009 Limited Edition-

A Sauce to be reckoned with!