There's a fleeting sweetness to start off this sauce, which turns acidic quickly and mixes with tomato to deliver a tangy, tomato paste-like flavor. As the sauce settles on the tongue, tastes of mustard, onion, and garlic create complexity before the pepper begins its all out assault. Unlike many sauces, there isn't an initial fruity or earthy taste to the pepper, it comes in spicy and and just gets more so, reaching a mouth burning crescendo that left me we a hiccup reaction that took awhile to relent. A little tangy tomato can still be discerned in the aftertaste, but it's hard to think about anything else except that powerful Carolina reaper heat.
