Hope you’re enjoying your week as we ease into the winter months. In the past couple of newsletters I’ve described the hustle and bustle of the chili pepper harvest season. I feel like the mania that built up during summer peaked a couple weeks ago at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo.

The event was everything we hoped for with lots of engagement with hot sauce enthusiasts and makers. We gave out more samples of Craic Sauce over a two day period than ever before, receiving lots of positive feedback, especially with our Brian Boru’s Curry sauce.  

I'm about to be really busy this month prepping peppers after the harvest, going to some markets, and slanging Craic Sauce at Hot Sauce Alley at Chilifest, put on by my friends Kitchen Garden Farms in Western Mass.

Before the craziness ensued, I went out west with my brother and cousin to visit our cousin in Seattle, and then we all went down to the PDX Hot Sauce Expo together.

Happy Labor Day weekend! Kitchen Garden Farms puts on an awesome hot sauce festival, and it will be my first one as a vendor. If you're in the New England area, Chilifest on September 15th and 16th is worth going to. It's right next to a corn maze, and they have a chili cook-off and hot sauce competition, spicy food, local beer, and great live music

Hi there, How was your March? Mine was a blast. I hosted an Irish taco pop-up at my commercial kitchen and sampled all different types of craft hot sauces to about 200 people. The Guinness braised corned beef and cabbage tacos were delicious. :) It was an extra special day for me...

A few weeks ago, I gave you a New Years Resolution to go to a hot sauce festival, and you’ll get all the motivation you need after listening to this podcast with Steve Seabury from High River Sauces. Steve’s a hot sauce legend and has great advice for putting on hot sauce festivals. 

One borough over from Steve is Tim from Pepplish Provisions in Queens, NY. I enjoyed chatting with Tim and was really impressed with his sauces, especially his Peach Agave Garlic sauce, which I put into my Phad Thai recipe on Monday.

Hi there, I wanted to share our latest and one of our favorite craft hot sauce profiles yet. The profile is done by Scott Zalkind by Lucky Dog Hot Sauce out of Hayward, California. I started getting involved in the hot sauce community in 2014, and I came to learn a lot about hot sauces, business, marketing...

Hi there, Happy May Day! It was a fun month for Craft Hot Sauce, and I hope it was the same for you too!We started the month talking to Kyle Colson of Hella Hot Hot Sauce out of Campbell, California on our podcast. We talked about his unique sauces, names, art, and ways to market. If you need some inspiration, I highly suggest listening to it! You can listen to the podcast below.

I had a fantastic time speaking with Bob Ferretti from Hot Sauce 4 Good (now called Caldo Hot Sauce)  in our third episode of our podcast series and Jojo from Jojo's Sriracha in Denver. Both companies not only make fantastic small-batch hot sauce, but they have great stories and company visions.