it begiiiins
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#nopesauce

also we got 8oz bottles now!
very few 4oz.. will need to order more.

modern problems call for modern solutions
all the bottles get a rinse!

hooboy!
its way hotter. not fermenting the manzanos means they dont lose any heat in the brine.

unspiked will be decently hot. spiked is gonna be a madman.

first batch has been whizzed and strained.
into the instantpot for pasteruization, then bottling!
so after cooking, it goes into a commercial sauce pump. its still too hot to touch so i gotta use grilling gloves when pouring. inside the sauce pump is just a 64oz ball mason jar
then, they immediately get dunked into a cool bath. they stay there until theyre cool enough to handle, then straight into a dedicated chest freezer (iceco!) to freeze. they get shipped frozen.

phew, holy crap. all done!
all the sauce is in the freezer and the kitchen is mostly clean.

been at it for 6 hours.
blew past the sushi dinner we had planned, but fortunately the good burrito spot is still open, so im gonna test out the spiked variant tonight :D

tomorrow we'll catalog all the bottles and add them to etsy, along with AM9, 'headcrab', the most recent spice blend.

:D

just went into the freezer to take inventory.
81 total bottles.

working on store links now!

etsy links are live! (if you feel like being kind, please boost this <3)

Nopesauce v5: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1393826767/nopesauce-v5

AM9:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1393817057/am9-barney

Orders over $40 get free stickers!

Use promo code WRECKMYASS for 10% off any orders over $50!

Nopesauce V5 - Etsy

This Condiments & Sauces item is sold by RavenholmSpices. Ships from San Marcos, CA. Listed on Apr 16, 2023

also i just noticed that the store is at 972 orders! (this is over close to ten years). We're gonna break 1000 orders soon! \o/
@Viss not personally a hot sauce person ( i am the stereotypical white person ) but your stuff seems cool :D hope you get to 1000 orders quickly!
@Viss Order placed, looking forward to giving this a try. Semper capsaicin.
@xenotrope hopefully it measures up!
@Viss seems like a fitting reward after 6hrs of work! Looks amazing!
@Viss what is this heavenly looking sauce??
@dcuthbert heh, the thread you replied to - scroll all the way up :D
@Viss well done, hubby 🧡💚
@Viss Commercial sauce pump FTW. 😉
@Viss is will be on Etsy?
@megachris yup! will post link when its live!
@Viss
That looks scovillicious!
@randomatic my right hand is on fire, heh
@Viss ok now i see. so, err you ship to the UK? asking for a friend
@dcuthbert i do! ive even shipped to kuwait and australia!

@Viss can you elaborate a bit more on your process? I'd love a recipe but I'll accept just the process that you're using.

I've made fermented hot sauce but never in such bulk!

@Imlordofthering @Viss keep in mind he’s probably in full hazmat gear lol
@Viss Do you use StarSan like we do in brewing?
@Sempf no? whats that?
@Viss Neat sanitizer. One scoop in 5 gallons of water, 10 second rinse, air dry, poof no mean bugs.
@Sempf ah, in this case its just a rinse, beccause the sauce goes into the bottles while its boiling, then immediately into the freezer til solid, and its shipped frozen. no fermenting this year, so less emphasys on stopping fermentation
@Viss Aah! Well that's handy. But you know about it for next time!
@Sempf @Viss also PBW for the win to clean coffee pots and so many other things.

@Viss

You know I almost misparsed that as modem, right?

Sometimes, good fonts help.

@Viss remind me where I can purchase? ;-D

@KeenanSkelly the etsy link in my bio <3

i still need to do the burrito sauce. i got really close last time.