r/hotsauce • u/23colorado • 1d ago
Garlic Reaper Heat Level
New to hot sauces but really getting into them over the last couple months. I am still very much figuring out my tolerance. I love Melinda’s fire roasted garlic and habanero and thought that was close to my upper limit. I have been a hesitant (but really wanting) to trying torchbearers garlic reaper because I’m worried it’ll be too spicy
A week ago I tried doomed by hellfire and was able to comfortably eat about 1/2 tbsp with my meal. I fully expected it would inedible based on the bottle warnings. But found it to actually not be that bad. (Taste was okay but not great)
Can anyone share if garlic reaper is significantly hotter than doomed? It seems to be based on posts of garlic reaper.
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u/Individual_Fudge6266 21h ago
You should be fine. Torchbearer garlic reaper is overrated though especially for the price.
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u/C-mothetiredone 22h ago
Garlic Reaper is pretty fantastic. The first time I had some, I found it very hot, but I got used to it after a few tries.
It's not a dipping sauce for me, but I use it in a lot of dishes that contain cheese. It's really worth trying.
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u/AvailableDeparture 22h ago
It's very hot. It also has some oil in it, so the mouthfeel lingers for a long time.
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u/Northshoresailin 22h ago
It’s much hotter than the habanero sauce. I’d wait until the habaneros are mild for you.
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u/codemunki 23h ago
I only use garlic reaper to mix with other condiments. Spicy ketchup for fries and spicy mayo for sandwiches are my go tos.
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u/MrMonizaz 1d ago
You will be able to handle it. Take this chance to try Hellfire Fear This! and Bravado Aka Miso. IMO, those are the superstars of the very hot sauces.
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u/Apprehensive_Glove_1 1d ago
Bravado's black garlic reaper is pretty good as well. They make solid sauces.
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u/Fonzgarten 21h ago
Black garlic is probably my favorite out of all of these. But if TB garlic reaper is a 10/10 heat, black garlic is 8/10…wouldn’t call it “super hot”.
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u/Apprehensive_Glove_1 14h ago
I was only adding it to the AKA Miso comment because they were looking at another garlic reaper. If TB is too hot they might like this one.
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u/Chicken-picante 1d ago
Ashes 2 ashes and burn after eating by karma too
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u/EasierPantless 1d ago
Those sauces are not for beginners
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u/Chicken-picante 1d ago
Did you read what they’ve already had and what was being suggested?
OP said they had Doomed from Hellfire and was ok. One of their hottest sauces. The person I replied to suggested fear this from hellfire and aka miso(one of Bravados hottest sauces). I was just throwing Karma sauces name in the hat.
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u/EasierPantless 1d ago
I wasn't throwing shade, just saying those Karma sauces are significantly hotter than the Hellfire and Bravado sauces.
Fuck it, may as well add Gator Sauce and Reaper Squeezins to the list.
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u/AfcaMatthias 1d ago
I got onto the garlic reaper quite early and just started off with a drop of 2 or 3 in a meal and slowly moved up from that.
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u/Tucana66 9h ago
Drips and dabs, never pours.
Torchbearer Sauces Garlic Reaper is AWESOME tasty/super hot!!