Taylor

I did a side by side comparison of Chris's and my hot sauce. I must admit, Chris's is better. I am pretty sure it is because I used too much mustard, which covers up some of the other great flavors the sauce has.

My first fear was where the hell I would store this and how long it would last. I do believe that it will last for a while no matter what, but I do have a plan to ensure that. As a wine drinker, I own one of those wine cork pump stoppers. Just a rubber cork type thing that you put in your half bottle of wine and then pump it to get all the air out. Since I had a finished bottle of wine laying around, I washed it out and poured my sauce in there and the plan is to use one of those corks and pump it every time. Doing this, the sauce should literally last a lifetime. By the way, using the cooking latex gloves made handling the habanero peppers like handling anything. I just bought a huge supply of them for cooking and think that they were well worth the money ($18 for 300). Here's the ones I got: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FKJPD8

Alright, I literally just finished making it and, as of now, have only smelled it and had a small taste of it. Firstly, Inner Beauty did have two different strengths, but your version was the hotter one as I believe the two versions were Inner Beauty Hot Sauce and Inner Beauty Real Hot Sauce. As for my sauce, I am pleased with it, but I must admit that I think yours might have been a bit more flavorful and a bit more comparable to the original. Mine is definitely hotter, which isn't a surprise as I used 16 Habanero Peppers and did not seed them at all. The recipe I tried to use was the one from the Serious Eats website. I used: 16 peppers (took stems out but kept all seeds in) 1/2 cup of White Vinegar A tiny bit less than 1/2 cup of canola oil 1/2 cup of pineapple juice a little less than 1/4 cup of OJ 1 fresh mango chopped up into parts a bit less than 1/4 a cup of honey A bit less than 1/4 a cup of molasses About 1/8th a cup of brown sugar (I wanted to use more but my sugar was rock hard and a pain to get out) A bit more than 1 cup of the cheap yellow mustard (I think I should have used a bit less than 1 cup here) A Tablespoon of each of Cumin, Chili Powder, Curry Powder, Turmeric, and All Spice, along with some pepper and salt. Chris, your hot sauce looked a tiny bit darker than mine, which I think had to do with the mustard I used. Also, I did not cook my ingredients and just took all those ingredients and threw them in a blender. Anyways, this was a lot of fun. Given that I now have about 40 ounces of hot sauce, I probably won't try for another batch for a while, but if anyone wants to try some of mine, I'll be happy to send some over. I just need to get a smaller jar to send.

Chris was kind enough to send me some of the Inner Beauty that he made and it was quite good. It has been about 7 years since I had the real version, so it's tough to know exactly how similar it is, but as soon as I smelled it I remembered the old Inner Beauty. I finally gave it a try and it was very flavorfull. Reminded me just like Inner Beauty. The one thing is I don't think it was as hot as IB, but I could be just wrong about that. Anyways, I finally got all the ingredients and am going to give it a try tomorrow. Thanks Chris!

Thanks for the welcome. I'm going to try to make it in a couple weeks and I'll post how it is.

I joined this forum because I saw this thread while googling Inner Beauty. After years of looking for either Inner Beauty or a suitable replacement, I have decided to just try to make it myself. Your thoughts in the initial post is exactly how I feel about Inner Beauty, except I haven't had it for about 7 years now. I have yet to find a hot sauce I like better. My favorite at this moment is Lottie's Yellow but it is not as good as the joy that was Inner Beauty. Chris, how close is your recipe to the actual Inner Beauty? Is it nearly as good? And, do you think it is best to use 1/2 white vinegar and 1/2 palm vinegar instead of just all white vinegar? Lastly, I notice that you didn't use OJ, pineapple juice, or honey. Do you think those ingredients would make the sauce better? Thanks Chris.