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dGb Hot Sauce
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A hobbyist maker of fermented hot sauce for my family and friends. Join in for recipes and what I found works and doesn't work, or just for the quirky names we come up with for our little bottled treats.
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One sample from about 1/2 of this year's #hotsauce batches, 2 month #ferment. Unfortunately lost batch 132 to contamination. Nice range of flavours & heat. Fruity to savoury, medium-low to scorching. Most #chilis from Canada Linc Farms. Some from our garden.

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An assortment of 12 hot sauce bottles in various colours (brown, yellow ,peach, orange, reds), some with small numbered batch labels.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I am so woefully weak. Walked into an Asian market for anything but #hotpepper, walked out with these. Labeled as ghost but obviously not. Each tray had a mix of yellow, red & beautiful chocolate pods. A mix of Scotch Bonnet, Habanero and some hotter stuff. 1.5 lbs or so for $10.

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A mix of red, yellow and chocolate chili pods. Scotch bonnet, habanero and some hotter varieties.
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The lovely and wonderful looking Peter Pepper, or Willy Chilly, the wold's most pornographic #chilipepper, growing in our #garden. Bringing spicy to a new level! Destined for a #hotsauce.

#hotpepper #chili

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A red chili pepper growing on its plant. Known as the Peter Pepper, Penis Pepper or Willy Chilly, It has a distinctive, phallic shape.
October 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Some of the #superhot #chilipepper pods from our #garden. These are mysteries, as they are from seedlings that were obviously mislabeled. No matter, they are going into our yearly superhot #hotsauce Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics, with habanero & other superhots we actually know!

#hotpepper
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An assortment of seven superhot cilii pods in different sizes and colours. There are 4 orange, 2 red and 1 brown. The exact types are unknown, as the seedlings we purchased were mislabeled.
October 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The start of "Onion to Rule Them All", 2025 edition, the best #hotsauce we make regularly. This year is #scotchbonnet, with onion, garlic, dragon fruit and mandarin orange. Will bottle after a 2 month #ferment.

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1 gallon / 4 litre jar with a green cap, filled with orange scotch bonnet peppers, dragon fruit, garlic, onion, and mandarin orange, in a 3.5% brine. This will become "Onion To Rule Them All", after 2 months of fermentation. Probably the best sauce we make regularly.
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Pink Tiger x Bhut Jolokia Peach, or so it was labeled. With the luck I've had with mislabeled plants this year it could be anything. Whatever it is it's coming along nicely & looks like it will be fun to have a sliver, for a definition of fun that many won't share.

#hotpepper #chili #homegrown
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Superhot chili pepper growing on its plant, ripening from green to orange. Long tail extending from the bottom of the pod to the right.
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Naga Twist #hotpepper pods, 1 week after my previous picture. Some are showing deep, angry red in the right light. I'm glad I resisted the impulse to pluck these, otherwise I would have missed such a gorgeous colour change!

#chili #homegrown
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Close up of Naga Twist hot peppers, growing on their plant. The foremost is showing ripening to a deep red, others are very dark, almost black.
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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11th and last batch of #hotsauce with peppers picked from Canada Linc Farms. 1 gallon of red hot peppers, garlic, onion, ginger, chayote and jade melon. A bit shy of 2 weeks in the #ferment.

If my math is right, this is over 25 litres on the go from that day of pepper picking.

#hotpepper #chili
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1 gallon / 4 litre container with a yellow cap with red hot peppers, garlic, chayote, jade melon and onion, in 3.5% brine. Some bubbles. Just shy of 2 weeks into the fermentation.
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Some lovely/dangerous looking pods that were mislabeled or didn't breed true. These were meant to be giant chocolate ghost but are obviously peach. Disappointed, but not too much given how many are coming in & how beautiful they look.

Destined for #hotsauce.

#hotpepper #chili #homegrown

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Peach coloured super hot peppers growing on their plant. Exact variety is unknown.
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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10th batch from the Canada Linc Farms #hotpepper haul. 1 Gallon / 4 litres of peppers, pineapple and clementines. Just over a week into the #ferment.

#hotsauce #chili
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1 gallon / 4 litre jar with a red lid, filled with red hot peppers, pineapple and clementine, in a 3.5% brine. Just over a week into the fermentation, with some bubbles.
September 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Lovely (and dangerous) looking Carolina Reaper from our garden. It says "don't dare eat me", but I'm silly enough to ignore it. It, and its friends, will be made into one of our more challenging sauces.

#carolinareaper #hotpepper #chili #homegrown #hotsauce

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Bright red Carolina Reaper chili pepper with a prominent stinger tail swooping to the right. Growing on its plant. Blurred background.
September 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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9th batch from the #hotpepper haul from Canada Linc Farms. This is another experiment. The cubes & boiled taro with a bunch of red hot peppers, with some nutmeg and cumin seed. Most of the taro will be mashed into something resembling #poi. About 1 week into the #ferment.

#hotsauce #chili

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1 1.5 L jar with a brown cap. Contents are cubed boiled taro and red peppers. Some fermentation bubbles have formed.
September 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The aptly named Aji Confusion #chili pepper. Lovely little pod that's not sure what shape it wants to be. First time growing these. Will eventually find its way into a lovely #hotsauce.

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A white-ish, oddly shaped chili pepper hanging from a branch on a blurred grey background. The pepper is an Aji Confusion, which grows into strange, irregular shapes.
September 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Batch 8 of the Canada Linc Farms #hotpepper haul. 1 week into the #ferment. Red hot peppers, galia melon and lemons. Some nice activity going on.

#hotsauce #chili
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2L mason jar with a green pickle pipe. Contents are red hot peppers, galia melon and lemon. Some bubbles forming. 1 week into fermentation.
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Continuing with the #hotpepper haul from Canada Linc Farms, this is our 7th batch. #ferment is a week in. This is yellow lime, onion, carlic, prickly pears, sumac berries & the superhots we were able to pick, including the gnarly pepper that tapped me out recently.

#hotsauce #chili
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2L mason jar with a purple pickle pipe. Contents are insanely hot red chili peppers, prickly pear, garlic, onion, yellow limes and crushed sumac berries. 1 week into fermentation, with some bubbles.
September 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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6th batch of #hotsauce using our Canada Linc Farm #hotpepper haul. This with orange peppers, lotus root, lily bulb, garlic, onion and 5 spice powder. Just under a week in, with some nice activity.

#ferment #chili
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September 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Naga Twist #chili peppers, about ready for harvest. Plant purchased from The Hot Pepper Lady, a seller with unmatched enthusiasm for chilies.

The planned #hotsauce for these will be black garlic, dried black lime & likely squid ink. Maybe purple yam. Whatever makes it dark as night.

#hotpepper
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Several Naga Twist chili peppers hanging from branches with dark green leaves. The pods are black, elongated, and with many ridges. The background is blurred.
September 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Batch 5 from the haul we picked at Canada Linc Farms. This time we've used many of the orange #hotpepper with carrot, ginger, and cumin seed. Not quite a week in at this point.

#chili #hotsauce #ferment

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2L mason jar with a red pickle pipe. The contents are orange hot peppers, carrot, ginger and cumin seed in a 3.5% brine. The brine is cloudy. Just under 1 week into its fermentation.
September 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Batch 4 using the #hotpepper haul we picked from Canada Linc Farms. This uses some of the orange peppers we gathered, along with Ginseng Fruit (aka Pepino Fruit, not related to ginseng at all) and ginger. A few days in with some nice bubbly activity.

#chili #hotsauce #ferment

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2L mason jar with a purple pickle pipe. Contents are orange hot peppers, ginseng / pepino fruit and ginger. Brine is 3.5%, already cloudy and with some bubbles after a few days of fermentation.
September 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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3rd batch from the #hotpepper haul we picked at Canada Linc Farms. The "peach" coloured peppers this time, with mango and more proper ripe yellow limes. A few days in. Some nice bubbling action going. Looks like I may need to fish out a floater though.

#hotsauce #chili #ferment
2L mason jar with a dark blue pickle pipe. Contents are chopped peach coloured hot peppers, mango, and yellow lime in 3.5% brine. Fermenting for 3 days so far, already some activity, brine is cloudy.
September 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Second batch of #hotsauce fermenting from the peppers we picked up at Canada Linc Farms. These are the yellowest #chili peppers of the lot, along with some proper ripe yellow limes, in 3.5% brine.

#hotpepper #ferment

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1L mason jar with a blue pickle pipe. Contents are ripe yellow limes and yellow chili peppers in a 3.5% brine.
September 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Experimentation Time! Chocolate Habanero peppers freshly picked from Canada Linc Farms. Fermenting with fresh cacao beans & black lime.

The Plan: After fermentation, clean the cacao beans, roast them and then grind, adding back to the sauce at blend.

#hotsauce #ferment #hotpepper
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1L wide mouth mason jar with a green pickle pipe. Contents are chopped Chocolate Habanero peppers and fresh cacao beans.
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Had a bit of vacation time, coincided with taking youngest back to university, then down to the London, ON area to visit Canada Linc Farms for some Pick Your Own #HotPepper fun! Too early for #superhots. Fantastic Hab & Hab Adjacent peppers ready! Return visit planned! Lots of sauce on the way!
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A field pepper plants, in rows. The plot where Canada Linc Farms grows their hot peppers. Lots of varieties, all scattered about. So much fun to pick you own! An almost-full hamper of hot peppers, picked from Canada Linc Farm, in various colours. Yellow, orange, read, chocolate. Most are habanero though some ghost's were also ready to be harvested.
September 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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First flowers. Lovely colour. Dragon's Breath (at least that's what the vendor said the seedling was, and I trust them). First time growing them. I hope the peppers are as nice as the flowers. On another branch is a teeny, tiny pepper. So Happy!

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Two flowers from a Dragon's Breath chili plant. Purple edges with white interior, slightly cupped petals. 6 petals each.
July 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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A 2 for 1 #hotsauce set today, both mild & tasty, from the same base batch of jalapeño, onion & garlic in a 2 month ferment. Bottle ½ with brown sugar. Use the other half in a colour experiment that doesn't quite get the result but still looks great. Garlic forward, Purple Rain has earthy notes.
Two 5 fl oz / 150 ml hot sauce bottles on a red-to-purple gradient background. On the left is "So, Watcha Don'?", with red contents and a white top. The label is a mock smart phone showing a text conversation, with the left hand participant represented by a cartoon hot pepper, and the right hand represented by a dragon. The first bubble is enlarged, moving past the boundaries of the smart phone: Pepper: So, Watcha Don' Dragon: Eating eggs Pepper: OH! You should put me on them! Dragon: DUDE! UR tasty AF! Pepper: I know! {sunglasses emoji}{hot pepper emoji}{fire emoji} The bottom of the label lists the ingredients: Jalapeño Pepper, Onion, Garlic, Brown Sugar, Water, Salt The right hand bottle has purple contents and a gold top. The sauce is named "Purple Rain", and has an illustration of the musical icon "Prince" holding a guitar, as if he were a hot pepper. Purple droplets and hot sauce bottles fall from thunder clouds behind him. "Purple Rain" is across the top of the label, with "The Prince Of Hot Sauce" near the bottom. At the bottom lists the ingredients: White Yam, Jalapeño Peppers, Sugar, Onion, Garlic, Water, Beet Root Powder, Salt", with "Ottawa, Ontario Canada" below this.
June 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM