Thursday, Sept 16, 2021 - Swamp Dragon Hot Sauce, the world’s only Liquor Hot Sauce (no vinegar), is now available at select H-E-B stores in Texas. Find the store nearest you at https://tinyurl.com/48jjxt6w.
Matt Beeson of Baton Rouge, La., is the mind behind Swamp Dragon hot sauces. Other shelf stable hot sauces rely on acetic acid (vinegar) as a preservative. But vinegar's sour overpowering flavor and aroma put Beeson off. “I figured vodka doesn’t go bad if you leave it out, so what if I switched vodka for the vinegar in a hot sauce?” After two years of market research, Beeson found that no other sauces are based in liquor. Many are “infused” or flavored with liquor, but none of these sauces contain alcohol, which is a critical preservative without vinegar. So Beeson fundamentally reimagined hot sauce, and Swamp Dragon was born.
Swamp Dragon’s Bourbon Hot Sauce works great in gumbo and red beans and rice, and the Tequila Hot Sauce is a perfect compliment to Latin cuisine. Nixing the vinegar from hot sauce opens up a whole new world of uses. Beeson has drizzled Rum Dragon over gingersnap cookies and vanilla ice cream, and the anise-tinged Ouzo Dragon works well on everything from pho to sushi rice to baklava.
Founded in 2017, Swamp Dragon won eight various hot sauce awards that year, and many subsequent awards. “But the biggest prize,” Beeson says, “is being accepted to excellent grocers such as H-E-B. I am grateful to be a part.”
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