BATCH 008 Yellow Habanero

Chilli: Yellow Habanero

Ingredients: Mango, White Vinegar

Fermentation: Two Weeks, Vacuum Ferment

Bottle: 100ml

Date: 2nd April, 2025

Blesys Sherp, BATCH 008

Our first BATCH of 2025 is here and we've experimented. 

Our previous batches have been made with lactofermented chillies. It's a method of fermentation we've become very happy with. However, we've been eager to begin trialling other methods too. That's why, at the beginning of the year, we began making hot sauce with vacuum-fermented chillies. 

Our first trials were really successful and the moment we opened the bags (some being ready to burst after just a week or two!) the room was filled with the aromatic bloom that we've come to associate with Blesys Sherp bottles.

Then, we took to ferment a large amount of chillies, specifically yellow habaneros, and set about making BATCH 008 of hot sauce. Once ready, we paired them with fresh mangoes, a fruit that we knew would complement the character of the fermentation without overpowering it, and whose juice makes for a brilliant consistency. 

Interestingly, we very nearly swapped our trusty white wine vinegar for rice wine vinegar after an early vinegar experiment (see our blog here) but decided against it after test sauces tasted, well, slightly too savoury.

So, here it is. A bright, fruity, and tropical bottle that puts the feeling of summer sunshine on the palate. 

Enjoy!

Honour in heat