From from these humble beginnings our journey began! This series of sauces were our first steps to becoming the Sauce Forge. The first first batches were sometimes more fruit than pepper, and were super small batches sometimes only 2 bottles, which we stored in flip top beer bottles 😅. Since we were still working just making some sauce for our own use we didn't write down any recipes! But it set the stage for our friends and family to catch wind of what we were doing.

Our first ever labelled product, born as a proof of concept, and forged from several iterations to get the flavour profile just right, fermented roasted Scotch Bonnets, and Red Dutch gave this sauce a smokey edge, combined with the fresh punch of lime, mango and white wine vinegar.

Our second labelled product, this time kicking things up a notch with the inclusion of dried Ghost Pepper, Cardamom and Orange, this iteration went down exceptionally well with our friends and family. Shame that this was such a small batch as everyone was clamouring for more!

Our third and final labelled test product, kicking up the batch size a notch, and refining the core of our signature recipe, this time going in a more fruity direction, adding pineapple to the fermentation and finishing the sauce off with limes and grapefruit for a fresh citrus punch after the initial heat dies down. This was the sauce that inspired us to go official.

We are proud to present our debut sauce under the "The Sauce Forge" brand; "The Original". Our signature sauce, honed and refined, our testers have sung its praises, hailing its versatility, going great as a dipping sauce, smothered over chicken wings, used a marinade, and adding it to all manner of dishes. Our signature recipe retains its fermented tang, punchy fruity zing, perfectly balanced heat. We are so excited to take this recipe to market.

A limited edition sauce crafted using homegrown Armageddon and Lemon Drop peppers combined with mango and our signature base recipe. lacto-fermented in our home kitchen. Not for the faint of heart Those who can brave the heat will find this sauce layered with citrusy notes and a hearty punch of garlic.

A limited edition sauce crafted using a selection of our homegrown peppers, Chocolate Habanero, Orange Habanero, Cayenne and Ghost pepper along with Orange and Cardamom, with our signature base recipe, lacto-fermented in our home kitchen. The ultimate storm of flavours, this sauce rounds out rich earthy and floral heat with tropical undertones.

A limited edition sauce combing fermented honey garlic with peppers from our bumper crop of Orange Habanero peppers, to create a sweet floral pepper sauce, prepared in our home kitchen. For this sauce, we recommend to use it as a wing sauce, throw this into a pan with some butter and then smother onto crispy chicken wings!