Craft Hot Sauce Podcast
The Craft Hot Sauce podcast is a podcast for hot sauce lovers, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in learning more about the stories and inspiration behind craft hot sauces. Brian Ruhlmann the host of the podcast started the website and blog CraftHotSauce.com in 2014 and has been interviewing hot sauce crafters from all over the world about how they got started in spicy foods, cooking and business advice, and hearing the crazy stories along the way. Best to listen to the podcast while trying out the sauces from the guests!
Episodes
June 16, 2023 • 34 mins
Brian dives into what has been going on behind the scenes of Craic Sauce. Topics include an expanding growing and farmers operation, the challenges and enjoyment from farmers markets and a preview of our newest limited edition sauce that will be released next week.
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May 30, 2023 • 47 mins
Joining us today is a true expert in the field, an individual who has mastered the craft of fiery peppers and brewing kombucha into a symphony of flavor and heat.
Sean Kirkpatrick of Down to Ferment has honed his skills, bringing his experiences from his culinary background to creating flavor forward hot sauces in San Diego.
On the podcast Sean shares his journey and Brian asks questions to hear how Down to Ferment approaches n...
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May 31, 2022 • 59 mins
Sarah Marshall is a born and raised Oregonian and creates an array of handmade hot sauces reflect her love for and deep connection to her home. Sarah and her husband Dirk have been making and selling spicy sauces in Portland, Oregon since 2011.
On the podcast Sarah shares how she's driven by her passion for preserving Oregon's incredible local agricultural bounty and their shared desire to create a family business around that pass...
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March 23, 2022 • 36 mins
Chef Chris Schlesinger joins the Craft Hot Sauce podcast. Chris was born and raised in Virginia, where he first developed his love for barbecue, spicy food, and live fire cooking.
Chris put Boston on the map as a chilihead destination after starting the East Coast Grill in Inman Sq in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Customers fell in love with their mustard based scotch bonnet hot sauce, Inner Beauty Sauce, and a spicy dish that people...
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March 8, 2022 • 75 mins
The Merrimack Black is a limited edition hot sauce made with hand-crafted beer vinegar, roasted of wood fire ingredients, black garlic and the chocolate scorpion pepper.
This black hot sauce from Craic Sauce was made in collaboration with F-Word Farm, Andre K Mills and Navigation Brewery Co in Lowell, MA.
Brian interviews the three different collaborators and shares his own insights on getting pushed out of our comfort zone wit...
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December 31, 2021 • 68 mins
Hoots Sauce Co is a Scottish hand-crafted small batch hot sauce. Bruce Clyne-Watson joins the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast and shares how his venture was born out of a passion for fire, foods and spice.
He describes their first sauce, Solstice. Rwandan and British Chilis, both hot and super hots are scorched and smoked over native applewood and then fermented.
We received permission from Peat and Diesel and Wee Studio to share Brand...
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October 9, 2021 • 30 mins
Normally the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast interviews hot sauce makers all over the world. This episode is more of a riff from Brian the host about some of the things his hot sauce company Craic Sauce got up this summer.
Music in this podcast is 'Baltimore' by Imam Collective. You can you follow them on bandcamp: https://imam.bandcamp.com/
View the Craic Sauce Way video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPToijm3Hjw&t=1s
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June 30, 2021 • 43 mins
Tim Myers, founder of Hot Heads Official, has always loved to create. Shortly after getting into brewing craft beer at home to exercise his creativity, Tim saw the similarities between the world of craft beer and the world of craft hot sauce, and quickly began growing his own peppers. Just three years ago, Tim made his first batch of hot sauce at home, and he hasn’t looked back since.
Hot Heads Official, the brand Tim started when...
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June 3, 2021 • 75 mins
Debra Sandler is a doer. She is a perfect example of someone with high ambitions who has never forgotten her family and her roots. With over 30 years of experience in corporate America, she has now turned her focus to Bazodee, a Caribbean-inspired, natural, family-driven line of pepper sauces and marinades.
Debra was born in Venezuela but grew up in Trinidad and Tobago surrounded by a large family. Speaking of her childhood, Debra...
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May 12, 2021 • 48 mins
Mustafa, Mikkal, Josh and Chima from Trini Pepper Sauce join the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast. Mustafa and Mikkal are first generation Americans, with their parents and sister being born in Trinidad.
On the podcast they share how on every trip to Trinidad and Tobago Mustafa and Mikkel would end up returning with pepper sauce and other items my grandma made to distribute to family and friends. Over the years, they received glowing feed...
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March 24, 2021 • 48 mins
Erica says she was the different one.
At a young age, Erica loved drawing and art and knew she wanted to end up in NYC. She arrived there for the first time when parents dropped her off for college at FIT.
Erica says NYC embraces being different, and early on she found herself drawn into Jamaican music like “Rock Steady”, Ska, and older reggae, building up a record collection.
Erica said she knew she’d be doing something creat...
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March 10, 2021 • 52 mins
Laura and Jared of Poor Devil Pepper Company join the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast and share their journey with starting their fermented hot sauce company.
Topics on the podcast how they got started with fermentation, collaborating with artists, sourcing and working with local farmers, and their zero waste approach.
The music guest is the Jon Hatchett Band. You can stream and purchase music from the Jon Hatchett Band on their bandcamp...
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February 24, 2021 • 70 mins
Tim and Caroline of Kitchen Garden Farm join the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast to share their journey starting their farm in Western Massachusetts in 2006 and creating a delicious line of hot sauces and other value-added food products.
Topics on the podcast include the winter long term planning that needs to happen every year, their journeys before meeting at Union Square Greenmarket, taking the hard path when starting their farm, the K...
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February 10, 2021 • 56 mins
Phil comes on the Craft Hot Sauce Pod to share his experiences with hydroponics and growing chili peppers. Phil is a hobbyist gardener that got deep down the rabbit hole of learning more about growing chili peppers using the method of hydroponics.
On the podcast Phil shares how he got started growing chili peppers, different methods of growing hydroponically, some of the peppers he’s most excited about growing, and lots of advice...
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January 29, 2021 • 66 mins
David Delcourt from Seed Ranch Flavor Co, joins the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast. David shares his entrepreneurial journey, starting two renewable energy based ventures before starting Seed Ranch Flavor Company in 2017 in Boulder, Colorado.
Topics discussed on the podcast include what happens when your hot sauce gets on the show "Hot Ones", how David creates and launches new flavors, how to deal with the Everest highs and desert lows ...
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October 30, 2020 • 63 mins
Episode 34 of the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast features Paul and Tasia Ford from Big Red's Hot Sauce in Phoenix, Arizona.
When asked if they play music while making hot sauce, they said "oh yeah, we’re always playing Motown music and even remixing over it!”
Here’s the video to prove it: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Xe94xHF0r/
Try Big Red’s Hot Sauce by getting the November Craft Hot Sauce Box: https://crafthotsauce.com/products/cra...
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September 1, 2020 • 40 mins
David van Overeem of Hab Sauce in Portland, Oregon joins the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast. Their Spicy Sweet Soy Sauce won the People's Choice World Favorite Hot Sauce award at Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night this year.
On this episode of the podcast you'll learn about David's path from DJ to hot sauce maker, learn more about the PDX hot sauce scene, and advice for aspiring hot sauce makers.
If you'd like to try Hab Sauce, you c...
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August 20, 2020 • 56 mins
In this crossover episode The 495 Podcast interviews Brian from CraftHotSauce.com and Craic Sauce exploring the world of hot sauce and chili peppers.
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August 11, 2020 • 43 mins
Paula Horne is the owner of River City Flame, a craft hot sauce company in Richmond, Virginia. Paula shares how her travels led her to try to emulate that perfect tasting sauce that came to love while living in Hong Kong. River City Flame is a black owned and women owned company that remains local in the Virginia area. You can learn more about River City Flame by visiting their website: https://www.rivercityflame.com/
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July 23, 2020 • 63 mins
Geoff Barker, fermented hot sauce specialist and owner of Sabarac (Brisbane, Australia) joins the Craft Hot Sauce Podcast.
Geoff has created a wide range of fermented hot sauces with truly unique flavors like his Firemelon (carolina Reaper and watermelon), fermented hot chocolate, and Japanese miso style.
This episode explores different techniques of fermenting including using a brine versus a chilli mash, common mistakes made b...
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