blair s sauces and snacks blair s sauces and snacks is a united states snack company founded in 1989 most famous for their death sauce line of hot sauces known for their extreme range in scoville heat ratings . contents 1 history of blair s sauces and snacks 2 blair s death sauce 3 blair s heat collection 4 reserve collection 4.1 16 million reserve 5 death rain potato chips 6 references 7 external links history of blair s sauces and snacks edit blair s sauces and snacks is a new jersey based food company specializing in hot sauces and spicy snacks . blair has been featured on foodtv unwrapped the history channel the discovery channel qvc japan rolling stone magazine the wall street journal the daily news the new york post and more . blair lazar founder of blair s sauces and snacks introduced death sauce in 1989 while bartending on the jersey shore . he began bottling and distributing this original death sauce and a full line of hot sauces later followed e.g. after death mega death sudden death . blair s death sauce edit blair s produces a variety of hot sauces under the brand name death sauce . the sauces range from the more modest heat of sweet death to the extreme heat of ultra death sauce . the hotter sauces have pepper extract added for additional heat . their line of death sauce from mildest to hottest sweet death sauce a mild habanero sauce with a vinegar base . contains sweet tropical ingredients such as honey mango passion fruit and sugarcane . jalape o death sauce a jalape o hot sauce with tomatillos garlic onion and tequila . golden death sauce released in 2010 at around the same heat level as original death sauce 1 containing scotch bonnet chilis fresh onion puree turmeric ground mustard seeds chipotle and habanero powder . 34 000 scoville units . 2 original death sauce blair s flagship product . a habanero sauce with vinegar cayenne garlic chipotle lime juice cilantro herbs and spices . 35 000 scoville units . 3 salsa de la muerte latin america variant of original death sauce with more chipotle taste . contains the same ingredients but with a higher concentration of habaneros . 45 000 scoville units . 3 pure death sauce a sauce with naga jolokia and habanero peppers vinegar and hawaiian red salt . 48 000 scoville units . 3 after death sauce original death sauce with added pepper extract for extra heat . first sauce in the series to be labeled with a warning . notably hotter than previous sauces . 50 000 scoville units . 3 beyond death sauce a habanero sauce with red and orange habaneros vinegar pepper extract fresh cayenne smashed garlic chipotle lime juice cilantro fresh herbs and spices . 4 99 760 scoville units . 3 sudden death sauce a habanero sauce with cayenne white vinegar honey lime juice ginseng and spices . 105 000 scoville units . 3 mega death sauce a habanero sauce with cayenne white vinegar ancho chilies chipotles natural pepper flavor molasses guava nectar ginger salt and spices . 550 000 scoville units . 3 ultra death sauce replacement for jersey death sauce red habanero pods cayenne chilies white vinegar natural pepper flavor contains soybean oil tomato puree pirri pirri chilies lime juice salt & spices with added naga jolokia peppers . 800 000 scoville units . 3 blair s heat collection edit blair s heat collection includes a line of sauces used as marinades or dipping sauces . the heat sauces include habanero mango jalape o tequila chipotle slam and wasabi green tea . reserve collection edit blair s reserve collection includes a selection of award winning limited edition hand crafted signed and numbered bottles . each reserve edition commemorates a significant event or experience beginning with the a.m. series noted above . this series originated in the early 1990s when lazar was bartending on the jersey shore . patrons wanting to stay past the 2 am closing time were dared to try blair s wings of death made with blair s original death sauce . anyone who survived could stay as long as they wanted thus giving rise to the remaining items in the a.m. series e.g. 3am 4am 5am and 6am reserves . other significant reserves include caldera blair s holiday reserve blair s halloween reserve and the firecracker 500 reserve . all but the 2am and 3am reserves are completely sold out and are shown in blair s vault . collectors have been known to resell their reserve bottles for extremely high sums as per the blair s website quoting it has been reported to us that a bottle has recently late 2004 sold for 5450 sold in a private sale to a buyer in europe . 5 16 million reserve edit the strength of blair s hottest product blair s 16 million reserve is 16 million scoville units tabasco in comparison is 2 500 to 5 000 6 scoville units . it contains only capsaicin crystals and is the hottest possible capsaicin based sauce . only 999 bottles of blair s 16 million reserve were produced each one signed and numbered by the firm s founder and have all been sold . this reserve was certified by guinness world records as the hottest product available . death rain potato chips edit blair s also manufactures cauldron cooked potato chips in a variety of flavors and heat levels . blair has added his death rain dry spice to potato chips . blair s death rain habanero chips the black bag are the hottest type and are described as xxx hot or more recently omg hot . medium heat flavors include jalape o cheddar chipotle and buffalo wing . in 2013 blair released a new flavor jolokia pepper chips . these are rated at a heat level of wtf . references edit blairs blog announcing the best damn hot sauce ever . extremefood.com . 2010 05 20 . retrieved 2012 01 31 . the scoville heat scale for chilli peppers and hot sauces from chilliworld . compare relative heats all the way to blair s 6 a.m. pure capsaicin . chilliworld.com . retrieved 2012 01 31 . a b c d e f g h scoville scale chart for hot sauce and hot peppers . scottrobertsweb.com . retrieved 2012 03 20 . blair s beyond death sauce extremefood.com blair s sauces and snacks the official home of blair s death sauce and extreme food reserve collection vault sold out reserves 4 a.m. reserve . extremefood.com . retrieved 2012 01 31 . fact file the scoville heat scale . chilliworld.com . e von limited . retrieved 26 august 2013 . external links edit blair s official site scoville scale blair s scoville ratings scoville scale comparing hot sauce and hot peppers v t e hot sauces adobo aj ajika ajvar bajan pepper sauce biber sal as blair s sauces and snacks b falo cholula hot sauce crystal hot sauce d elidas dave s gourmet dog gone sauce doubanjiang er s pista filfel chuma frank s redhot gochujang harissa huy fong foods jaew bong ljutenica llajwa louisiana hot sauce marie sharp s mojito isle o mojo muhammara nam phrik pebre pickapeppa sauce pin ur piri piri ro tel sambal scorpion bay hot sauce shito sriracha sauce huy fong foods tabasco sauce tapat o hot sauce texas pete trappey s hot sauce valentina zhug list of hot 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