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Best Hot Sauce in Virginia Beach, VA: 3 Makers, Ranked

North End Sauce started at the Oceanfront of Virginia Beach and has sold sauce and apparel since 2017. Speedy's Hot Sauce runs a shop at 1612 Virginia Beach Blvd suite 102. Ashburn Sauce Company bottled its first BBQ sauce in the 1990s and now sells Premium Hot Sauce in a 5 oz bottle.

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The ranking

  1. Illustrative image of a red reaper sauce beside a Carolina Reaper pepper, honey and barbecue sauces; not a photograph of the premises or packaging.
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    North End Sauce

    Bottle prices run from $6.00 for Sweet Heat Carolina Reaper to $13.00 for Raw Uncut Honey. Sweet Heat is the sweet and spicy Carolina Reaper sauce the founder perfected, and the recipe contains local honey. Spicy Carolina BBQ Sauce costs $7.00, the same as Pineapple Mango and Peach Mango. The brand has sold sauce and apparel since 2017 and took first place in the International Hot Pepper Awards for sweet hot sauce. Raw Uncut Spicy Honey is currently out of stock.

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    Speedy's Hot Sauce

    Whiskey Molasses costs $9.00, the same as #88 Extra Heat, #44 The Original and #49 Mango Crush. The limited #44 Atomic runs $16.00. The recipe traces to Mr. T's Tacos, where an ODU professor traded his Death Sauce for a beer tab. Whiskey Molasses is described as sweet and spicy with a smoky savory background and a rich mahogany color. The shop sits at 1612 Virginia Beach Blvd suite 102 and opens Tuesday to Friday plus Saturday afternoon.

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    Ashburn Sauce Company

    Premium Hot Sauce in a 5 oz bottle sells for $9.99, and Crabby Mary's Bloody Mary Mix at 32 oz is $12.99. The Premium Reaper is listed at 100,000-250,000 Scoville Heat Units. Ashburn is a Virginia Beach native who bottled his first BBQ sauce in the 1990s, and the company ships from 1024 Bells Road. The company holds a membership in Virginia's Finest, runs a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and has earned several Scovie Awards. Its Bloody Mary line runs from Sassy Mary through Crabby, Porky, Scorchin and Queen Mary.

By neighborhood

Oceanfront

North End Sauce started out at the Oceanfront of Virginia Beach.

FAQ

What style of hot sauce is Virginia Beach known for?

North End Sauce builds its Sweet Heat around the Carolina Reaper. Speedy's describes its sauce as having a complex and rich smokey flavor. Ashburn Sauce Company describes its Premium Reaper as a mix of spices, smoke and heat. North End Sauce also sells BBQ sauces and multiple flavors made with Carolina Reaper peppers.

What are the cheapest hot sauce bottles in Virginia Beach?

Sweet Heat Carolina Reaper Hot Sauce is the lowest listed bottle at $6.00. Spicy Carolina BBQ, Pineapple Mango and Peach Mango each cost $7.00. Speedy's Whiskey Molasses costs $9.00.

Which Virginia Beach hot sauce makers use reaper?

North End Sauce builds Sweet Heat on the Carolina Reaper. Ashburn Sauce Company sells a Premium Reaper blending spices, smoke and heat.

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