# Hot sauce

A thin, vinegar-forward red-pepper sauce used in drops or dashes to add measured chile heat and acidity.

Alcohol: 0% ABV

## Cocktails

- [Bloody Mary](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bloody-mary.md): A savoury vodka highball balancing tomato and lemon with measured chile heat and Worcestershire depth.
- [Bull Shot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bull-shot.md): Vodka and chilled beef broth take Bloody Mary seasoning into a deeply savoury mid-century highball.
- [Gordon’s Breakfast](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/gordons-breakfast.md): Gin, muddled lime and cucumber, sugar, Worcestershire, hot sauce, salt, and pepper make a vivid non-tomato savoury cocktail with breakfast-table nerve.
- [Michelada](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/michelada.md): A cold Mexican beer cocktail sharpened with lime, chile heat, Worcestershire, and Maggi beneath a restrained salt rim.
- [Red Snapper](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/red-snapper.md): Gin botanicals drive this later savoury Bloody Mary branch through tomato, lemon, pepper, celery, and measured vinegar heat.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/hot-sauce
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/ingredients/hot-sauce-d445fd8a.webp
- Source: https://www.tabasco.com/products/hot-sauces/original-red-sauce/