Five bottles of hot sauce on a wooden shelf, from green and mild to dark red and hottest, each label marked with one to five chilies, between two potted pepper plants

Small-batch hot sauce from Ostley

Pick your heat, one to five.

Five sauces made in small batches, gift boxes for December, and a Saturday counter where you can taste every one first.

Sauces, boxes and prices

The heat ladder, with sample prices

Five sauces, mild to hottest

  1. Heat 1 of 5

    Green tomatillo

    $9

    Tomatillo, poblano and lime. Bright and barely warm; good on eggs.

  2. Heat 2 of 5

    Smoked jalapeño

    $9

    Jalapeños smoked over applewood, with roasted garlic.

  3. Heat 3 of 5

    Peach and fresno

    $10

    Summer peaches and red fresno chiles. Sweet first, then warm.

  4. Heat 4 of 5

    Habanero carrot

    $11

    Habanero, carrot and onion. Properly hot, with a clean finish.

  5. Heat 5 of 5

    Ghost pepper and black garlic

    $12

    Our hottest. Dark, slow and very hot; start with one drop.

Saturdays, 10am to 2pm

Taste first at the counter.

Every sauce is open on the counter with corn chips and wooden spoons. Start at heat 1 and stop where you like. Gift boxes are $30 for three bottles or $48 for all five.

December gift-box dates
The Saturday tasting counter: five sauce bottles in a row with a small paper cup and a wooden spoon in front of each, and a jar of corn chips

Pickup, in plain words

Order ahead, pick up at the kitchen door.

  1. Send an order

    Tell us which sauces or which box, and the pickup day you want: Wednesday evening or Saturday.

  2. Get the total back

    We reply with the price and confirm the day. Nothing is charged ahead.

  3. Pay at pickup

    Come to 17 Tannery Lane, Wednesday 4pm to 7pm or Saturday 10am to 2pm. Card or cash.

Gift boxes for December.

Three bottles for $30, or the whole heat ladder for $48.

Order for pickup