Favorite Hot Sauce(s)

I always have Sriracha in my pantry and something Jamaican, though I don't have a favorite Jamaican hot sauce, here is a good place to explore the world of hot sauce.
www.hotsauce.com/Jamaican-Hot-Sauces/

I am a hot sauce junkie.

There are two parts to recommending a hot sauce. Flavors and taste. If you want a brutal hot sauce that doesn't really taste that good try Ultimate Insanity. It is the only sauce that is in the line up of the YouTube show Hot Ones (great show) over its whole run. It holds the #8 place near the top #10. A drop of that on your tongue can make you feel like you are hallucinating for 10-15 minutes. It is what can be considered a spiked sauce. They add capsicum. There are sauces that are very hot that don't spike and are generally much better tasting. Check the label.

The sauces you mention have great taste but I would consider mild.

The sauces mentioned so far are mostly fermented peppers, garlic and onions. Sauces with fruit are very good. Try a sauce with mango or pineapple. Blueberry based hot sauce is surprisingly good. It actually works on pizza as well as vanilla ice cream.

My homemade Caribbean hot sauce (mango/coconut/habanero).

That sounds delicious.

I got turned on to Tabasco on popcorn way back when I was working at Texas Instruments and someone started it, and then it became a fad among my coworkers, mostly in the afternoons when things were boring, or when we were working late and the vending machines were almost empty. The microwave popcorn wasn’t all that great, so empty vending machines was what it took to experiment with buying some.

A sidenote: I once started a fire trying to heat popcorn in a microwave, preparing it for the Tabasco. It was a case of putting in a number that was way too big for the bag of popcorn I was cooking. The company fire department came, and there was quite a hullabaloo. I never admitted to being the one who started it. Needless to say, I missed out on that particular Tabasco and popcorn. (Around that time, everyone in my group kept a bottle of Tabasco in their overhead. I don’t remember any of my bosses ever questioning us on that.)

I’m a classic Tabasco fan. Most every soup I have I put some in.

Now for dried peppers I’ve a wide range of favorites from Flatiron Pepper Company

www.flatironpepper.com/

First, another classic is Frank's Hot Sauce. The basis for true Buffalo style wings.

Hot sauces do well mixed with either oil or fat. They carry the capsicum well and even out the heat usually. So maybe not so good for office prepping but try Tabasco or Frank's mixed with melted butter for topping popcorn at home. I usually do about 50/50.