Whisky & Honey BBQ Sauce 100ml

Whisky and honey BBQ sauce combines tomato, Hungarian honey and Jack Daniel’s whiskey with smoked paprika and chilli for a sweet, smoky and spicy condiment.

What Is Whisky & Honey BBQ Sauce?

This spicy barbecue sauce starts with 50% tomato, giving it a rounded, tangy base. Pure Hungarian honey and cane sugar bring sweetness, while Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey adds another layer of flavour. Smoked paprika gives a gentle smokiness, and Worcestershire sauce adds savoury depth.

The recipe is finished by adding Carolina Reaper hot sauce, made with Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion Moruga and Naga Jolokia chillies. The peppers for that sauce are ground with salt and barrel-aged for 1–2 years before blending with vinegar. Here, the chilli blend brings warming heat to the tomato, honey and whiskey.

Heat level: Approximately 8,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Expect noticeable chilli warmth alongside the sweetness and smoke. Start with a little and add more to suit your taste.

How to Use Whisky & Honey BBQ Sauce

• Brush over pork ribs towards the end of cooking for a sweet, smoky glaze, then serve with slaw and grilled corn.
• Toss with cooked chicken wings or use as a finishing glaze for chicken thighs, serving with potato wedges and pickles.
• Spread inside a beef burger with melted cheddar, lettuce and sliced gherkins for a spicy barbecue finish.
• Stir a little into pulled pork, shredded chicken or baked beans to add tomato richness, sweetness and chilli warmth.
• Use as a marinade for pork or chicken, or brush over roasted mushrooms and vegetable skewers towards the end of cooking.

Cook’s Tip

For a glossy barbecue finish, brush the sauce on in thin layers during the last few minutes of cooking. The honey and sugar can caramelise quickly, so watch the glaze as it colours.

Where Does It Come From?

Gábor Nagy makes this smoky Bourbon barbecue sauce at Gabko Chili in Nagymaros, Hungary, near the Danube Bend. He grows all the chillies used in the range, with his team handling the process from cultivation through to bottling.

The BBQ sauce is cooked in small batches of around 200–220 bottles. Its recipe brings together Hungarian honey, smoked paprika and the producer’s own barrel-aged hot pepper sauce with Jack Daniel’s whiskey.

BBQ with Whiskey and Honey earned first place in the BBQ–Alcohol Infused category at the Spicy Flave Awards 2018.

Explore more flavours and heat levels in our chilli and hot sauce collection, or discover more accompaniments in our sauces collection.

Ingredients & Nutritional Information

Ingredients: Tomato (50%), cane sugar (8%), honey (5%), red hot pepper sauce (5%) [chillies (90%) (Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion Moruga, Naga Jolokia), vinegar, salt], whiskey (2%), Worcestershire sauce (gluten, fish, soy), vinegar, spices (including smoked paprika), maize starch, preservative: sodium benzoate.

Allergy advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold.

Country of origin: Hungary.