The Boerne Brand:
Texas is known for offering a wide variety of Tex-Mex and BBQ cuisines.
Jalapeños are often an added feature on many dishes, complimenting many menu items. Noticing that there were only a current handful of hot sauces available on the tables that complimented food and didn’t overpower it, we decided to create a hot sauce that would be made specifically to offer a complex flavor profile, that enhanced food and offered a medium level of heat, sourced from fresh jalapeños.
In sourcing fresh jalapeños, we were able to create our own mash, essentially making our hot sauce from scratch. We elected to ferment our peppers in the process. This traditional technique ages the jalapeños and allows for an introduction to a dynamic flavor profile.
Boerne Brand was designed to be used on the table and in the kitchen. It can be poured as a condiment by adding it to your favorite foods or used as an ingredient while cooking a recipe. Boerne Brand is an all-inclusive hot sauce that can integrate with food and not overpower or take away from foods we create.
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We got to know Catherine a little better with a few Chilli Q & As....
Catherine Myers, CEO & Owner, is a native Houstonian and has a background in marketing and psychology. She co-founded Boerne Brand and set out to help create a true Texas Style Hot Sauce that you now recognize as Boerne Brand. She has developed relationships with the BBQ community, particularly in Houston, TX, and also throughout Texas.She is most excited about people’s initial reactions when they first try Boerne Brand and seeing how quickly it becomes a must-have in the kitchen.
What's your favourite type of chilli and why do you love it?
Jalapenos can offer so much and maintain it's authentic state, while the ability to be versatile and not limited when pairing with other ingredients or dishes.
Tex-Mex cuisines are mostly accented by fresh jalapenos and it became an inspiration to create a jalapeno based hot sauce that captured the Texas style essence as a hot sauce.
How hot is too hot? What's your limit - are you a heatseeker or flavour driven?
Flavor is a must, and the best part is when flavor meets heat.
What's your favourite chilli event?
The Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce - Austin, TX Hot Sauce Festival
What's your favourite hot snack?
Chicharrones with the Smokin Red.
How did you get interested in chillis?
Chillis are a big part of our culture from using it as ingredients with household meals and family gatherings to dishes prepared at local restaurants.
What's the best thing about the hot sauce community?
The level of encouragement for each other!
What's the worst thing about being a hot sauce enthusiast / chillihead?
It's not a bad thing, but more of an occupational hazard: having the need to try all hot sauce types you come across.
If you could share a hot sauce with anyone who would it be?
Beyonce because she carries hot sauce in her purse!
What are your Hot Sauce / Chilli goals?
To continue to offer a hot sauce that captures that Texas Style essence and the experience that encompasses flavour, depth and heat.
What advice do you have for aspiring Chilliheads? Where would you point them to link up online?
Join and enjoy the many hot sauce loving groups on social media.
Do you have any favourite Chilli drinks?
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