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The Merrimack Black is back! Its third batch in as many years. This sauce was our first collaboration sauce back in 2022, and is only possible with the active involvement from our partners. There's the three step process that begins with Navigation Brewing Co making their Black Pepper Porter, which they release around Thanksgiving every year. Then F-Word Farm takes that beer and makes a black pepper porter vinegar, and then Craic Sauce takes that vinegar after it has a chance to age and combines it with all the produce we put in it. The produce portion has more local partners with beautiful chocolate scorpion peppers grown specifically for us by Liberty Hill Farm and North of Boston providing the ginger and Japanese sweet potato that is fire roasted. After caramelization, simmering the ingredients in stout and Black Pepper Porter vinegar, this sauce brings a hearty, rich, and powerful flavor that many deem to be their favorite Craic Sauce. This sauce really still has the same signature flavor. Here's the slight difference. The recipe called for 72 oz of chocolate scorpion. We had 82 oz of gorgeous frozen Chocolate Scorpion peppers. In the moment when I was deciding how much to put in, I revisited the feedback form passionate Merrimack Black fans, and they said "SEND IT!" So sent it we did! It's about 10-15% hotter than last year, but still in the solid medium category of heat. My favorite pairings have been adding this to steak and rice, broccoli, mixing a bit with soy sauce or (dare I say ketchup). I tend to add this to protein dense meals, but there is so much room for exploring and sharing your experimentations. This sauce is available at local stockists, for use at restaurants, and we’ll have it stocked at our markets and online. Slainte! https://lnkd.in/eXCwkfNU

Merrimack Black

Merrimack Black

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