Same. I've thrown out entire gift sets I've gotten because it's just hot garbage in a bottle. I always tell the giver that I appreciate the thought, but if you're gonna spend the money, go to someplace like pepper Palace and get one good thing instead of six bottles turds.

I think that's why I tend to like carrot based hot sauces over vinegar. The carrot dulls the spiciness a bit and you get the flavor of the peppers more.

Theres too many "extract enhanced" sauces out there now like Da Bomb that just taste like chemicals and spice. It's cheating in my book, make a hot sauce that blows my head off and tastes good.

Same here I like chilli in moderation, a drop or two of habanero or a really strong ghost pepper sauce gives plenty taste and heat.

At some point I found out that I'm not superman when it comes to chilli and while I eating really hot food my body says "Stop not a bite more!"

Now I just try to stay far from my limit where I can enjoy the taste of chilli.

My thoughts also. The spice level should accentuate the flavour, not just be hot for scoville bragging. i had amazing spicy Thai, the good thing is it was too hot for my wife to steal any from my plate