We try Pembrokeshire Chilli Farm's signature hot sauce

At Narberth’s annual food festival, I approached the stall belonging to Pembrokeshire Chilli Farm – a previous winner of Best Food & Drink producer at the county show.

Managing director Owen Rosser recommended Chipotle Gold, which is described on the bottle as ‘A Bold, Rich and Smokey sauce.’

Chipotle Gold is described as 'A Bold, Rich and Smokey sauce.' (Image: Newsquest) I was looking for something to warm me up in this freezing Welsh weather and spice up my food, without blowing my head off.

Described as a medium/hot sauce, this product definitely has some heat. But it’s not going to force you to drink water every five seconds during your meal or suck on ice cubes.

Heat-wise, I found it perfect for someone who regularly eats spicy food.

I tried the sauce in a chicken wrap with avocados. (Image: Newsquest) As a medium/hot sauce, the product provided some heat to my dish. (Image: Newsquest) In terms of taste, there is a touch of sweetness and acidity. Balsamic vinegar is one of the ingredients listed on the bottle and you can taste a bit of that sharpness in the sauce.

However, this is nicely balanced out by the honey and brown sugar also found in the product.

For context, I mainly tried this sauce with two of my favourite meals- chicken wrap with avocados and steak and rice with avocados.

It worked well with both forms of meat. Meat can sometimes be incredibly dry and tasteless so a sauce like this with a relatively thick texture can bring your meal to life.

For the macro-counters out there, the product has 81.7 calories, 0.2g fat, 17.6g carbohydrates (16.3g sugars), 0.9g protein and 0.03g of salt per 100g.

My only criticism of this product is that I would prefer a tad less acidity from the balsamic vinegar. Yet some people would argue that chipotle is defined by that tanginess.

Overall, I would give the Chipotle Gold sauce a rating of 4/5.