BBQ Sauce: Garlic Head Gold

This post started out as a "Discontinued" review.  I was ready to rave about another favorite sauce you can no longer get, when BAM...the Garlic Head website was back up after a two-year hiatus.

Garlic Head is one of the most unique BBQ sauces I've ever come across, and I'm glad to see they're back in the condiment game with a new label and some recipe changes.

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FLAVOR - Super INTENSE GARLIC, with a sugary tomato base, rounded out with even more garlic, a bit of onion and a very mild vinegar zest
CONSISTENCY - Spackle.  Seriously, you could probably hang wallpaper (delicious wallpaper!) with this stuff.  The new configuration is thinner than the original, and it's still the thickest BBQ sauce I've ever come across!
APPEARANCE - Burnt sienna, with visible pieces of minced garlic and other spices
SMELL - Slightly smoky pungent GARLIC, with tomato undertones
AVAILABILITY - Available

INGREDIENTS - Brown sugar, water, tomato paste, garlic, sugar, cider vinegar, honey, molasses, onions, olive oil, salt, spices

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First off, check out that ingredient list.  As noted in our Reviewing Process, we don't necessarily score synthetic ingredients lower, but you've got to love a sauce that is au naturel.  No HFCS.  No ever-present xanthan gum.  No potassium sorbate.  Plus, Garlic Head is gluten and allergen free.

The bottle notes, "If you have a recipe that calls for two cloves of garlic, and you use two cloves, this sauce is not for you."  I couldn't have said it better myself.  If you don't love....LOVE...garlic, you should probably be put in jail.  Also, you might want to consider another sauce.

I prefer to use Garlic Head on chicken (it makes a mean BBQ Chicken Pizza), but I imagine it's pretty good on pork (recipes here).  It also makes for a great garlicky dipping sauce.  Keep an eye out for The Condiment Bible's review of their Spicy version later this summer.

Special thanks to Keith from K and L Products for providing the review samples.