Zakk Wylde Will Burn Your Ass

11/20/08 4:22pm

Zakk Wylde is best known as a guitarist for Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne. That's followed closely by his reputation as a huge beer drinker. Now he's hoping for a trifecta by introducing a line of four hot sauces.

Black Label Society's hardcore fans, known as Berserkers, have a motto of "Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever." Wylde believes that can be adapted to the condiments he helped create with those beer-chugging crazies in mind.

"Strength, Determination, and Mercilessly Hot! were my initial thoughts," Wylde pronounced after tasting the first production run, according to a media release issued to promote the launch. "I said, 'Let's unleash this stuff now and let me feel the heat on stage from a back-row burp at the next show.'"

Wylde teamed up with Gardner, N.J.-based Blair's Sauces And Snacks, which specializes in heat and has become known for its Death Sauce line.

Wylde's four styles are Blair Presents Zakk Wylde's Original Berserker Sauce, Blair Presents Zakk Wylde's Stronger Than Death Berserker Sauce, Blair Presents Zakk Wylde's Shot To Hell Berserker Sauce and Blair Presents Zakk Wylde's Sonic Brew Berserker Sauce. All are made with varying degrees of heat and special ingredients.

Shot To Hell is the hottest, and apparently contains ingredients 600 times hotter than a jalapeno chili. It's not recommended for use without dilution.

The three other sauces are appropriately recommended to accompany "anything that goes with beer."

If you can't find the sauces in stores, you can order them here.