Finally more Buffalo Wild Wings reviews! We are one week away from the conclusion of this dubious operation, and this time I’ve combined 2 weeks of reviews into one post. I took pretty good notes, so hopefully this will work out alright. Here they are, in order of wings eaten:
Week 5
Mild
Classic wing sauce: High flavor, low heat.
Hey, you boring people who order sauces called “mild”. These aren’t so bad. My notes say “not a lot of spice, but nice flavor” and that was before I read BWW’s official description. So, pretty close.
This sauce is also very thick and creamy to an almost disconcerting extent. Definitely mid-range suspicion on mayonnaise presence. But oh well. Whereas Mild salsa should almost always be avoided because it’s boring, Mild sauce from BWW is alright in my book.
Jammin’ Jalapeño
Spicy jalapeños, blended with a touch of tequila and hint of lime. Sweet heat.
That flavor description is appealing to me, so it’s a surprise that I’ve (maybe) never had these before. Probably because they are a flavor that’s come out more recently than 2010.
This sauce is a sweet glaze, kind of like caribbean jerk but definitely a bit spicier. Didn’t notice a particular “jalapeño” taste and definitely didn’t notice anything tequila-or-limey. Kind of just generic peppery sweetness.
Mango Habanero
Feel the burn, savor the sweet: Two sensations, one sauce.
These really takes a jump from “hot” in the spiciness factor. These will get your face tingling pretty much right from the beginning. Where as some flavors advertise Jalapeño but don’t necessarily taste like it, the Habanero game here is distinguished.
In addition to the spice, the flavor is also strong. The mango sweetness makes the spice bearable. This is my favorite flavor in the upper echelon of spices, though it’s probably way too spicy for most people.
Week 6
Parmesan Garlic
Roasted garlic and parmesan sauce with Italian herbs.
It doesn’t take a scientist, a doctor, or even an amateur wing reviewer to hazard a guess that this is probably the least healthy flavor that BWW has to offer. (It would, however, take someone more dedicated than me to try to verify if this guess was true.) Creamy, cheesy, and garlicky are all pretty great adjectives for a sauce for almost anything.
This one really is just as the name advertises. There’s parmesan, there’s garlic, the sauce may be mayonnaise or cream based. Pretty tasty. Not very spicy, but definitely a bit of a kick too it.
Asian Zing
Sweet meets heat: A chili pepper, soy and ginger sauce.
I don’t really taste the soy advertised in the description of this flavor, but it definitely shows through in the consistency. It’s somewhere between a glaze and a runny sauce.
The taste is rich and complex, and the heat level is definitely present and balances well with the sweetness. Sometimes, I think this sauce is too sweet and the flavor fell out of favor with me for awhile, but eating it now, I think it’s not too sweet. It reminds me of a weaker more crowd pleasing Mango Habanero.
Wild
Classic wing sauce: Big flavor, blisterin’ heat.
Presumably the namesake of Buffalo Wild Wild Wings, the wild sauce is very hot. Not as hot as I remember, and on this round of testing, not even as hot as the Mango Habanero, but definitely much hotter than the “Hot”.
For me, this is the right consistency of what a buffalo wing sauce should be. It was kind of runny, but sticks to the chicken just fine. The heat left my face only a little numb, but it took awhile to get to that point.