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In honor of National Women’s Day, we asked women leaders from three Portland-based hot sauce brands for their perspectives on the recent explosion of fascinating (and delicious) sauces from this region.

Each year, we give a portion of our total proceeds to organizations that are meaningful to us. Here are just a few of the organizations we gave to in 2021.

A fan pointed out that we made a big mistake in naming one of our new sauces. Here’s how we’re making it right. Reintroducing. Red Scorpion Fiery Hot Sauce.

Secret Aardvark has a few new additions to the family! Meet Reaper, Smoky Aardvark, and Hottentotta, available only online. Get ’em while they’re hot!

If you’ve ever read the bottle, you know that Secret Aardvark was founded by culinary genius Scott Moritz back in 2004. Learn more about him through photos.

We’re thrilled to be part of the second annual Wild Shots Photo Contest benefitting Crag Law Center! This year’s contest runs September 1-October 1 and features prizes from Artheads Frame Shop, Patagonia Portland, and Secret Aardvark.

In case you hadn’t heard, festivals are BACK! At Secret Aardvark, we’ve always been big supporters of music, food, and drink events. It was tough for us to not get to see and support festivals for an entire year. Thankfully, that’s changing August 5-8 at the Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza at Mammoth Lakes,…

It should be no surprise that at Secret Aardvark, we love and respect the environment. Our home is the Pacific Northwest, and we like to enjoy everything it has to offer—from taking Friday afternoons in the winter to go skiing to springtime hikes to summer music festivals in the great outdoors.  But these days, the…

March 8th is International Women’s Day, and as a woman-owned business we wanted to highlight a few other women-owned businesses in the PNW that we’re enormous fans of! Freeland Spirits Also based out of Portland, OR, Freeland Spirits is a woman-owned distillery that makes some of the finest gin and bourbon we’ve ever had the…