Previously on “Doug Tries Every Wing Flavor at Minneapolis’ The Butcher Block Restaurant”: house and spicy mustard.
Marching right along today, I tried the sweet barbecue and spicy barbecue, which together only count as one of the 29 flavors, but don’t be fooled, they’re two different sauces.
And forget yesterday’s wimpy wing size, today’s wings were once again about as big as Sammy Sosa’s head.
Both the sweet and the spicy wings had a rich honey flavor. The sweet barbecue actually tasted like a sweeter version of the house wings and had a stickier sauce to match.
The spicy barbecue trades heat for some of the sweet and adds a smokey flavor and fresh pepper.
I have to recommend the spicy barbecue over the sweet if only because the latter doesn’t bring much new to the bar. Both barbecue flavors were finished up on a grill to get some grill marks (and a slight burned flavor).
One more note about my mission: it’s no surprise I’m not the only person trying all 29 flavors; yesterday bartender Ben pointed behind me to the owner of Hell’s Kitchen, who is well on his way to finishing all the flavors.