COLLABS!
Have you ever thought of having your own hot sauce?
I offer a white-labelled service so that you can make it a reality. You can supply artwork or make suggestions and https://www.instagram.com/jacktuckerdesign/ will do the rest. His setup fees are fair & affordable and I can do a deal for a bulk order.
Currently Umpy's are working with a musician, a band and an Ice Hockey club, see below for examples.
Could this work for you? Let's talk!
TIM HOLEHOUSE
Tim has been playing music for well over 20 years now, mostly solo-acoustic but sometimes backed by a band too. He takes his set all over the UK, Europe & North America; literally living the dream. He's easily one of the hardest working musicians I have ever met.
I've known him for years & have tried hot sauces he has had produced for him before, so I was instantly interested when he asked me if I'd make one!
Pictured is "Animal" hot sauce, named to coincide with his single of the same name & follows the Tamarinferno recipe. 2 batches of these have come & gone, with his new "Dig A Hole" sauce, a Hot Mess variant, coming out soon. He sells them as part of a bundle, which is a great way to make the collab work from an artist's perspective.
INVICTA MUSTANGS ICE HOCKEY CLUB
A friend & benefactor facilitated Umpy's becoming shirt sponsors of the Gillingham [Kent] based Invicta Mustangs for the 24/25 season. Not just content with the buzz of seeing our logo on the players jerseys, the club agreed that a different kind of buzz needed to be created. Therefore two sauces were made for the club, branded in their colours; "INFLICTA" [pictured] and "MUS-TANG".
The first batch of these sold out almost straight away, with a second batch of 50 bottles being recently delivered for exclusive sale by the club shop rink-side.
Mus-Tang followed the Tamarinferno recipe, but Inflicta was a brand new one. The latter went down so well, it's now a core range sauce named "Hot Mess"!
As a big sports fan I am humbled to be in a position to support a hard working, hungry & successful semi-pro organisation.
OUR LIVES IN CINEMA
OLIC play that brand of melodic HC punk that I really like. Given that they're Bromley [ish] based I am really pleased to have been able to make this one happen!
Ahead of their album release & a batch of upcoming gigs, including Manchester Punk Festival, they have been proactive and put together a wide range of merch to coincide. Included in this range will be "Eat Your Feelings" hot sauce!
This one is based on "Suns Out Guns Out" as that was frontman Mark's favourite flavour. Available exclusively from the band.
https://ourlivesincinema.bandcamp.com/album/eat-your-feelings
METIS FILMS
It's amazing who you meet down the pub sometimes. Last year, the founder of Metis Films bought some of our sauce at an event and thereafter introduced himself.
Not only did he enjoy the flavours, but he asked us if we could help him with the promotion of a forthcoming release by making a branded sauce featuring its promotional artwork.
We jumped at the chance!
The end result utilises the milder Zombie Juice recipe and will form part of his industry promotional material. Hopefully this will be our first collab of many.
16 GUNS
16 Guns have been around since the early 80's & play a turbo-charged version of the '83 style punk rock. Their song "Killer" is a crowd favourite and is a great sing-along anthem .
Their bass player is a bit of a hot-head and decided that the band needed its own hot sauce to sell alongside their merch at gigs. Who was I to say no? As with Tim, this is the Tamarinferno recipe.
The first batch is running quite low now so a second one will go in to production in time for their first gig in 2025, which will be late January.
[yeah yeah yeah - I am the bassist in 16 Guns. Why lie? 🤣]