Sweet Heat BBQ Sauce (Eastern North Carolina)

A typical Eastern North Carolina sauce recipe referred to as "sweet heat".

1½ cups apple cider vinegar
¼ cup apple juice or white grape juice
½ cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp. cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp. crushed red pepper flakes
dash sea salt

Combine ingredients in a non-reactive bowl

Wisk until sugar dissolves and pepper flakes begin to settle

It is best when left to sit a day or two.