Daddy's Pepper Sauce

I have a quart jar of pepper sauce Daddy made.  I've refilled it with vinegar so many times the flavor is pretty faint.  I asked Mama how he made it.
hot banana pepper
3/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
pickling spices
sugar (I don't know if I'll use sugar or splenda; the peppers may not be crisp with splenda, but I don't eat the peppers anyway)
At the hospital they have condiment packages of table vinegar when they have turnip greens or steamed cabbage.