How do you take the edge off of white whiskey? You can put it in a barrel for 6 years or so, or you can drop in some flavoring and sell it tomorrow.
Shine (aka “XXX Shine”) makes a straight white dog, but it also makes two flavored versions, a tea flavored whiskey and this, a white dog flavored with salted caramel.
Sounds intriguing, but in reality this is a tricky proposition. Barrel aging alters the flavor of white whiskey directly. Artificially flavoring it merely covers it up. The distinction is important. OK, it’s critical.
Shine Salted Caramel is quite a thing to behold and nearly impossible to describe with accuracy. Uncork the bottle and the aroma of a carnival seeps out and fills the room. The nose is heavily saccharine, overwhelming in its candy shop character, with ample caramel to it.
On the body, it’s not quite as strong, thankfully. Like drinking melted candy corns, it coats the mouth and leaves an incredibly long finish… and a lengthy aftertaste. Eventually you get some corn whiskey notes — nothing fancy or unexpected, just a brisk white dog that is a merciful respite from the diabetic shock you’d otherwise go into after finishing a shot of this stuff.
Maybe useful in an exotic coffee drink.
80 proof.
C- / $25 / shinewhiskey.com
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