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It’s All White: White Tiger Gin at Dark Corner Distillery 241-B N Main St, Greenville (864) 631-1144, darkcornerdistillery.com
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t’s rarely good to see right through something, though gin is an exception. Dark Corner Distillery, producer of Appalachian, hand-distilled whiskey, presents an award-winning version that makes clear something else—taste. White Tiger—a New Western–style gin— is South Carolina’s first and only legally produced, hand-distilled gin. Master distiller John Wilcox developed White Tiger’s exotic flavor in homage to ancient Chinese astrology, which deems the white tiger a “guardian of the West.” Wilcox takes Dark Corner’s cornwhiskey base, and infuses botanicals of juniper, Szechuan pepper, lemongrass, ginger, and Thai basil, to develop a layered, complex, and luscious 90-proof gin—worthy of a blue-ribbon cocktail or drinking straight from the bottle. Though a 3rd-place-overall finish at the Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Competition says a mouthful—the taste speaks for itself. —Blair Knobel
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