Sentence:  Usually the quality of the liquor is judged by the "bite" of it. The hotter the better. A drink of first class, aged whisky would be ridiculed in most parts of Maine as a <WSD>wishy-washy</WSD> beverage fit only for mollycoddles. The Down East "soak" wants something that stings and burns all the way, and usually he gets it... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Thin or watery.