Alcohol

Question 1

Rum

Answer 1

• distilled from molasses or raw sugarcane juice
• Old fashioned: dark, heavy with notes of sulfur and funk
• Cuban: light bodied and smooth
• Modern: medium bodied with woody spice
• French: made from sugarcane juice have dry tang and light body

Question 2

Gin

Answer 2

• vodka that has been bubbles through a mix of botanicals (juniper berries, orange peel, etc) called London dry
• Genever is Dutch cross between gin and whiskey
• Plymouth is from Britain and is softer than London dry

Question 3

Tequila

Answer 3

• Roasted heart of blue agave plant, juiced, fermented, distilled
• aged over 2 months is reposado
• aged over 1 year is añejo

Question 4

Vodka

Answer 4

• raw alcohol distilled from grain, potatoes, sugarcane, etc. to a high proof
• filtered heavily, diluted, then bottled

Question 5

Liqueur

Answer 5

• liquor that has been sweetened and flavored
• Curaçaos: flavored with orange peel-white, triple sec
• Herbal: flavored with herbs-jäger, absinthe
• Apertifs: wines+alcohol+herbs, spices, etc-Vermouth (Italian red=sweet, French white=not), Sherry, Lillet, Campari

Question 6

Brandy

Answer 6

• fermented fruit juice (usually grapes)
• aged short time: VS, little longer: VSOP, a long time: XO
• Cognac and Armagnac from France
• Calvados from Normandy from apples
• kirschwasser from cherries and pits, unaged
• US “(fruit) brandy” is made from grapes but flavored with those fruits

Question 7

Whiskey

Answer 7

• mash of fermented grain, distilled, then aged in oak casks without filtering
• US: made from corn (bourbon)
• Canada: blend of other whiskies from corn, rye, wheat, barley
• Scotch: single malt- unblended, blended-mixed with grain whisky
• Irish: mix of malted and unmarked barley distilled together