Alcoholic beverages

Question 1

Sake

Answer 1

Made of rice
Highest alcoholic content than any. 18%
2 fungi used
Aspergillus(a mold): converting starch in the rice and making sugar

Yeast: added so that sugar can be converted into alcohol. served best when warmed. short shelf life

Question 2

Bourbon

Answer 2

An American invention
charred New Oak barrels are used in storing and aging bourbon whiskey.
Distilled to 95% alcohol

Question 3

Whiskey

Answer 3

a distilled alcoholic beverage

peat moss used as a fuel to roast the grain

Question 4

Rum

Answer 4

fermented sugar cane juice

Question 5

Tequila and Mescal

Answer 5

A Mexican invention
plant used is the Agave
both are distilled
Tequila is more refined

Question 6

Vodka

Answer 6

lacks any flavor
not aged
distilled to a high alcohol %

Question 7

Gin

Answer 7

Juniper berries give it its flavor
made from malted grain
not aged
distilled to a high alcohol %

Question 8

Brandy

Answer 8

made from wine

distilled wine

Question 9

Champagne

Answer 9

Sparkling Wine

add extra sugar to create a higher CO2 content

Question 10

Difference between Chemical Fermentation and Microbial Fermentation

Answer 10

The organism is a fungus known as yeast that causes the fermentation process.
Yeast consumes the sugar and as a waste product it gives off carbon dioxide and alcohol

Chemical Fermentation occurs in coffee beans or chocolate bean is some kind of chemical chemical change occurring inside the plant

Question 11

Distillation and Fortification

Answer 11

Distillation and Fortification are two methods used to produce an alcoholic beverage higher than 18%

Question 12

Cedar Waxwing

Answer 12

Birds that eat fruits that have naturally produced alcohol. They get wasted from it

Question 13

Alcohol is water soluble…….

Answer 13

we can consume it faster than our body can break it down.

Question 14

Is alcohol a stimulant

Answer 14

A Central Nervous System Depressant