BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT EAU DE VIE Flashcards
Eau de vie
- Water of life
- Reminder of invention of distillation in 17th century
- Fresh, liveliness, intense essence of fruit
Fruit spirits (eau de vie) with examples (8)
- Calvados = Apple
- Pommeau = 2/3 apple 1/3 calvados, oaked
- Framboise = Raspberries
- Kirsch = Cherries
- Mirabelle = Plums
- Poire William = Fermented pears
- Slivovitz = Fermented plums
- Quetsch = Red plums
Other spirits (5)
- Anisesees based spirits
- Bitters
- Mescal
- Tequila
- Sake
Anise based spirits examples
- Ouzo (Greece)
- Sambuca (Italy)
- Raki (Turkey)
- Mastika (The Balkans)
- pernod, Pastis 51, Ricard (France)
Bitters examples
- Angosture (Trinidad)
- Campari (Italy)
- Fernet Branca (Italy)
- Underberg (Germany)
Tequila from where?
- Comes from Jalisco, Mexico
Tequila and Mezcal
- All tequila is Mezcal!
Not all Mezcal is tequila - One type of agave tequilana/maguey azul permitted
Ingredients Tequila
required to be only 51% blue agave
Production process tequila
Heart of pina, flesh is baked and juiced at the distillery
100% agave (classification tequila)
Only from weber blue agave NO other additives
Tequila (classification tequila)
Other sugars have been added blended with weber blue agave. 51% need to come from the weber blue agave plant
Blanco, Sliver, White tequila
100% agave of mixto. No more than 60 days aged in stainless steel tanks
Joven or Gold tequila
- Unaged
-Mixtos
Coloured and flavoured with caramel, oak extract, glyrine
Reposado Tequila
Aged in wood casks min. 2 months (normally 3-9 months)
Aneja tequila
- ‘Old’ tequila
- Aged min. 1 year to create dark/robust spirit
- Best Aneja between 18 months - 4 years in barrels