Drink Flashcards
Named after the London club where it was invented which drink is made of two parts Champagne to one part orange juice?
BUCK’S FIZZ
Which French brand of natural bottled mineral water captured at the source in Vergèze is sold in green bottles that have a distinctive ‘teardrop’ shape?
PERRIER
With a name meaning ‘Valley of the Deer’ in Scottish Gaelic what is the world’s best-selling single-malt whisky?
GLENFIDDICH
What is the name of the Japanese rice wine which is made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran?
SAKE
Named after a British prime minister which blend of tea gets its distinctive flavour from the addition of oil of bergamot?
EARL GREY
Which kind of brandy is made of mainly the same grapes as cognac and undergoes the same aging in oak barrels but mainly with column still distillation rather than pot still distillation?
ARMAGNAC
Barossa Valley and Hunter Valley are major wine-producing regions in which country?
AUSTRALIA
What label is used for the driest style of Champagne?
BRUT
Which brand of tea launched tea bags with a string in 1985 and tetrahedron-shaped tea bags in 1996 (branded as Pyramid Bags)?
PG TIPS (OR BROOKE BOND)
Known as ‘the green fairy’ which anise-flavoured spirit flavoured with wormwood (which features in an 1876 painting by Edgar Degas) was banned in a number of countries in the early 20th century?
ABSINTHE
Which Greek wine tastes strongly of the resin of particular trees notably pine?
RETSINA
Which cocktail is made with whiskey sweet vermouth and bitters and is often garnished with a Maraschino cherry?
MANHATTAN
In 2007 bottling of Newcastle Brown Ale moved to the John Smith’s Brewery in which town in North Yorkshire?
TADCASTER
What type of coffee is similar to a latte but is made with velvet micro-foam instead of stiff froth?
FLAT WHITE
Which Dutch liqueur made from eggs sugar and brandy is mixed with lemonade to make a Snowball?
ADVOCAAT
In Scotch whisky regulations malt whisky must be made using at least some barley and must be aged for at least how many years?
THREE
Which market-leading Bulmer’s cider is named after the nickname of the knight Richard de Clare later Earl of Pembroke?
STRONGBOW
Slivovitz is a brandy made from which fruit?
DAMSON (PLUM)
A Harvey Wallbanger cocktail is made with vodka orange juice and which sweet herbal liqueur?
GALLIANO
Which soft drink was originally created and developed in 1893 and introduced as Brad’s Drink?
PEPSI
Spitfire Bishop’s Finger and Master Brew are beers produced by which brewery in Kent?
SHEPHERD NEAME
Which brand of vintage Champagne is named after a Benedictine monk who pioneered a number of winemaking techniques in the 17th century?
DOM PERIGNON
Gibson Tom Collins and White Lady are cocktails made with which spirit?
GIN
The most widely planted grape in the Bordeaux wine regions which dark blue wine grape takes its name from French word for ‘blackbird’?
MERLOT
Which plant in the daisy family is used to make herb infusions including a type of tea that is said to be a digestive relaxant?
CAMOMILE
Consumed in the British Isles since the Middle Ages which soft drink takes its name from the fermented roots of the Taraxacum officinale and Arctium lappa plants?
DANDELION AND BURDOCK
Blue Mountain coffee is grown in which Caribbean island country?
JAMAICA
Based in Cumbernauld which company manufactures the popular Scottish drink Irn-Bru?
(A.G.) BARR
Murphy’s stout is brewed in which city in Ireland?
CORK
Which drink popular in India and Pakistan is a blend of yogurt water spices and sometimes fruit?
LASSI
The wine cocktail kir is made with a measure of which blackcurrant liqueur topped up with white wine?
CRÈME DE CASSIS
Framboise is a Belgian lambic beer that is fermented using which fruit?
RASPBERRIES
Which Champagne house is named after the widow who worked out how to remove sediment from champagne?
VEUVE CLICQUOT
Owned by French group Pernod Ricard Absolut Vodka is produced in which country?
SWEDEN
The Chablis region is the northernmost wine district of which region in France?
BURGUNDY
What is the name of the sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation used to produce beer and distilled malt liquors?
WORT
Jack Daniel’s whiskey has been produced since 1875 in which city in Tennessee?
LYNCHBURG
In which bar in Venice was the Bellini cocktail invented by Giuseppe Cipriani in the 1930s?
HARRY’S BAR
Which brand of Coca-Cola bottled water was withdrawn from the UK market in 2004 after it was found to contain a concentration of bromate a suspected carcinogen?
DASANI
Made from sugarcane juice what is the most popular distilled alcoholic drink in Brazil?
CACHACA
Originating in Croatia which variety of black-skinned grape is grown in over 10% of California vineyards?
ZINFANDEL (OR PRIMITIVO)
Which alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare’s milk was made originally by nomads of central Asia?
KUMIS
Which sweet colourless liqueur flavored with caraway seed cumin and fennel is mainly produced in Germany?
KUMMEL
Known in Russia as black bread which traditional fermented beverage is commonly made from rye bread?
KVASS
Which carbonated soft drink originated as a result of difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo?
FANTA
The Italian sparkling wine Prosecco is made from what variety of grape formerly known also as Prosecco?
GLERA
What name is given to a short shot of espresso coffee made with the normal amount of coffee but extracted with about half the amount of water?
RISTRETTO
The label on Jägermeister bottles features a glowing Christian cross and the head of which animal?
STAG (OR DEER)
What is the name of the unique aging process which gives Madeira wine its distinctive flavour?
ESTUFAGEM
Which brewery in Unst Shetland is the most northerly brewery in the United Kingdom?
VALHALLA
