facts on liquor

Question 1

vodka

Answer 1

distelled trains, rye or white, potato, fruit

salvic word water

first produced in Russa (or poland)

Question 2

gin

Answer 2

primary flavors from juniper berries

recognized in ancient times as possesing medicinal properties

Question 3

rum

Answer 3

sugar cane, molasses from the caribbean

Question 4

whisky

Answer 4

grain mash: barley, malted barley, rye, corn

irish/scotish word for “water of life”

Question 5

tequila

Answer 5

blue agave plant

Question 6

brandy

Answer 6

distilled wine

grape - from grapes

fruit (apple, peach, aprocots, plum, cherries…)

pomace (use of grape skins/seeds/stems after they are pressed

Question 7

white rum

Answer 7

light body and clear

Question 8

Golden Rum

Answer 8

golden - medium body (oak casks)

Question 9

Dark Rum

Answer 9

dark, - Full body, rich caramel flavor

Question 10

Spiced Rum

Answer 10

infused with spice or fruit flavors

Question 11

anejo & age dated rum

Answer 11

aged rum often a blend

Question 12

Blended Malt Whiskey

Answer 12

Blended Malt - mixture of single malt whiskies

Question 13

Single Malt Whiskey

Answer 13

only one malted grain

Question 14

Blended Whiskies

Answer 14

blended - mixture of malt and grain whiskeys

Question 15

Cask Strength Whiskey

Answer 15

bottled from the cask

Question 16

Single Cask Whiskey

Answer 16

single cask - bottled from a single specialist individual cask

Question 17

Whiskey vs Whisky

Answer 17

whiskey = irish/us spelling

Question 18

White or silver tequila

Answer 18

aged less than 2 months in stainless or neutral oak

Question 19

Joven (young) or orgo (gold)

Answer 19

mix of blanco (white) and resposado (rested)

Question 20

resposado (rested)

Answer 20

aged a 2 months to a year

Question 21

anejo (aged or vintage ) tequila

Answer 21

aged 1-3 years in small oak barrels previously used for repasados tequila

Question 22

extra anejo (extra aged)

Answer 22

aged a minimum of 3 years in oak

Question 23

cognac

Answer 23

cognac - brandy from cognac france (2+ years in french oak barrels, and distelled twice in copper pots