facts on liquor Flashcards
vodka
distelled trains, rye or white, potato, fruit
salvic word water
first produced in Russa (or poland)
gin
primary flavors from juniper berries
recognized in ancient times as possesing medicinal properties
rum
sugar cane, molasses from the caribbean
whisky
grain mash: barley, malted barley, rye, corn
irish/scotish word for “water of life”
tequila
blue agave plant
brandy
distilled wine
grape - from grapes
fruit (apple, peach, aprocots, plum, cherries…)
pomace (use of grape skins/seeds/stems after they are pressed
white rum
light body and clear
Golden Rum
golden - medium body (oak casks)
Dark Rum
dark, - Full body, rich caramel flavor
Spiced Rum
infused with spice or fruit flavors
anejo & age dated rum
aged rum often a blend
Blended Malt Whiskey
Blended Malt - mixture of single malt whiskies
Single Malt Whiskey
only one malted grain
Blended Whiskies
blended - mixture of malt and grain whiskeys
Cask Strength Whiskey
bottled from the cask
Single Cask Whiskey
single cask - bottled from a single specialist individual cask
Whiskey vs Whisky
whiskey = irish/us spelling
White or silver tequila
aged less than 2 months in stainless or neutral oak
Joven (young) or orgo (gold)
mix of blanco (white) and resposado (rested)
resposado (rested)
aged a 2 months to a year
anejo (aged or vintage ) tequila
aged 1-3 years in small oak barrels previously used for repasados tequila
extra anejo (extra aged)
aged a minimum of 3 years in oak
cognac
cognac - brandy from cognac france (2+ years in french oak barrels, and distelled twice in copper pots
