Flavored Spirits

Question 1

Minimum ABV for EU juniper-flavored spirits

Answer 1

30%

Question 2

German juniper-flavored spirit produced by the H.W. Schlichte Company

Answer 2

Steinhager

Question 3

EU Spirit known as “Holland Gin” or “Dutch Gin”

Answer 3

Genever

Question 4

Original style of genever; contains at least 15% malt

Answer 4

Oude (old)

Question 5

Modern style of genever; contains no more than 15% malt

Answer 5

Jonge (young)

Question 6

Approved areas of production for PGI Genever and year granted

Answer 6

Belgium, Holland, some areas of Germany, two departments of France
2008

Question 7

Approved areas of production for PGI Oude & Jonge Genever

Answer 7

Belgium and Holland

Question 8

Juniper-flavored spirit produced mainly in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia

Answer 8

Wacholder

Question 9

German distillery that produces Wacholder and when it was founded

Answer 9

Brennerei Everbusch; 1780

Question 10

Approved flavorings for EU anise-flavored spirits

Answer 10

Star anise, green anise, fennel, licorice root

Question 11

Licorice-like aroma compound found in anise and similar plants

Answer 11

anethole

Question 12

Describe: RAKI

Answer 12

unsweetened anise-flavored spirit from Turkey

Question 13

Typical base ingredient for high-quality Raki

Answer 13

Sultana Grapes

Question 14

Base spirit used in the production of raki

Answer 14

Suma, which is then redistilled with aniseed

Question 15

Wormwood-flavored spirit originally produced in Switzerland

Answer 15

Absinthe

Question 16

Botanical name for wormwood

Answer 16

Artemesia Absinthium

Question 17

Location of first absinthe distillery and year opened

Answer 17

Couvet, Switzerland in 1797

Question 18

Popular brand of absinthe produced in Pontarlier, France from 1805 to 1914

Answer 18

Pernod Fils

Question 19

Controversial chemical compound found in absinthe

Answer 19

thujone

Question 20

When was absinthe deemed legal in US? Under what restriction?

Answer 20

2007; maximum 10mg/L of thujone

Question 21

Describe: PERNOD

Answer 21

absinthe-like product that relaunched the Pernod Fils distillery in 1928. Sweeter, lower ABV, no wormwood

Question 22

Describe: PASTIS

Answer 22

a drier option to Pernod discovered in 1932 by Paul Ricard

Question 23

Describe: OUZO

Answer 23

anise-flavored Greek aperitif that rose in popularity after the absinthe ban

Question 24

Describe: HERBSAINT

Answer 24

American anise-flavored liqueur created in New Orleans in 1934

Question 25

Describe: PACHARAN

Answer 25

Flavored spirit from Northern Spain made with sloe berries, coffee beans, and vanilla soaked in an anise spirit

Question 26

Type of Pacharan with a PGI

Answer 26

Pacharan Navarro

Question 27

Describe: AQUAVIT

Answer 27

Caraway-flavored spirit traditional to Scandinavia since 1400s

Question 28

Traditional Norwegian Akvavit that is aged on sailing ships

Answer 28

Linje

Question 29

Clear, unaged akvavit

Answer 29

Taffel Akvavit

Question 30

Country that has been granted PGI for Aquavit

Answer 30

Sweden

Question 31

German product with PGI status and the year it was awarded

Answer 31

Steinhager; 1989