Flavored Spirits Flashcards

1
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Minimum ABV for EU juniper-flavored spirits

A

30%

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2
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German juniper-flavored spirit produced by the H.W. Schlichte Company

A

Steinhager

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3
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EU Spirit known as “Holland Gin” or “Dutch Gin”

A

Genever

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4
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Original style of genever; contains at least 15% malt

A

Oude (old)

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5
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Modern style of genever; contains no more than 15% malt

A

Jonge (young)

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6
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Approved areas of production for PGI Genever and year granted

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

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7
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Approved areas of production for PGI Oude & Jonge Genever

A

Belgium and Holland

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8
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Juniper-flavored spirit produced mainly in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia

A

Wacholder

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9
Q

German distillery that produces Wacholder and when it was founded

A

Brennerei Everbusch; 1780

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10
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Approved flavorings for EU anise-flavored spirits

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Star anise, green anise, fennel, licorice root

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11
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Licorice-like aroma compound found in anise and similar plants

A

anethole

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12
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Describe: RAKI

A

unsweetened anise-flavored spirit from Turkey

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13
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Typical base ingredient for high-quality Raki

A

Sultana Grapes

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14
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Base spirit used in the production of raki

A

Suma, which is then redistilled with aniseed

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15
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Wormwood-flavored spirit originally produced in Switzerland

A

Absinthe

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16
Q

Botanical name for wormwood

A

Artemesia Absinthium

17
Q

Location of first absinthe distillery and year opened

A

Couvet, Switzerland in 1797

18
Q

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

A

Pernod Fils

19
Q

Controversial chemical compound found in absinthe

A

thujone

20
Q

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

A

2007; maximum 10mg/L of thujone

21
Q

Describe: PERNOD

A

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

22
Q

Describe: PASTIS

A

a drier option to Pernod discovered in 1932 by Paul Ricard

23
Q

Describe: OUZO

A

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

24
Q

Describe: HERBSAINT

A

American anise-flavored liqueur created in New Orleans in 1934

25
Q

Describe: PACHARAN

A

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

26
Q

Type of Pacharan with a PGI

A

Pacharan Navarro

27
Q

Describe: AQUAVIT

A

Caraway-flavored spirit traditional to Scandinavia since 1400s

28
Q

Traditional Norwegian Akvavit that is aged on sailing ships

A

Linje

29
Q

Clear, unaged akvavit

A

Taffel Akvavit

30
Q

Country that has been granted PGI for Aquavit

A

Sweden

31
Q

German product with PGI status and the year it was awarded

A

Steinhager; 1989