Liqueurs, Vodka, Gin Flashcards
What is a liqueur?
A blend of distilled alcohol from an agricultural source, with flavour ingredients, sugar, water and colourings.
What base spirit is used for grand marnier?
What base spirit is used for Drambuie?
Cognac
Whisky
What different techniques are there to extract flavours from ingrediens to use in liqueurs? And how?
- Maceration
- Infusion (heated maceration)
- Percolation- the alcohol is allowed to pass through a bed of botanicals as liquid or vapour.
- Distillation - as gin
- Steam Distillation - steam in passed through the fresh ingredients extracting their essential oils.
What agricultural material are vodka made of?
Grains, molasses, potatoes, grapes.
What is the minimal strength of Gin?
96% abv
From which country:
Pastis
Ouzo
Raki
France
Greece
Turkey and Lebanon
What does the law say about London Gin?
It must be produces by redistillning the neutral spirit in a pot still in the presences of juniper and other botanicals. No other flavours may be added after destillation.
What is the difference between London Gins and Distilled Gins?
In Distilled Gins other flavours may be added after destillation.
What is Cold-compounded Gins?
The cheapest way to flavour a gin.
The flavours are added in the bas spirit in forms of essential oils or artificial flavouring.
What three different types are there of vodka?
Standard, premium, superpremium
What do you do post destillation of vodka?
Filtration, glycerol added for mouthfeel, flavouring. (unaged)
