MS Sake Beers Spirits Flashcards
Fernet Branca Primary Flavor & Origin?
Herbs roots spices, Italy
RamazottiPrimary Flavor & Origin?
Roots Herbs spices,orange anise
Aperol Primary Flavor & Origin?
Orange Gentian Rhubarb, Italy
AMer Picon Primary Flavor & Origin?
Orange, Gentian, France
Suze Primary Flavor & Origin?
Gentian and Herbs, France
Boonekamp Primary Flavor & Origin?
Herbs roots spices, Germany
Unicum - Zwack Primary Flavor & Origin?
Herbs Spices - HUngary
Curacao Primary Flavor & Origin?
Laraha Citrus Netherlands
Van der Hume Primary Flavor & Origin?
Tangerine South Africa
Pisang Ambon Primary Flavor & Origin?
Banana Netherlands
Tamara Primary Flavor & Origin?
Dates Israel
Advocaat Primary Flavor & Origin?
Sweetened Egg Netherlands
TIa Maria Primary Flavor & Origin?
Coffee, RUm based , Jamaica
Glayva Primary Flavor & Origin?
Honey Tangerine Spices, Scotch
Pernod Primary Flavor & Origin?
Anise - france
Ricard Primary Flavor & Origin?
Anise France
Whats the difference between Ouzo and Sambuca?
Elderberry in Sambuca
KummelPrimary Flavor & Origin?
Caraway Denmark
B & BPrimary Flavor & Origin?
Benedictine & brandy France
Krupnik Primary Flavor & Origin?
Honey Poland
Mezcal What is the main type of agave for Mezcal?
Espadin
What are the new categorizations of Mezacal within the protected designation what do they mean?
Artesena and Ancestral - Non industrially produced
What is the boiling temp of ethyl alcohol?
173 F
What is fractional distillation?
The seperation of two liquids at two different boiling temps
Who created the alembic still? When?
Jabirhn Hayyn 8th century
What are the two main types of stills used for distillation?
Pot and coffey
What is a cogener?
Volatile molecules separated from a spirit during distilation
What are Foreshots?
The toxic Methanol that is removed during distillation
What are the names of the two collumns in a continuous still?
Analizer and rectafier
What makes a continuous still more efficient then a pot still during distillation?
The use of steam and two collumns
After spirits are distilled what are the three things that the flavor depends on?
Base material
Oak regimine
Additives
What is the difference between maceration and percolation
Maceration - cold soak
Percolation - hot steeping
What is the base ingredient of Acquavit and where is it from?
Caraway
Okinawa Shochu is always made from what and called what?
Awamori - Rice
What is the “Malt Wine” of genever?
A distillate of corn, rye and wheat
What was the whiskey Rebellion?
In 1794 G. Washington decided to tax people for the whiskey they produced rather then the whiskey they sold inciting riots
Who produced the first kentucky Whiskey ad when ?
Elijah Craig 1789
Bourbon and straight bourbon requirements for mash and aging?
Bourbon 51% corn and 1 year aging
Straight 51 % corn and 2 yrs aging
What are the requirements for corn whiskey
80% corn no aging required
Two producers of Tennesse whiskey?
George Dickel and Jack Daniels
What is Sour Mash Whiskey?
Whiskey where spent mash is added back into fresh still fermented mash
What are the 5 new categories under the 2009 and scotch whiskey laws?
What did they get rid of
86 - Pure Malt Intro: Single Malt Single Grain Blended Malt Blended Grain Blended Scotch
Requirements for Single Malt Whiskey
Barley- Pot Still Single Distillery
Requirements for Single Grain Whiskey
Must be a grain based whiskey wheat corn barley & not roasted so therefore no peat
Requirements for Blended Malt Whiskey
A blend of single Malts
What is the minimum aging for all scotch whiskey
3 yrs
What is the maximum aging for Scotch and why?
30-32 years because after this point in time the scotch will be below the minimum abv for scotch because the angel share is too great ( below 40% abv)
Min ABV for scotch?
40%
What does cask strength mean for whiskey?
No water added - bottled straight from the cask
Name 3 highland scotch distillieries
Glenmorangie, dalwhiniie, Dalmore
Name three lowland distilleries
Genkinchie, auchentochan bladnoch
Name the 3 distilleries of Campletown?
Glen Scotia, Glengoyne and Springbank
What is the famous distillery on the isle of Orkney?
Highland Park
What are the 5 islands of the Islands region in Scotland
Mull, Arran, orkney, skye, Jura
What are the three active distilleries of Ireland?
Bushmills, Cooley, New middleton
Min aging for canadian whiskey
3 yrs
What is Cape Breton and where is produced?
Canadian whiskey done in the style of scotch in Nova Scotia
What is the difference between Koji and Koji Kin?
Koji is the rice that has started molding and Koji Kin is the mold itself
What is the moto and moromi?
Moto is the starter and the moromi is the mash that is made by adding moto into a vat three times
How many days does Sake Fermentation take
45
What is shinpaku?
Heart of the rice grain
What is semaibuai
Milling of rice
What is namazake
Unpasteurized
What is nigori?
Unfiltered
What is taruzake?
Wood aged
What is jizake?
Sake from a smaller kura
What is genshu?
Undiluted
What would the ABV of a Genshu Sake be?
Around 20%
What is aspergillus oryzae?
Koji mold
What does the Nihonshudo measure?
Gravity and density of a sake - therefore sugar level and body
Minimum abv for vodka in the EU
37.5
What is amylase and what does it do
It is the chemical compound release by the malt when it germinates it allows the malt to begin fermentaiton by releasing both maltrose and dextrin
What are the two sugars released from malt by amylase?
Maltrose and dextrin
What year was the Rheinheitsgibot established what grain was not allowed
1516 wheat
What is sparging?
Rinsing the spent grains of the malt with water to release sugar and flavor
At what point of the beer making process do you add hops?
When you boil the wort
What is the strain of yeast used for ales?
Sacchromyces cervisaie
What is the strain of yeast used for lagers?
Saccromiaces Pastoranius
What is the type of yeast used for Lambic s?
Brettanomucies Buxellensis and Lambicus
Lambics are from where?
Belgium
What is a marz beer
A lambic produced by resuing malt from a previous lambic fermentation
What is a Faro beer?
A mixture of a lambic and a lighter brewed beer - with belgian candy sugar added for sweetness
What is the minimum percentage of wheat needed for a wheat beer?
60 eu
50 germany
Name four styles of wheat beer?
Hefe weizen
Dunkel/dark WEizen
Kristel Weizen
White Beer
What is often added to White - Wit Beer
Corriander and Orange Peel
What is the name of the trappist beer producer in Massachusettes?
St. josephs Abbey
Where is Abbey Le Trappe and what do they produce
Koningshoven - Netherlands
Name the All the Belgian Trappist Beers
Orval Chimay Westvleteren Westmalle Achel
Name a French Trappist Beer Producer
Mont de Cats was previously made in France but is now made in Belgium at CHimay
Name an Austrian Trappist Beer
Stift Engelszell
Name an Italian Trappist Beer
Tre Fontane
What is a Biere de Garde
Flemish and northern french bottle conditioned beer
What is a Kolsch and where is it from
Ale from Cologne Germany cooler fermentation temp lighter style
What is a california common Lager?
A lager fermented at higher temps and darker in color
What is a Kvass Beer
A beer fermented with fruit juice from russia
Where is Saison from
Hainaut Belgium
What is Rauchbier and where is it produced
Smoked beer, Bamberg Germany