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Other Whiskey Areas Flashcards

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What are the requirements for Canadian Whisky?

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Made from a mash of fermented cereal grains
Aged in small wood containers for no less than three years.
Be mashed, distilled, and aged in Canada
Bottled at no less than 40% ABV
Can be labeled Canadian Whiskey, Canadian Rye Whisky, or Rye Whisky.

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What amount of Rye is required in Canadian Rye Whiskey?

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None.

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What are some well known brands of Canadian Whisky?

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Canadian Club
Canadian Mist
Crown Royal
Black Velvet
Pendleton Whisky
Seagram’s Seven
Collingwood Whisky
Alberta Premium

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What is a Grain Whisky in Canada?

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Sometimes called a base whisky, like the light whisky distilled in the US. Usually used in Canadian Blended Whisky.

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What is Flavoring Whisky?

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Whiskies made with a high percentage of a single grain, stored in charred oak barrels. Most often used in Canadian blended whisky.

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What is Canadian Blended Whisky?

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Generally comprised of base grain and flavoring whisky. May contain up to 9.09% other ingredients.

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What are some other ingredients that may be added to Canadian Blended Whisky?

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Sweetener
Caramel Coloring
Sherry
Wine

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When was whisky production believed to have been started in Japan?

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The late 1870s.

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When and where was the first commercial malt whisky distillery opened in Japan?

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1923 in Yamazaki Japan (a suburb of Kyoto)

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What was the first Whisky Distillery in Japan?

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Suntory

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Who was Shinjiro Torii?

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The founder of the Suntory Distillery. A successful wholesaler selling wine and pharmaceuticals.

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Who was Masatak Taketsuru?

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The first distiller at Suntory distillery in Japan. Trained at Hazelburn in Campbeltown, Scotland.

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What was the first whisky produced at Suntory?

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Shirofuda White Label in 1929. Not much success, and was modified to suit Japanese taste.

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What are the three distilleries operated by Suntory?

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Suntory (Yamazaki - near Osaka)
Hakushu (near Hokuto)
Chita (On Chita Peninsula)

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What distilleries were founded by Masataka Taketsuru?

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Yoichi (Hokkaido)
Miyagikyo (Sendai - on Honshu)

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What other style of whisky is Japanese most similar to?

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Scotch Whisky.

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What are some processes in whisky production unique to Japan?

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Clear, almost transparent worts.
Do not sell to other distillers - if a blend, will be created from own company.

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What are the requirements for Japanese Whisky?

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Base ingredients limited to malted grains (must use some), other cereal grains, and water from Japan.
Saccharification, fermentation and distillation in Japan.
Aged in Japan in wood for 3+ years

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If a whisky made in Japan does not meet the requirements to be Japanese Whisky, what may it be labeled as?

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World Blends or World Whisky

20
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What was the first brand of Taiwanese Whisky?

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Kavalan

21
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What is the brand name of a whisky produced by the state-owned Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation?

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Omar Whisky

22
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Who produces Kavalan Whisky?

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King Car Group (Taiwan)

23
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Why does most whisky produced in India not qualify as “true whisky” in the US or EU?

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Most (~90%) is produced at least partially with molasses-based neutral spirits.

24
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What are some of the best selling brands of Indian Whisky?

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Officer’s Choice
McDowell’s No. 1
Royal Stag
Imperial Blue

25
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Who was the first Indian producer to make a true grain-based whisky?

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Amrut Distilleries in 2004

26
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Where is Amrut Distillery located?

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Bangalore, India. Amrut is produced in Kambipura, India

27
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Who was Neelakanta Jagdale?

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The founder of Amrut Distilleries.

28
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What does Amrut mean?

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“Nectar of the Gods” or company translation “Elixir of Life”

29
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What is Amrut made from?

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100% barley, including some peated imported from Scotland.

30
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How is Amrut Whisky produced?

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Double distilled in large pot stills, aged in oak for 4 years or longer.

31
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What is John Distilleries?

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An Indian distillery that produces high quality grain-based whisky.

32
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What is Paul John Single Cask 161 Whisky?

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An Indian whisky made from 100% Indian barley. Double distilled in traditional copper pot stills aged 3-5 years in American Oak barrels.

33
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What is Brilliance Whisky?

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An Indian grain whisky aged in ex-bourbon barrels.

34
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Who was Bill Lark?

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Opened Lark Distillery in Tasmania, first whisky production in Australia.

35
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Which state in Australia has the largest concentration of whisky distilleries?

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Tasmania (more than 20)

36
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How many whisky distilleries are in New South Wales?

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More than 10

37
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What is Sullivans Cove Single Cask Malt Whisky?

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An Australian whisky (from Tasmania) that won the World Whisky Award (usually won by Scotland or Japan) in 2014.

38
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What are some brands of whisky from New Zealand?

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Oamaruvian
Manuka Smoke
Old Hokonui Whisky

39
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What is Hokonui Moonshine?

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A New Zealand moonshine made on the South Island from the 1870s, by a Scottish widow named Mary McRae.

40
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What happened to Hokonui Moonshine?

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The illegal whisky was produced from 1872 until the mid-1930’s when equipment destroyed by local authorities. Currently made according to original recipe as Old Hokonui Whiskey.

41
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What are some whisky producers in Mexico?

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Pidre Almas
Sierra Norte
Absolo

42
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What grain are Mexican whiskies usually produced with?

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Heirloom corn varieties.

43
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What is Pox?

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A Mexican grain-based spirit. Made using a blend of corn, wheat, and/or sugar cane.

44
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What is Nixta Licor de Elote?

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A Mexican corn liqueur.

45
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What is Nixta?

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Possibly the world’s first corn liqueur, made in Mexico.

46
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What is Nixtamalization?

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A process used by the Mayans and Aztecs. Soaking corn in an alkaline solution to help remove the outer skin of the corn.

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