Overview Flashcards
Pot stilled spirits
Heavier
Darker colored spirits
Usually aged in wood
Continuous still spirits
Lighter
Cleaner spirits
Not aged
Usually bottled and meant for near teem consumption
Continuous still
Used for lighter, Cleaner spirits that rarely undergo wood aging
Continuous
Relatively short distillation
Vodka, gin, lighter rums, tequila, Aquavit
Pit still
Used for richer spirits that are usually wood aged
Slower, gentler distillation resulting in more complex spirits
Malt whisky, cognac, Armagnac and other brandies and whiskers
White spirits (beer based)
Gin
Vodka
Lighter rums
Lighter tequila
White spirits
Eaux de vie
Grappa
Marc
Brown spirits (beer based)
Bourbon Tennessee Canadian Scotch Irish
Brown spirits (wine based)
Cognac
Armagnac
Calvados
Malt whisky
Pot stilled spirit
The original scotch whisky
Malt whisky production
Mad from barley steeped in water and then toasted
Flavored with peat
Double Distilled in copper pot stills
Aged in Sherry, bourbon, port or Madeira barrels