Overview Flashcards

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Pot stilled spirits

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Heavier
Darker colored spirits
Usually aged in wood

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Continuous still spirits

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Lighter
Cleaner spirits
Not aged
Usually bottled and meant for near teem consumption

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Continuous still

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Used for lighter, Cleaner spirits that rarely undergo wood aging
Continuous
Relatively short distillation
Vodka, gin, lighter rums, tequila, Aquavit

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Pit still

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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

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White spirits (beer based)

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Gin
Vodka
Lighter rums
Lighter tequila

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White spirits

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Eaux de vie
Grappa
Marc

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Brown spirits (beer based)

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Bourbon
Tennessee 
Canadian
Scotch
Irish
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Brown spirits (wine based)

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Cognac
Armagnac
Calvados

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Malt whisky

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Pot stilled spirit

The original scotch whisky

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Malt whisky production

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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

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