Production

Question 1

What is the definition of fractional distillation?

Answer 1

Alcohol vapors can be separated from liquid water and collected in a still because of the different boiling points of ethyl alcohol and water

Question 2

What are the two kinds of stills used in distillation?

Answer 2

Pot still and continuous still

Question 3

What is the greatest difference between a spirit produced in a pot still, and a spirit produced in a continuous still?

Answer 3

A spirit produced in a pot still will have more congeners, which contribute to greater flavor but also has more impurities. A continuous still will produce a cleaner, more pure spirit, but it will have less flavor

Question 4

What are the two columns with in a continuous still?

Answer 4

Analyzer and rectifier

Question 5

What are four ways a spirit can gain flavor after distillation?

Answer 5

Barrel aging
Maceration (flavoring agent is steeped in the alcohol)
Infusion (same method as maceration but quicker; at hotter temps)
Percolation (base spirit is pumped through the flavoring material)

Question 6

What is the “proof” of a spirit?

Answer 6

Twice The percentage of alcohol by volume