Random Deck #9

Question 1

Traditional Irish grain-based spirit drink, awarded a PGI in 2008

Answer 1

Irish Poitín PGI

Question 2

Component of oak that “glues” all the cells together and provides rigidity

Answer 2

Lignin

Question 3

5 approved methods of production for US gin

Answer 3

• Original distillation from mash * Redistillation of distilled spirits * Mixing neutral spirits with botanicals * Mixing neutral spirits w/ botanical extracts * Mixing gin and neutral spirits

Question 4

Traditional Norwegian Akvavit that is aged in sailing ships

Answer 4

Linje Akvavit

Question 5

Two sets of laws that define Irish Whiskey

Answer 5

• Irish Whiskey Act of 1980 * Technical Standards of 2015

Question 6

Requirements for American whiskey to be “Bottled in Bond”

Answer 6

• Product of one distillation season * Aged in a federally bonded warehouse for a min. of 4 years * Bottled at 100 proof * No additives (besides water)

Question 7

Four styles of base rums produced in Jamaica, listed in order from lowest-in-esters to highest

Answer 7

• Common Cleans * Plummers * Wedderburns * Continental Flavoreds

Question 8

Calvados produced using traditional agricultural methods

Answer 8

Calvados Fermier (Produit Fermier)

Question 9

What style of rum is Thomas Tew?

Answer 9

New England-Style (other examples include Privateer True American Rum and Prichard’s Fine Aged Rum)

Question 10

What production technique (often used in the making of Bourbon) uses ‘backset’?

Answer 10

Sour mashing

Question 11

Term (Spanish language) for the fast-growing flower stalk of the agave plant

Answer 11

‘Quiote’

Question 12

Grape varieties (2) used in the production of Brandy de Jerez

Answer 12

• Airén (95%) * Palomino (5%)

Question 13

Mash or wort

Answer 13

The fermentable, sugary product created via mashing and washing (the washing stage is optional)

Question 14

French product that has PGI status for absinthe in the EU

Answer 14

Absinthe de Pontarlier

Question 15

Leading producer of Vermouth di Torino PGI (as well as Barolo Chinato and other local products)

Answer 15

Giulio Cocchi (Cocchi Storico)

Question 16

Mezcal ‘Ancestral’: requirement for shredding agave

Answer 16

Must be shredded via wooden bats or a stone wheel

Question 17

Three types of South African Brandy

Answer 17

• Pot Still Brandy * Blended Brandy * Vintage Brandy

Question 18

Law regarding oak aging of US vodka

Answer 18

Vodka (unflavored) may not be aged or stored in wood barrels, except when stored in paraffin-lined wood barrels and labeled as bottled-in-bond.

Question 19

Aging requirement for Reposado Tequila

Answer 19

Aged for a minimum of 2 months in oak

Question 20

French government agency that oversees the production of cognac

Answer 20

Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC)