Rum, Tequila, Plus

Question 1

What is Pommeau de Normandie?

Answer 1

The mistelle of Normandy, produced from apple must and AOC Calvados, aged at least one year in oak.

Question 2

What are pomace spirits?

Answer 2

Distilled from pomace, rather than wine, and therefore not brandies.

Question 3

What is the French pomace spirit?

Answer 3

Marc

Question 4

What is the Portuguese pomace spirit?

Answer 4

Bagaceira

Question 5

What is the Italian pomace spirit?

Answer 5

Grappa

Question 6

What is the source of Kirsch/Kirschwasser?

Answer 6

Black Cherries

Question 7

What is the source of Poire William?

Answer 7

Bartlett Pear Cider

Question 8

What is the source of Framboise?

Answer 8

Raspberries

Question 9

What is Boukha?

Answer 9

A fig eau-de-vie from Tunisia

Question 10

What is Barack Palinka?

Answer 10

An apricot eau-de-vie from Hungary

Question 11

What are some plum eaux-de-vie?

Answer 11

Slivovitz
Mirabelle
Quetsch
Prunelle

Question 12

What is rum distilled from?

Answer 12

Fermented sugarcane or molasses.

Question 13

What is light rum?

Answer 13

Distilled by the continuous method, filtered with charcoal, and typically see little aging in cask.

Question 14

What is Demerara rum?

Answer 14

A light rum from Guyana distilled from molasses and aged over a decade before release.

Question 15

What is dark rum?

Answer 15

Distilled twice in a pot still and aged for years prior to release. The color comes from caramel.

Question 16

What is Rhum Agricole?

Answer 16

Produced from sugarcane juice in a column still on Martinique.

Question 17

What is Rhum Ambré?

Answer 17

Martinique Rhum Agricole aged for 18mos in barrel

Question 18

What is the southernmost AOC in France?

Answer 18

Martinique AOC

Question 19

What is Cachaça?

Answer 19

A Brazilian spirit produced from fermented sugarcane juice (free-run).

Question 20

What is an example of a light sipping rum?

Answer 20

Mount Gay (Barbados) - time in barrel gives more flavor and complexity.

Question 21

What do Vieux, Hors d’Age, and VO indicated on a bottle of Rhum Agricole?

Answer 21

3 years in oak

Question 22

What do VSOP and XO indicate (respectively) on a bottle of Rhum Agricole?

Answer 22

VSOP: 4 years
XO: 6 years

Question 23

What does the age statement on a bottle of Spanish rum mean?

Answer 23

Age on the bottle is the oldest rum in the mix (think soleras).

Question 24

What does the age statement on a bottle of English rum mean?

Answer 24

Youngest rum in the blend.

Question 25

What does the age statement on a bottle of French rum mean?

Answer 25

The entire bottle must be of that age.

Question 26

What are the legal restrictions on age statements for rum, general?

Answer 26

There must be "some" of that age in the bottle; could be just a splash.

Question 27

What is the English style of rum, and where is it produced?

Answer 27

Richest, most aromatic, generally distilled in pot stills and oak aged for several years. Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana

Question 28

What is the Spanish style of rum, and where is it produced?

Answer 28

Light, often white, generally distilled in column stills and often unaged. Cuba, DR, Trinidad, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama

Question 29

What is the French style of rum, and where is it produced?

Answer 29

Rhum Agricole - they do not produce rum from molasses. Generally distilled in a column still. Martinique, Guadeloupe, Reunion Island, Haiti.

Question 30

Where is Tequila produced?

Answer 30

Primarily around the city of Tequila in Jalisco (west coast, midway down). Other states of production are: Nayarit (north of Jalisco) Guanajuato (east of Jalisco) Michoacán (south of Jalisco) Tamaulipas (on the east coast of Mexico, opposite Nayarit)

Question 31

What is tequila produced from?

Answer 31

The heart of the blue agave plant, minimum 51%.

Question 32

How long is blanco Tequila aged?

Answer 32

Not at all - bottled immediately after distillation.

Question 33

How long is reposado Tequila aged?

Answer 33

60 days to 1 year

Question 34

How long is añejo Tequila aged?

Answer 34

1-3 years

Question 35

How long is extra añejo Tequila aged?

Answer 35

3+ years

Question 36

What is mixto Tequila?

Answer 36

Tequila that is not 100% blue agave.

Question 37

Where is Mezcal primarily produced?

Answer 37

Oaxaca (west coast of Mexico, close to the Guatemala border)

Question 38

What are the principal types of agave for Mezcal?

Answer 38

Maguey (Agave americana) | Espadin (Agave angustifolia)

Question 39

What is the latin name for Blue Agave?

Answer 39

Agave tequiliana

Question 40

What is Kirsch de Fougerolles?

Answer 40

An AOC for distillate of red and black cherries in the Haut-Saône and Vosges départements west of Alsace