Scotch/whiskey/rye/etc Flashcards
highland distilleries
aberfeldy ardmore ben nevis dalmore dalwhinnie glengoyne glenmorangie loch lomand oban speyburn
yamazaki distillery
owned by suntory est 1923. highly lauded. single malt 12 yr, single malt 18 yr - which one 6 consecutive double yield medals 2008-2013
hakushu distillery
owned by suntory 12 yr, 18 yr 25 yr plus a limited heavily peated sherry cask
who produces taketsuru 21 yr
nikka
name 3 canadian whiskies
canadian club
crown royal
seagram’s canadian whisky seagrams vo
glenora - glen breton rare
name 3 rye whiskies
george dickel knob creek rye van winkle family reserve rye 13 yr michters single barrel rye whistlepig straight rye sazerac old overholt wild turkey rye bulliet rye templeton tye high west rye old potrero rye dads hat pennsylvania rye
bourbon must be produced from a min ____% of ____?
51% corn
according to popular belief, who produced kentucky’s 1st whiskey, when?
rev elijah craig in 1789. pioneered style known as kentucky bourbon
who are the 2 major tennessee whiskey producers
jack daniels (owned by brown forman) george dickel (owned by diageo)
brands owned by buffalo trace distillery
buffalo trace eagle rare van winkle blantons elmer t lee sazerac
where does kentucky bourbon get its name from
named for the french bourbon royal family who helped finance americans during revolutionary war. inspired either by broubon county or bourbon street LA
type of cask bourbon ageing
charred new white american oak
what is straight bourbon
min 2 yrs age w/o coloring or flavoring. if aged less than 4 yrs distilleer may state length of ageing on bottle
where is majority of bourbon produced
+95% kentucky, but maybe legally be produced anywhere in USA
tennessee whiskey reqs
must be filtered w/maple charcoal prior to ageing (except benjamin prichard)
must be produced in TN
min 51% corn aed in new charred oak barrel
straight bourbon made in tennessee
what is unique about benjamin prichard’s TN whisky
grandfathered from 2013 law requiring whiskies labeled TN whisky to undergo lincoln county process; uses pot stills
what is sour mash whiskey
portion of spent mash is inc. in newly fermenting mash. eg TN whiskey
american rye reqs
min 51% rye aged in new cahrred oak barrels, min 2 yrs age, more bitter and powerful than bourbon distilled to max 80%
corn whiskey reqs
min 80% corn, may be aged or unaged, if aged in used oror uncharred new barrels. distilled to max 80%
what is the lincoln county process
uses sugar maple charcoal to remove some of lighter aldehydic congeners giving remaing spirit a robust full flavour
required by law in 2013 for TN whisky
exception granted to benjamin prichard distillery
what is blended bourbon
contains min 51% straight whisky of 1 particular grain type eg blended bourbon whisky blended rye not common
what are of the benefits of using sour mash technique
helps preserve a conssistent flavour from batch to batch
previous batch used to start new batch
used in production of nearly all bourbon
what is backset
sour mash
spent yeast etc that is added to next batch
what is the parent company of buffalo trace
sazerac company
who distills and btls pappy van winkles family reserve whiskies
buffalo trace distillery (owned by sazerac co)
USSI regulations for bourbon made for us comsumption
produced in us made from grain mixture min 51% corn aged in charred new oak barrels distilled max 160 proof (80% abv) entered into barrel for ageing at max 125 proof btl at 80 proof (40%)
what is the only style of bourbon t hat stipulates ageing
straight bourbon min 2 yrs
if labeled straight and aged under 4 yrs must be labeled with duration of ageing
how many operating distilleries are in bourbon county
none. mostly due to new counties being formed from bourbon county. nothing since prohibiton
types of stills for bourbon
continous/column still
irish whisky is distilled in what kind of still
traditional 3 times in a pot still. many today are in continous still
name a peated irish whiskey
single malt connemarra peat fired
types of scotch
single malt scotch single grain scotch blended malt scotch blended grain scotch blended scotch
name a scotch from isle of skye
talisker
enzymes in malting barley
amylases, proteases, glucanase, diastase
scotch; what are low wines
product of 1st distillation about 20% abv which will be redistilled ti become final whiskey
to what can division in irish and scotch whiskey styles be attributed
english taxes on distilleries final product drove distillation underground; scots heated barley by night and irish added large proportion of unmalted barley in whiskies
irish distilleries
active:cooley new midleton kilbeggan bushmills west cork
in process: alltech craft dingle telling tullamore echlinville
eu def of scotch whiskey
made in scotland from mash of malted barley et other cereal grains
aged in cask min 3 rs in scotland max 700l capcity
no more than 94.8% abv
eu irish whiskey reqs
made in ireland mash cereals aged in wood in ireland min 3 yrs
origins of whisky
ireland 5th cent 1st written record of whiskey production in scotland - 1494
distilled from fermented grains
where is auchentoshan
lowlands
scotch geographic indications
highland inc (mull,, jura, skye, orkney) lowland speyside islay campbelltown
lowland scotch distilleries
glenkinchie auchentoshan bladnoch daftmil aisla bay
lowland scotch character
lightest, least smokey
suitable as an aperitif
campbeltown distilleries
glen scotia
glengyle – btl as kilerran
springbank
islay distilleries
ardbeg bowmore bruichladdich bunnahabain coal ila kilchoman lagavulin laphraoig port charlotte
island distlleries + assoc islands
abhainn derg - isle of lewis arran - isle of arran highland park - isle of orkney jura - isle of jura scapa - orkney taliker - skye tobermory - mull
speyside distilleries
abelour balvenie benriach cragganmore glendronach glen elgin glen grant glenfarclas glenfiddich the glenlivet glen moray glenrothes the macallan the speyside cragellachie - best in show style malt 2015
what is the oldest working whiskey distillery in scotland
glenturret at 240 years old. near crieff. highlands
