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Scotch/whiskey/rye/etc Flashcards

1
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highland distilleries

A 
aberfeldy
ardmore
ben nevis
dalmore
dalwhinnie
glengoyne
glenmorangie
loch lomand
oban
speyburn
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yamazaki distillery

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owned by suntory est 1923. highly lauded. single malt 12 yr, single malt 18 yr - which one 6 consecutive double yield medals 2008-2013

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hakushu distillery

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owned by suntory 12 yr, 18 yr 25 yr plus a limited heavily peated sherry cask

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4
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who produces taketsuru 21 yr

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nikka

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5
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name 3 canadian whiskies

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canadian club
crown royal
seagram’s canadian whisky seagrams vo
glenora - glen breton rare

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6
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name 3 rye whiskies

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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
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7
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bourbon must be produced from a min ____% of ____?

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51% corn

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according to popular belief, who produced kentucky’s 1st whiskey, when?

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rev elijah craig in 1789. pioneered style known as kentucky bourbon

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who are the 2 major tennessee whiskey producers

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jack daniels (owned by brown forman)
george dickel (owned by diageo)
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10
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brands owned by buffalo trace distillery

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buffalo trace
eagle rare
van winkle
blantons
elmer t lee
sazerac
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where does kentucky bourbon get its name from

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named for the french bourbon royal family who helped finance americans during revolutionary war. inspired either by broubon county or bourbon street LA

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type of cask bourbon ageing

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charred new white american oak

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13
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what is straight bourbon

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min 2 yrs age w/o coloring or flavoring. if aged less than 4 yrs distilleer may state length of ageing on bottle

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14
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where is majority of bourbon produced

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+95% kentucky, but maybe legally be produced anywhere in USA

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15
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tennessee whiskey reqs

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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

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what is unique about benjamin prichard’s TN whisky

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grandfathered from 2013 law requiring whiskies labeled TN whisky to undergo lincoln county process; uses pot stills

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17
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what is sour mash whiskey

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portion of spent mash is inc. in newly fermenting mash. eg TN whiskey

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american rye reqs

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min 51% rye aged in new cahrred oak barrels, min 2 yrs age, more bitter and powerful than bourbon distilled to max 80%

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corn whiskey reqs

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min 80% corn, may be aged or unaged, if aged in used oror uncharred new barrels. distilled to max 80%

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what is the lincoln county process

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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

21
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what is blended bourbon

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contains min 51% straight whisky of 1 particular grain type eg blended bourbon whisky blended rye not common

22
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what are of the benefits of using sour mash technique

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helps preserve a conssistent flavour from batch to batch

previous batch used to start new batch
used in production of nearly all bourbon

23
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what is backset

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sour mash

spent yeast etc that is added to next batch

24
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what is the parent company of buffalo trace

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sazerac company

25
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who distills and btls pappy van winkles family reserve whiskies

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buffalo trace distillery (owned by sazerac co)

26
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USSI regulations for bourbon made for us comsumption

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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%)
27
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what is the only style of bourbon t hat stipulates ageing

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straight bourbon min 2 yrs

if labeled straight and aged under 4 yrs must be labeled with duration of ageing

28
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how many operating distilleries are in bourbon county

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none. mostly due to new counties being formed from bourbon county. nothing since prohibiton

29
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types of stills for bourbon

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continous/column still

30
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irish whisky is distilled in what kind of still

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traditional 3 times in a pot still. many today are in continous still

31
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name a peated irish whiskey

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single malt connemarra peat fired

32
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types of scotch

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single malt scotch
single grain scotch
blended malt scotch
blended grain scotch
blended scotch
33
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name a scotch from isle of skye

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talisker

34
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enzymes in malting barley

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amylases, proteases, glucanase, diastase

35
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scotch; what are low wines

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product of 1st distillation about 20% abv which will be redistilled ti become final whiskey

36
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to what can division in irish and scotch whiskey styles be attributed

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english taxes on distilleries final product drove distillation underground; scots heated barley by night and irish added large proportion of unmalted barley in whiskies

37
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irish distilleries

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active:cooley
new midleton
kilbeggan
bushmills
west cork
in process: 
alltech craft
dingle
telling
tullamore
echlinville
38
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eu def of scotch whiskey

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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

39
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eu irish whiskey reqs

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made in ireland mash cereals aged in wood in ireland min 3 yrs

40
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origins of whisky

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ireland 5th cent 1st written record of whiskey production in scotland - 1494

distilled from fermented grains

41
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where is auchentoshan

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lowlands

42
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scotch geographic indications

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highland inc (mull,, jura, skye, orkney)
lowland
speyside
islay
campbelltown
43
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lowland scotch distilleries

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glenkinchie
auchentoshan
bladnoch
daftmil
aisla bay
44
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lowland scotch character

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lightest, least smokey

suitable as an aperitif

45
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campbeltown distilleries

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glen scotia
glengyle – btl as kilerran
springbank

46
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islay distilleries

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ardbeg
bowmore
bruichladdich
bunnahabain
coal ila
kilchoman
lagavulin
laphraoig
port charlotte
47
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island distlleries + assoc islands

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abhainn derg - isle of lewis
arran - isle of arran
highland park - isle of orkney 
jura  - isle of jura
scapa - orkney
taliker - skye
tobermory - mull
48
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speyside distilleries

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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
49
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what is the oldest working whiskey distillery in scotland

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glenturret at 240 years old. near crieff. highlands

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