Spirits Flashcards
In what states could you find a producer making both Tequila and Mezcal?
3
Tamaulipas
Michoacan
Guanajuato
What is aging requirements for all Armagnac before age indications?
Prior to release, Armagnac must be aged in oak casks of 400-420 liters for a min. 1 year (from April 1 of the year following the harvest)
the minimum ABV of Scotch Whisky
0.4
Calvados to must ratio for Pommeau de Normandie
1/3 Calvados, 2/3 must
What style of whiskey is Seagram’s VO?
Canadian
What is the minimum percentage of rye required in the mash bill of American rye whiskey?
51%
Ungava gin
Canada
Bluecoat gin
USA
Post 1997, what is the maximum planting density for a Calvados orchard labeled “Haut-Tige?”
150 trees/hectare
Chateau de Briat armagnac owner
Baron de Pichon Longueville
Chateau de Tariquet armagnac owner
Yves Grassa
Armagnac ages
VS / *** : 1-3 years old
VSOP / Napoleon : 4-9 years old
XO / Hors d’Age : min. 10 years
XO Premium : min. 20 years
Vintage: min. 10 years
Sazerac cocktail
Sugar cube + Peychaus bitter
Cognac (rye whiskey)
Glass rinsed with absinthe
Ice
B52 cocktail
Kalua - 1st layer
Beileys - 2nd layer
Grand Marnier/Cointreau/Triple Sec - 3rd layer
Fire up?
White Russian cocktail
1 part Kalua
1 part Vodka
1 part cream
Ice
Kalua
Coffee liqueur
Mexico
Pina Colada
Rum
Pineappe juice
Cocos milk or sirup
Cream
Ice (shake)
Cosmopolitan cocktail
30 citron vodka
15 Cointreau
15 lime juice
30 cranberries juice (mors)
Shake with ice
Strain
No ice
Rusty nail cocktail
2 parts Scotch (or 1 part)
1 part Drambuie
On ice
No shake
Manhattan
50 whiskey (bourbon)
25 Vermouth
Bitter
Ice
Stir
Strain
No ice
Long Island
5+3
15 vodka
15 rum
15 tequilla
15 gin
15 Triple sec
30 sugar sirop
25 lemon juice
Ice
Splash of cola on top
States of production of tequilla
5
Jalisco
Guanajuato
Tamaulipas
Nayarit
Michoacan
Tequilla joven
Less than 2 months
Tequilla reposado
2-12 months
Tequilla anejo
1-3 years
Tequilla extra anejo
More than 3 years
Largest mezcal producing state
Oaxaca
Minimum of agave sugar in mezcal
80%
Minimum of agave sugar in tequilla
0.51
State of production of Bacanora
Sonora
Main type of agave for mezcal
Agave angustifolia (espadin)
3 types of mezcal from 2016
- Mezcal (industrial made)
- Mezcal Artesanal (more traditional techniques)
- Mezcal Ancestral (most traditional techniques)
Cuba libre cocktail recipe and year of the creation
1900
30 rum
90 Coca-Cola
Lime wedge
Ice
Squeeze lime
Mint Julep
4 to 5 mint sprigs (leaves only)
2 sugar cubes (or 15 simple syrup)
70 bourbon whiskey
Crushed Ice
Garnish: mint sprig
Americano cocktail
50 ml Campari
50 ml sweet vermouth
30-60 soda water (to taste)
Ice cubes
Garnish: lemon twist or orange slice
CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL
90 ml Chilled Champagne
10 ml Cognac
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Few drops of Grand Marnier (optional)
1 sugar cube
FRENCH CONNECTION
35 ml Cognac
35 ml Amaretto
MARGARITA
50 ml Tequila 100% Agave
20 ml Triple Sec
15 ml Freshly Squeezed Lime Juice
VESPER
45 ml Gin
15 ml Vodka
7.5 ml Lillet Blanc
ALEXANDER
30 ml Cognac
30 ml Crème de Cacao (Brown)
30 ml Fresh Cream
AVIATION
45 ml Gin
15 ml Maraschino Luxardo
15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
1 Bar Spoon Crème de Violette
CLOVER CLUB
45 ml Gin
15 ml Raspberry Syrup
15 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Few Drops of Egg White
Ice
Shake
Strain
JOHN COLLINS
45 ml Gin
30 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
15 ml Simple Syrup
60 ml Soda Water
Stir
MANHATTAN
50 ml Rye Whiskey
20 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
1 dash Angostura Bitters
NEGRONI
30 ml Gin
30 ml Bitter Campari
30 ml Sweet Red Vermouth
OLD FASHIONED
45 ml Bourbon or Rye Whiskey
1 Sugar Cube
Few Dashes Angostura Bitters
Few Dashes Plain Water
Flip style of cocktails?
Adding egg yolk
The only IBA flip cocktail
Porto flip
SAZERAC
50 ml Cognac
10 ml Absinthe
1 Sugar Cube
2 Dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
SIDECAR
50 ml Cognac
20 ml Triple Sec
20 ml Fresh Lemon Juice
Shake with ice
Strain
Dunkel
Lager
American Pale Ale - who first introduced this style?
Sierra Nevada
Lambic yeasts
3
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Brettanomyces lambicus
First American ale
Anchor Liberty ale
1975
IBU
International bitterness unit
Microbrewery
Small brewery generally producing less than 15,000 barrels per year. Sales primarily off premises.
Faro
A mix of lambic and a lighter brewed beer.
Belgian Candy Sugar is added for sweetness.
Rauchbier
Smoked lager beer, famously produced in Bamberg (Franken, Germany)
California common
Lager fermented at warmer than normal temperatures (i.e. Anchor Steam)
Kolsch
Ale from Cologne (Germany) fermented at cooler than normal temperatures
Noble hops
4
Hallertau
Saaz
Tettnang
Spalt
What beer is known as liquid bread?
Doppelbock
Belgian trappist breweries
6
Orval
Chimay
Rochefort
Westvleteren
Westmalle
Achel
Minimum corn on bourbon
0.51
Minimum corn in corn whiskey
0.8
Minimum rye in rye whiskey
0.51
Minimum ageing of Scotch
3 years
Minimum ageing of Irish whiskey
3 years
Omar
Whiskey Taiwan
Armorik
Whiskey France
The last open distillery in Ireland
2021
Killarney
Виски Коннора Макгрегора
Proper Twelve
Ireland
Teeling
Ireland whiskey
Redbreast
Irish whiskey
How many distilleries are they in Ireland
2021
38
Peated irish whiskey
Connemara
Poitin
Irish distillate
Different ingredients
Not aged
Amrut
India
Whisky
Paul John
India
Whisky
Na-Geanna
Irish whiskey
Hennessy
House Stark game of thrones set
Dalwhinnie
House Lannister game of thrones set
Lagavulin
House Targarien game of thrones set
Cardhu
The nights watch
Game of thrones set
Oban
Six kingdoms
Game of thrones set
Mortlach
Whisky Bible author
Jim Murray