Spirits

Question 1

Continuous Still aka

Answer 1

Coffey, Patent, Column

Question 2

Vodka producers

Answer 2

Titos (corn, Texas), Grey Goose (French), Chopin (potato, Poland), Belvedere (Poland), Stolichnaya (Russia), Ketel One (Holland)

Question 3

Acquavit

Answer 3

Scandanavian grain based liqour flavored with caraway (essentially flavored vodka)

Question 4

Soju

Answer 4

Korean distilled liquor traditionally made from rice and grains but now commonly produced from potato tapioca, very similar to vodka

Question 5

Shochu

Answer 5

Japanese distilled liquors traditionally made from rice and grains but now commonly produced from potato tapioca. not charcoal filterd but otherwise similar to vodka

Question 6

gin botanicals

Answer 6

juniper berries, orange and lemon peel, anise, cardamom, coriander, nutmeg, angelica root

Question 7

London Dry gin producers

Answer 7

Beefeater, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Gordon’s, and Boodles.

Question 8

Genever

Answer 8

produced in a pot still, and sweeter but less alcoholic than London Dry Gin. Juniper and malt are the dominant aromatics in Genever, and the gin may be aged in oak casks, taking on color and roundness from the wood. Producers: Bols, Old Duff

Question 9

oude

Answer 9

Traditional Genever style minimum 15% “malt wine”: a distillate of corn, rye and wheat.

Question 10

jonge

Answer 10

More neutral Genever style, less malt

Question 11

Oude

Answer 11

Genever style cask-aged version in which malt wine comprises at least 51% of the distillate.

Question 12

Plymouth

Answer 12

Gin style revived in 1996 only produced by Plymouth. fuller in body than London Dry Gin, and very aromatic. It is the proper gin for a Pink Gin cocktail

Question 13

Old Tom

Answer 13

English Gin that is lightly sweetened. Hayman’s has repopularized the style. the “Tom” in the classic Tom Collins cocktail and the base of the 19th century Martinez cocktail, possibly the precursor to the Martini

Question 14

rum styles

Answer 14

light, dark, demerara, rhum agricole

Question 15

light rum

Answer 15

distilled by the continuous method and filtered with charcoal after a short period of cask aging to remove any color; it is best suited for mixing, as it has little character. However, some light styles, such as Mount Gay from Barbados, are golden in color and have gained complexity from time in cask

Question 16

Demerara

Answer 16

rum style unique to Guyana, distilled from molasses and sometimes aged for over a decade prior to release

Question 17

Cachaca

Answer 17

Brazilian spirit that provides the base for the caipirinha cocktail, is produced from fermented sugarcane and is essentially light rum

Question 18

Dark rum

Answer 18

fuller in body, obviously darker in color, and dominated by more complex caramel notes, rather than the simple suggestion of sweetness in most light rums. Quality dark rums, such as those produced in Jamaica, may be distilled twice in pot stills and aged for a number of years prior to release; this darkens the spirit but the final color is almost always achieved by adding caramel

Question 19

rhum agricole

Answer 19

French style, produced mainly on Martinique—the Martinique AOC can claim to be the southernmost Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée in France, despite its location in the sunny Caribbean! Rhum agricole may only be produced from sugarcane juice; column distillation is mandated in Martinique.

Question 20

Tequila areas of production

Answer 20

product of Mexico, primarily produced in and around the city of the same name in the western state of Jalisco. The states of Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Nayarit, and Michoacán also have limited regions of production

Question 21

Tequila

Answer 21

produced from the fermented juice of the cooked piña (pineapple), the heart of the blue agave plant. However, only the best Tequila is actually produced with 100% blue agave juice; most Tequila is mixto, with law mandating a minimum 51% blue agave—other sugars make up the remainder of the ferment. Distillation either occurs in a traditional pot still (twice) or by the continuous method

Question 22

Tequila styles

Answer 22

Blanco/silver: no aging, bottled immediately
Reposado: aging 60 days to 1 year in oak casks
Anejo: 1-3 years in cask
Extra Anejo: min 3 years in cask

Question 23

Mezcal

Answer 23

previously a term for all agave spirits inclusive of Tequila. Today, a separate regulated DO of Mexico. made principally in the state of Oaxaca, but the DO encompasses nine states and is governed by the Consejo Regulador del Mezcal. 90% of Mezcal is a distillate of Agave Espadín. the distilled liquor produced from fermented agave