Spirits & Cocktails Flashcards
1.) Match the following producers with their following spirit:
- Metté a.) Calvados
- Marder b.) Grappa
- Depaz c.) Eau-de-Vie de Poire Williams
- Laberdolive d.) Absinthe
- Jacopo Poli e.) Armagnac
- Pacory f.) Weintrester Gewürztraminer
- Francois Guy g.) Rhum Agricole
1.) 1.c, 2.f,3.g,4.e,5.b,6.a, 7.d.
2.) Uisge Beatha, meaning the water of life, is the traditional name for a.)_______________. Mentioned as early as 1171, a. has a long history in Scotland and Ireland, where it was produced by professional and lay-men alike, in fact by the end of the 18th century Ireland has close to 2,000 home based distillers who were paying minimal taxes on their products. To curb this production, and to garner more funds for the government the b.)__________________ made it illegal to use a still of less than 48 gallons (181.61 L), one had to pay 10£ for a licensing fee, and a tax on each measure of pure alcohol distilled. It is no wonder that c.)______________, a 19th century Irish Tax Collector, perfected the Continuous or Patent still that is named after him to this day, and which was the beginning of d.)___________________ production. In 1860, Andrew Usher Junior, whose father was the first to blend malt whiskies from different distilleries, added d.) to his father’s malt blends, starting the first e.)__________________, named the Old Vatted Glenlivet. Today there are five categories of Scotch whisky: f.)_______________________, Single Grain Scotch Whisky, Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, Blended Grain Scotch Whisky, and e.). These categories were established in the Scotch Whisky Regulations created in g.)________ and going in effect h.)___________. All Scotch Whisky must be made in Scottland, distilled i.)___________ and aged for j.) ___________ years in casks with a maximum capacity of k.)______________.
a. ) Whisky
b. ) British Excise Act of 1823
c. ) Aeneas Coffey
d. ) Grain Whisky
e. ) Blended Whisky
f. ) Single Male Scotch
g. ) 2009
h. ) 2012
i. ) twice
j. ) three
k. ) 700 liters.
Please match the following distilleries or whisk(e)y with their appropriate location:
- Tobermory a. South Cork, Ireland
- Templeton b. Islay, Highlands, Scotland
- Kittling Ridge c. Iowa, USA
- Midleton d. Isle of Mull, Highlands, Scotland
- Springbank e. Frankfort, Kentucky
- Bruichladdich f. Ontario, Canada
- Buffalo Trace g. Campbeltown
1.d, 2.c, 3.f, 4.a, 5.g, 6.b, 7.e.
The apple and pear trees used for the production of the cider that is distilled for Calvados are trained in two different ways a.)_______________ and b.)____________________. The first with higher branches the second with lower branches. Along with Calvados AOP, there are two other AOPs: c.)______________________, where the cider must be distilled twice in a Copper Pot still, and _d.)___________________ where a minimum of 30% Poiré is mandated. c.) became an AOC in e.)_______________ making it the oldest of the three appellations. d.) is the youngest appellation, becoming and AOC in f.) __________, it also has the longest mandatory aging period at g.)__________________ in oak casks no larger than 20 hl. The Calvados AOP itself became an official appellation in h.) __________, it is also the largest of the appellations, encompassing both of the others. Calvados may be distilled in both a continuous still or i.)_________________ , if fermented in i.) it must be distilled j.)__________ times, d.) must be distilled only in i.). c.) which has softer soils, lends itself well to the shallow roots of k.)______________ trees, where as the soils of d.) are clay and limestone which are better suited to the deep roots of l.) _________________ trees. Great Calvados is made by both fruits, with producers like Lemorton who produce m.)________________ labeled Calvados from d.) using mainly l.), and the house Adrien Camut whom produces from c.) who only uses i.) in their Calvados. Camut also produces an n.)__________________, which is Normandy’s equivalent to Pineau de Charentes. There are two AOPs for n.) and those are 0.) ___________________ and ________________________. Calvados can be enjoyed in many ways, on its own after dinner, as an afternoon pick-me-up with coffee (as is historically popular in working class neighbourhoods in Paris), and in cocktails. The p.)________________________, is a cocktail in which Calvados plays the central role with the addition of Benedictine, Yellow Chartreuse and bitters.
a. )Haute Tige
b. ) En Basse Tige
c. ) Calvados Pays d’Auge
d. ) Calvados Domfrontais
e. ) 1942
f. ) 1998
g. ) 3 years
h. ) 1984.
i. ) Copper Pot Still
j. ) two times
k. ) apple
l. ) pear
m. ) vintage
n. ) Pommeau
o. ) Pommeau de Bretagne, Pommeau to Normandy.
p. ) Widow’s Kiss
In the production of Genever the traditional Schiedham process refers to what style of Genever?
Schiedheim refers to the old style or Oude Genever, which may have up to 20g/liter of sugar added to it, and must contain at least 15% Moutwijn, which is the very malty distillate of rye and wheat which is distilled to no more than 45%, Oude Genever may be aged in barrel. Jonge Genever has a maximum of 15% Moutwijn and allows only 10g/l of sugar. Korenwijn – is another old style that which is a blend of pure grain spirit and 51% Moutwijn, it can have up to 10 g/l of sugar added, it is aged in barrel.
Waldhimbeerbrand is a distillate made from what fruit?
Raspberry eau-de-vie in German speaking countries
What fruit is used in Tuica?
Plums, from Romania
a.) _____________ is a spirit that was originally made by freezing hard apple cider, it is now commonly made with grain spirit blended with apple brandy. b.)__________ is the most popular producer of a.). a.) is the main ingredient in one of America’s most classic cocktails that includes real pomegranate grenadine and Lime juice called the c.)________________. Pomegranate grenadine is also an ingredient in this other classic cocktail known as the d.)________________, which combines dry gin, orang juice, grenadine, and e.) __________________. e.) is also an ingredient in one of America’s most famous cocktails named the f.)______________, where it is used to coat an old-fashioned glass, before the addition of simple syrup and bitters is added, and before the addition of Rye Whiskey, or originally Brandy. The f.) originates out of g.)______________. g.) is also the home of the h.) ____________________ which blends Rye Whiskey, with i.)________________, sweet vermouth, j.) ___________, Angostura Bitters and Peychaud bitters. h.) is located to the north of Bordeaux, it has six regions k.) __________, __________, __________, ___________, ____________, and Bois Ordinaires. In the Bois Ordinaires area i.) is made on two islands l.)______________ and m.)______________. n.) ____________makes a i.) from m.) named Fine Island i.). i.) is distilled twice in a copper pot still, its older relative to the south o.) _____________ can be distilled in the same way but 95% of its production is distilled with p.)______________ only once.
a. ) Apple Jack
b. ) Laird’s
c. ) Jack Rose
d. ) Monkey Gland
e. ) Absinthe or Pastis f.) Sazerac
g. ) New Orleans
h. ) Vieux Carré
i. ) Cognac
j. ) Benedictine
k. ) Grande Champagne, Petite Champagne, Borderies, Fins Bois, Bons Bois.
l. ) Ile d’Oléron
m. ) Ile de Ré
n. ) Camus
o. ) Armagnax
p. ) Copper Continuous Still
