Spirits/Distillates Flashcards
What kind of fruit is used to produce the base spirit for both Pisco and Armagnac?
Grapes
Where did Cachaça originate?
Brazil
Name a Cachaça producer.
Avau
Pitu
Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, and Boodles are all examples of which style of gin?
London Dry
Denmark has a strong reputation for producing fine examples of this spirit? The spirit is based from? Prominent flavors in the spirit?
a) Acquavit
b) Grain (like an infused Vodka)
c) Dill, Caraway
Cuba and Puerto Rico are most often associated with the production of which type of rum?
Light rum
Which type of plant must be used as a sugar source in the production of eau-de-vie?
Fruit
American Whiskey may be produced from a base of all of the follwoing:
Corn
Wheat
Rye
Barley
What is the minimum percentage of blue agave spirit required in Tequila?
51%
An intense aroma of smoke, iodine, and salt is most likely encountered in Scotch from which of the following regions?
Islay
What is the major differentiation between Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey?
Maple charcoal filtration
T/F: A liqueur is always going to have a higher sugar content than a spirit.
True
Which of the following categories of spirits does Fernet fall within?
Amaro
In which French region is Armagnac produced?
Gascony
The literal translation of “eau de vie” is _____.
Water of Life
Name the country of origin and the prominent flavor(s) for the following liqueurs:
a) Fernet Branca
b) Averna
c) Campari
d) Aperol
e) Jagermeister
f) Cointreau
g) Maraschino
h) Chambord
i) Creme de Cassis
j) Midori
k) Sloe Gin
a) Italy; herbs, roots, spices
b) Italy; herbs, roots, citrus
c) Italy; herbs, quinine, rhubarb, orange
d) Italy; orange, gentian, rhubarb
e) Germany; herbs, spices, roots
f) France; orange
g) Croatia; cherry
h) France; black raspberry
i) France; black currant
j) Japan; melon
k) England; sloe berries
Name the country of origin and the prominent flavor(s) for the following liqueurs of cream/nut/coffee base:
a) Bailey’s
b) Tia Maria
c) Kahlua
d) Godiva
e) Frangelico
f) Amaretto
a) Ireland; cream, chocolate
b) Jamaica; coffee (rum base)
c) Mexico; coffee (rum base)
d) Belgium; chocolate
e) Italy; hazelnut
f) Italy; almond, apricot
Where is Drambuie produced? Flavors? What kind of base?
a) Scotland
b) Heather, honey, and herbs
c) Scotch whiskey
Name (4) anise flavored liqueurs and their country of origin?
a) Pernod; France
b) Ricard; France
c) Sambuca; Italy
d) Gallianio; Italy
Where is Liquor 43 produced? Primary flavors?
a) Spain
b) Vanilla, herbs, spice
Give the primary flavors for the following French liqueurs:
a) Chartreuse
b) Benedictine
c) St. Germain
a) herbs, plants, roots, spices
b) angeleca, lemon, hyssop
c) Elderflower
Vodka is typically distilled in what kind of still?
Continuous still
What is the primary similarity and difference between Korean Soju and Japanese Schochu?
Both are typically produced from grain and are similar to unflavored vodkas. Schochu, however, is not filtered through charcoal
What is key to instill flavor in gin from a vodka base?
A redistillation
Where was gin conceived?
Holland
This medicinal oil was actually the first gin produced?
Genever
The dominant elements of a Genever gin?
Juniper Berries
Malt
Name the four styles of gin produced and a distiller that produces each style?
a) London Dry - Bombay Sapphire (English)
b) Genever - Genevieve (Dutch)
c) Plymouth Dry - Plymouth (England)
d) Old Tom - Hayman’s (England)
What kind of gin is part of the recipe for the original Tom Collins?
Old Tom Gin
The father of Bourbon Whiskey? The year he distilled his first Kentucky whiskey?
a) Reverend Elijah Craig
b) 1789
Does Bourbon whiskey have to be produced within the state of Kentucky?
No
The two producers of Tennessee whiskey? What is a necessary part of the whiskey making process before aging for Tennesee whiskey?
a) George Dickel, Jack Daniels
b) Maple charcoal filtration
What does it mean to be a sour mash whiskey?
Where a portion a spent mash is incorporated into a newly fermenting mash
Requirements for American Rye?
51% rye
Aged for minimum 2yrs in new, charred oak barrels
Three exmaples of an American Rye whiskey?
Sazerac
Bulleit
Whistle Pig
Two types of casks typically used in the again of Scotch whiskey?
Bourbon
Sherry
Distilleries in these two regions of Scotland have a more pronounced peat flavor.
Coastal
Island
What makes a Scotch whiskey a Single Malt Whiskey?
Produced in Scotland at a single distillery in a pot still from malted barley, distilled at least twice, aged for at least three years (most age for 10+) and at least 40% abv
The six delimited areas of Scotch whiskey production and two prominent distillers in each:
Islay: Lagavulin, Laphroaig Highlands: Oban, Dalwhinnie Lowlands: Auchentoshan, Glenkinchie Speyside: Macallan, Glenlivet Campbelltown: Glen Scotia, Glengyle Islands: Talisker, Highland Park
Ireland’s three remaining active distilleries.
Old Bushmills
Cooley
New Middleton (Jameson)
Differentiate Scotch and Irish whiskey.
Irish whiskey uses less malted barley as a result of a tax laid on the process by the English in the 18th century. They also do not use peat for fuel in the malting process. The resulting whiskies are lighter and less smoky
Requirements for Irish whiskey:
Distilled at least 3 times
Aged at least 3 years
Name the four whiskies the Suntory distillery produces.
Yamazaki
Hibiki
Hakashu
Suntory
Where is Cognac located relative to Bordeaux?
Northeast of
The six regions of Cognac listed in descending order of quality?
Grand Champagne Petit Champagne Borderies Fin Bois Bons Bois Bois Ordinaire
The preferred soil type for Cognac? The two regions with the highest content of?
a) Chalk
b) Grand Champagne, Petit Champagne
The most planted grape of Cognac? Two permissible blending grapes?
a) Ugni Blanc
b) Folle Blanche (Picpoul), Colombard
These are the terms for the two distillations in Cognac.
a) 1st - Brouillis
b) 2nd - Bonne Chauffe
Traditional barrel sources for Cognac aging?
Limousin and Troncais forests
Detail the labeling terminology for age on a bottle of Cognac.
a) VS - 2 years in cask
b) VSOP - 4 years in cask
c) XO - 6 years in cask
Which of the two, Cognac or Armagnac, are you more likely to find a vintage bottling?
Armagnac
To be labeled Fine Champagne Cognac, what must be true of the brandy in bottle?
Must have been distilled from wines in either Grand Champagne/Petit Champagne with at least 50% from Grand Champagne
Armagnac is located where relative to Bordeaux?
Southeast of
This still is most common in the distillation of Cognac?
Charentais pot still
The three subregions of Armagnac?
Bas-Armagnac
Haut-Armagnac
Armagnac Tenareze
The four authorized grapes of Armagnac production.
Ugni Blanc
Folle Blanche (Picpoul)
Colombard
Baco Blanc
Typical number of distillations in Armagnac production? What kind of still?
a) One
b) Continuous
Detail Armagnac labeling terminology for age.
a) VS - 1-3yrs in barrel
b) VSOP - 4-9yrs in barrel
c) XO or Hors d’Age
Vintage Armagnac must spend at least __________ years in cask before release?
10
Two prominent Armagnac producers.
Chateau Laubade
Larressingle
Brandy de Jerez is aged in what kind of system? Produced from which grapes?
a) Solera
b) Airen, Palomino
Portuguese brandies are known as?
Aguardente
The Italian synonym for Ugni Blanc?
Trebbiano
Name the pomace spirit from each of the following three countries:
a) France
b) Italy
c) Portugal
a) Marc
b) Grappa
c) Bagaceira
Two of Italy’s best Grappa producers.
Poli
Nonnino
What is Calvados distilled from?
Apple and pear ciders
The three delimited regions of Calvados? Which is the premiere appellation of the three?
a) Calvados AOP, Calvados Pays d’Auge AOP, Calvados Domfrontais AOP
b) Pays d’Auge
Production standards for Calvados.
Distilled twice in a copper pot still
Aged a minimum of two years
What does “perry” refer to in Calvados production?
Pear cider (used as base distillate)
Napoleon Calvados requires how many years of aging before release?
6 (could also be labeled as XO or Hors d’Age)
Technically, what is Kirschwasser?
An Eau de Vie distilled from black cherries
Match the plum eau de vie’s to their corresponding countries:
a) Slivovitz
b) Mirabelle
c) Prunelle
d) Quetsch
a) Balkan Peninsula (Serbia, Bosnia, Hertzegovinia)
b) France
c) France
d) France
The four major styles of rum?
Light Rum
Dark Rum
Demarara Rum
Rhum Agricole
Demarara rum is specific to?
Guyana
Where is Mount Gay distilled?
Barbados
Rhum Agricole is specific to?
Martinique (French Carribbean Island)
Technically speaking, what is Angostura bitters?
A cocktail bitters from a Trinidad rum base
Tequila production is found in these five Mexican states?
Jalisco (primary) Michoacan Guanajuato Nayarit Tamaulipas
Explain tequila labeling terminology.
a) Silver - unaged after distillation
b) Reposado - 60 days to one year in cask
c) Anejo - one to three years in cask
d) Extra Anejo - minimum 3 years cask aging
T/F: All tequila is Mezcal but not all Mezcal is tequila.
True; Mezcal uses maguey (American Agave) and Espadin agave as opposed to Blue Agave in its production
Primary state of Mezcal production?
Oaxaca
T/F: Mezcal and Tequila share the same labeling terminology for age?
True
