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What are the 4 countries that primarily produce whisk(e)y and how do they spell it?
1) Scotland (Whisky)
2) Canada (Whisky)
3) Ireland (Whiskey)
4) United States (Whiskey)
What does Uisge beath mean?
Water of life
Main ingredient in Scotch whiskey?
Malted barley (malt dried with PEAT)
What are the 3 things that make a single malt Scotch?
1) Done in a single distillery
2) Used only a single cereal (Barley)
3) Done in a POT still
What do you call Canadian whisky and what flavour is different?
Rye: Spicery and lighter
What is the grain used in Canadian Whisky?
Wheat
What still type does Canadian Whisky use?
Continuous (coffee)
How long is Canadian Whisky aged for?
3 years
What is American Whiskey called?
Bourbon
What needs to be true to make it Bourbon?
1) Must be made in Kentucky
2) 51% corn
What still is used to distill American Whiskey (Bourbon)?
Both the POT and CONTINUOUS (coffee)
How is American Whiskey (Bourbon) aged?
A new white oak barrel for only 2 years
What is Sour mash?
Similar to American Whiskey (Bourbon) because it uses corn.
Something else to come back to this one
What is different between Irish and Scotish Whiskey?
Irish whiskey uses a CLOSED FLOOR DRYING process so the malted barley does not smell peaty.
Irish gets triple pot distilled (makes it very clear)
Irish whickey is often blended
What are the 7 steps to making Whiskey?
sorry long card
1) Malting= Germinating and drying barley to maintain the starches needed for fermentation
2) Peating= Peat is used to dry the malt.
3) Milling= Malt gets cracked to maximize sugar extraction for fermentation
4) Mashing= malt is mixed with hot water in a Mash ton to produce (wort).
5) Fermentation= Wort is cooled and pumped into (wash backs) where fermentation occurs.
6) Distillation= Higher quality whiskey is distilled in pot stills. Lower in column stills.
7) Aging= Barrel aging for 3 years. or 2 in us
Where does tequila come from?
The town Tequila in Jalisco Mexico
What is the main ingredient in Tequila?
51% blue agave
How long does an agave plant take to mature and how large do they get?
8 to 10 years.
Roughly 150 lbs
What is process of hydrolysis in tequila making?
Pina gets chopped up and roasted for 1 to 2 days.
Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction that breaks down the complex sugars in a pina plant into simple sugars (fructose and glucose). = makes it easier for yeast to ferment
How does Milling work in the tequila making process?
After hydrolysis the cooked agave gets crushed to further extract sugars for fermentation and the juice (MOSTO) is then pumped into the fermentation tanks.
The liquid pulp (AGUAMIEL) is fermented
What type of still is used for tequila?
POT still. the slower it destills the clearer the tequila will be.
Sometimes after it gets diluted, filtered and bottled as tequila blanco
What are the most common types of Tequila?
1) Blanco: Un aged.
2) Reposado: Rested. aged 2 to 11 months.
3) Añejo: Aged 1 to 3 years
4) Extra Añejo: Aged more than 3 years
What is Mezcal made from?
Agave. JUST NOT BLUE
How many types of agave is there?
30
Where did Gin originate from?
The Netherlands (Holland)
Who is William of Orange?
The Dutchman
Took over the British crown in 1688 and brought over genever from holland to britain
Main ingredient in gin?
Juniper berries
What still is used for gin?
Column still=Continous=Coffee
What was the Gin Craze?
Unlicensed gin production was allowed.
7500 london gin shops by 1740.
2 parts spirit 1 part water sold for 1penny.
Everyone was drinking (including babies) lots were dying.
What happened because of the Gin Craze?
The Gin Act (1751)
Brought production under control
What happened with Gin in the 1830s?
London gin emerged
Column still invented
What happened with Gin in 1816?
Tonic was invented to combat malaria
How was Gin made in the 13th century?
Europeans used pot stills
When was genever invented?
16th century Netherlands (it was medicinal)