USA

Question 1

How many U.S. states were dry by 1915?

Answer 1

20

Question 2

What stopped whisky production in the U.S. in 1917?

Answer 2

WW1.

Production switched to industrial alcohol for the war effort.

Question 3

When was Prohibition signed into law?

Answer 3

Jan 17th, 1920

Question 4

When was Prohibition repealed?

Answer 4

Dec 5th, 1933

Question 5

Where were Americans drinking whisky from during Prohibition?

Answer 5

Canada, Scotland, Ireland

Question 6

When were corn patch and cabin rights instilled in the U.S. that promoted corn based whisky production?

Answer 6

1776

Question 7

Which grain was likely the first for indigenous whisky in the U.S.?

Answer 7

Rye

Question 8

Who brought scientific rigor to whiskey making in Kentucky?

Answer 8

James Crow

Question 9

What did James Crow bring to whisky making in the U.S.?

Answer 9

Sour-mashing
Saccharometers
Ph Testing

Question 10

What is required to call a whiskey “Straight Bourbon”?

Answer 10

2 years in New Oak
Distilled no higher than 80% ABV
>51% Corn
Not higher than 62.5% ABV in Barrel

Question 11

Where did James Crow begin his distilling?

Answer 11

Old Oscar Pepper Distillery

Question 12

Where is Maker’s Mark located?

Answer 12

East of Loretto - Hardin Creek - Kentucky

Question 13

How long has the distillery at Maker’s Mark been producing whiskey?

Answer 13

Since 1805

Question 14

Is there Rye in the mash bill of Maker’s Mark?

Answer 14

No. They use a wheated recipe (Also like Pappy Van Winkle)

Question 15

What is the mash bill of Maker’s Mark?

Answer 15

70% Corn
16% Wheat
14% Malted Barley

Question 16

Who started/restarted Maker’s Mark in 1953?

Answer 16

Bill Samuels Sr.

Question 17

What does Maker’s Mark distill to ABV wise?

Answer 17

65%

Question 18

What stills does Maker’s Mark use?

Answer 18

3 Copper Beer Column stills with Doublers

Question 19

What is the American term for new make?

Answer 19

White Dog

Question 20

Does Maker’s Mark rotate their casks?

Answer 20

Yes,

Question 21

Where is Woodford Reserve located?

Answer 21

West of Lexington - Kentucky

Question 22

How many warehouses does Maker’s Mark have?

Answer 22

19

Question 23

Who hired James Crow to work for them in the 1830’s?

Answer 23

Oscar Pepper - Woodford Reserve

Question 24

How long is Woodford Reserve’s fermentation?

Answer 24

A week

Question 25

What style stills does Woodford Reserve use?

Answer 25

Pot-stills - And triple distilled

Question 26

What was the Woodford Reserve distillery originally called?

Answer 26

Old Oscar Pepper Distillery

Question 27

Where is Wild Turkey located?

Answer 27

East of Lawrenceburg - Kentucky

Question 28

Which Kentucky distiller has the lowest Corn % in their mash?

Answer 28

Wild Turkey - Low 70's%

Question 29

What is a distinct signature of Wild Turkey concerning their barrel filling?

Answer 29

They fill at low ABV - 55%

Question 30

What proof does Wild Turkey bottle at?

Answer 30

101 - 50.5% ABV

Question 31

Where did Wild Turkey get its name?

Answer 31

In the 1940's, it was renamed by Austin Nichols (who bought the Ripy Distillery) because it bourbon was the favored drink at the director's annual wild turkey shoot.

Question 32

What was Wild Turkey originally called?

Answer 32

The Ripy Distillery

Question 33

Who owns Wild Turkey today?

Answer 33

The Campari Group (Also the owner of Skyy vodka & Campari the apertif)

Question 34

Where is Buffalo Trace located?

Answer 34

West of Frankfort - Kentucky

Question 35

What names has Buffalo Trace gone by?

Answer 35

OFC Stagg Schenley Ancient Age Leestown

Question 36

What common or well known bourbon lines are also made by Buffalo Trace?

Answer 36

W. L. Weller Sazerac Handy Buffalo Trace Blanton's Eagle Rare Pappy Van Winkle

Question 37

How many primary recipes does Buffalo Trace have?

Answer 37

5 Wheated Rye/Bourbon 3 Rye recipes

Question 38

How many different aging floors does Buffalo Trace have?

Answer 38

75 split across 3 sites.

Question 39

Which Kentucky distillery is know for a remarkably diverse range with forensic exploration into wood and maturation methods?

Answer 39

Buffalo Trace

Question 40

Which Kentucky distillery is exploring the concentration of Lignin in the different parts of the Oak tree and how it effects the spirit?

Answer 40

Buffalo Trace

Question 41

Where is Jim Beam located?

Answer 41

Between Louisville and Elizabethtown - Kentucky

Question 42

Who started Early Times distillery?

Answer 42

Jim Beam

Question 43

Which bourbon brand is the world's biggest selling?

Answer 43

Jim Beam

Question 44

How many distilleries does Jim Beam have?

Answer 44

2 - One in Clermont and one in Boston (Kentucky)

Question 45

What labels are under the Jim Beam brand?

Answer 45

Old Grand-Dad Old Tub Little Book Baker's Basil Hayden Knob Creek Jim Beam Legent Booker's Old Crow Old Overholt

Question 46

When did Jim Beam start distilling?

Answer 46

1795

Question 47

What is argued to be the oldest/largest/most involved family in whisky in Kentucky?

Answer 47

The Beam family

Question 48

When did Tennessee first become a dry state?

Answer 48

1910

Question 49

Which was the only distillery to immediately start up after the dry state repeal in Tennessee?

Answer 49

Jack Daniel's - 1938

Question 50

How long before the second distillery opened in Tennessee?

Answer 50

25 years - George Dickel - (first bottled 1964)

Question 51

What is the irony of Lynchburg, Tennessee, home to the best selling American Whiskey?

Answer 51

Its a dry county. You cannot even get a taste of the spirit while touring the fascilities.

Question 52

What are the requirements for a whiskey to be called, "Tennessee Whiskey"?

Answer 52

>51% Corn 2 Years in new Oak No higher than 80% ABV at distillation No higher than 62.5% ABV when Barrelled Must go through Lincoln County Process (passed through Sugar maple charcoal)

Question 53

Where is Jack Daniels located?

Answer 53

Cave Springs - Lynchburg - Tennessee

Question 54

What is the Lincoln County Process?

Answer 54

A method of filtration through Sugar Maple Charcoal.

Question 55

From what date onward did the charcoal filtration method get used?

Answer 55

1825

Question 56

What distillery did Jack Daniel's take over to start his label?

Answer 56

Eaton Distillery

Question 57

How many feet of Sugar-Maple Charcoal does Jack Daniel's run their new make through?

Answer 57

10ft

Question 58

How much does Jack Daniel's spend on making and using sugar-maple charcoal each year?

Answer 58

~$1 Million Dollars Annually

Question 59

What Tennessee distiller makes their own barrels?

Answer 59

Jack Daniel's

Question 60

Where is George Dickel located?

Answer 60

Cascade Hollow - North of Tullahoma - Tennessee

Question 61

When did George Dickel start the Cascade distillery that later became George Dickel distillery?

Answer 61

He didnt. He never owned or distilled whiskey. His brother-in-law Victor Shwab bought a 2/3's share in Cascade in 1877 and later purchased the remainder and granted Dickel the rights to bottle and distribute the whiskey.

Question 62

Who was the original and only distiller of Cascade Distillery?

Answer 62

Maclin Davis

Question 63

When did George Dickel distillery officially begin after prohibition?

Answer 63

1958 - Close to the original Cascade Distillery site.

Question 64

Who currently owns George Dickel?

Answer 64

Diageo

Question 65

Where is High West located?

Answer 65

East of Salt Lake City - Utah

Question 66

Who owns and is the distiller at High West?

Answer 66

David Perkins

Question 67

Where did David Perkins get his original spirit stock from to sell and blend prior to his own new make?

Answer 67

MGP in Indiana

Question 68

How many different yeasts has High West & David Perkins explored?

Answer 68

20

Question 69

What elevation is High West at?

Answer 69

7000ft