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Vodka and Gin and General Terms Flashcards

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Haymans Old Tom Gin

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A gin recipe popular in the 18th century England. Known for being sweeter than London Dry Gin, but slightly drier than Dutch Genever.

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What is a spirit?

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The product of a distillation of a fermented beverage.

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At what temperature does ethyl alcohol boil to?

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Approx 173 degrees F (78 degress Celsius) at sea level.

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What is fractional distillation?

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The separation of two liquids with different boiling points.

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Who developed the alembic still?

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Jābir ibn Hayyān, an eighth-century Arabic chemist-alchemist.

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What is an alembic still?

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The precursor to the pot still.

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What are alternative names to a continuous still?

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Coffey, column, patent still

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What is the process of a pot still?

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Fermented liquor (the wash) is placed into a closed vessel
-heat is applied directly to the vessel
-this vaporizes the ethyl alcohol, water and congeners (volatile molecules, such as esters and other alcohols and aldehydes) which contribute to flavors of a spirit
-vapors travel up through the vessel into a condensing coil
-vapors are cooled and condensed into liquid and collected into a separate vessel

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What are congeners?

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Volatile molecules such as esters, other alcohols, and aldehydes, which contribute to the flavors of a spirit

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What are the foreshots?

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The first vapors to condense
-distiller discards these as these contain congeners such as methanol, a toxic alcohol

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What are discarded in the distillation process?

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The foreshots and the tails.

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Why are the tails discarded?

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Unwanted congeners tend to collect in the distillate residue.

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What is a continuous distillation?

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A still with two columns and uses steam, rather than direct heat to vaporize the alcohol.
It tends to create a cleaner, higher alcohol spirit with fewer cogeners.

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What are the two columns of the continuous still?

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The analyzer and the rectifier.

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Where do brown spirits gain color and character?

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From aging in oak casks.

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How are spirits flavored?

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-Many depend on the base fermented material (and oak)
-others flavored with additives by maceration, percolation or infusion

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What is maceration?

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Steeping a flavoring agent in alcohol at lower temperatures (slow and cold).

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What is infusion?

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Steeping a flavoring agent in alcohol at higher temperatures (swift and hot).

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What is percolation?

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-method that resembles coffee brewing
-the base spirit is pumped through the flavoring material

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How are lower quality spirits flavored?

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-artificial flavors and color additives

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How is the alcohol content of a spirit legally required to appear on US and EU labels?

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As abv

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Until 1980, how did Britain base its legal calculation of the alcoholic strength of liquor on a simple test or proof?

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The ability of gunpowder to combust when doused in the spirit

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What is American proof?

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Twice the percentage of alcohol by volume

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24
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Is labeling by proof required by law?

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No

25
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What is the range of ABV for liquers?

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15-30%

26
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What is the range of ABV for spirits like vodka or gin?

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40-50%

27
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What is range of ABV for spirits like whiskey, brandy, and rum?

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over 60% ABV

28
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What is a cask strength whisky?

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those that are not diluted with water prior to bottling.

29
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What is vodka?

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A clear, neutral liquor, distilled in a continuous still and usually charcoal filtered.

30
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What is vodka distilled from?

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Different bases such as potatoes, rye, grapes, beets and molasses

31
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The more distillations a vodka undergoes, the stronger and purer the final spirit will be?

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True

32
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What is the minimum ABV for vodka in the EU?

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37.5%

33
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If a vodka is not made from potatoes or grain in the EU, must a producer state the products that are used in the fermentation?

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Yes

34
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Name two quality producers of Russina vodka.

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Stolichnaya and Ikon

35
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Name two premium vodkas from Poland.

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Chopin (a potato vodka)
Belvedere

36
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Name a French vodka distilled in a post still.

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Grey Goose

37
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Tito’s is distilled from what ingredient? What still is used?

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Corn
Pot still

38
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Where is Ketel One made?

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Netherlands

39
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Who owns Smirnoff?

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Diageo owns it
-of Russian origin but has not been produced in Russia for almost a century

40
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What is aquavit?

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A Scandinavian liquor
-clear spirit made from fermented potato or grain
-Flavored with Caraway root and other aromatics
-basically flavored vodka

41
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What is soju (Korean) / shochu (Japanese)

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Distilled liquors traditionally made from rice and grains
-now commonly produced from potato tapioca
-similar to unflavored vodka in character
-not filtered through charcoal

42
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What is awamori?

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An Okinawan style of shochu
-distilled from long grain indica rice

43
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What is gin?

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Essentially flavored vodka

44
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How is gin made?

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Essentially vodka flavored with juniper berry, citrus, cardamom, coriander, anise, etc. and redistilled.

45
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What is London Dry Gin?

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Most modern gins
-indicates a method rather than a geographical origin
-made with a wide proprietary blend of botanical flavorings and can be subtly or startlingly distinct in character
-contains a noticeable citrus and spice element-orange peel, anise, cardamom, coriander, nutmeg, angelica root

46
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List a few popular London Dry Gins

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Beefeater
Tanqueray
Bombay SApphire
Gordon’s
Boodles

47
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Who developed the first crude gin as a medicinal oil known as genever (jenever)?

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Sylvius de Bouve, a Dutch doctor in the 16th Century

48
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What is genever?

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The Dutch precursor to gin, produced in a pot still and sweeter and less alcoholic than London Dry Gin.

49
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What are the dominant aromatics in genever?

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Juniper and malt
-it may be aged in oak casks

50
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What is oude Genever?

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The traditional style, incorporating >15% malt wine.

51
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What is malt wine?

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A distillate of corn, rye, and wheat.

52
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What is jonge genever?

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A Cleaner, more neutral genever with less malt
-jonge means young

53
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What is Corenwyn?

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A cask aged genever in which malt wine composes at least 51% of the distillate.
Translates to corn wine

54
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What is the difference in style between Plymouth and London Dry?

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Plymouth is fuller in body, and more aromatic.

55
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Where is Plymouth from?

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England
-revived in 1996
-proper gin for Pink Gin cocktail

56
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What is Old Tom Gin?

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Lightly sweetened gin - the Tom in the Tom Collins cocktail.
-base of the Martinez cocktail

57
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What distillery revived Old Tom gin?

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Hayman’s Distillery

58
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Name three producers of Old Tom Gin.

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Haymans
Ransom
Tanqueray

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