Whiskey Flashcards
What word does whiskey derive from?
Uisgebeatha (water of life)
Who was the first bourbon producer?
Rev. Elijah Craig
What are the requirements for Bourbon?
At least 51% corn, aged in charred new American oak casks for at least one day.
What is Straight Whiskey (Bourbon, Rye, etc.)?
Whiskey aged in barrel for at least two years.
If an American whiskey does not list an age statement…
…then the whiskey is at least 4 years old.
What are the requirements for Tennessee Whiskey?
Produced in Tennessee, filtered with maple charcoal prior to aging. It is a sour mash style.
Sour mash (or sourmash) is a process used in the distilling industry that uses material from an older batch of mash to start the fermentation of a new batch, analogous to the making of sourdough bread with a starter.
What is sour mash?
A style of whiskey where a portion of spent mash is incorporated into the fermenting mash.
Who are the two producers of Tennessee whiskey?
Jack Daniels (Brown Forman) George Dickel (Diageo)
What are the requirements for rye?
Minimum 51% rye
What are the requirements for corn whiskey?
Minimum 80% corn - may be aged in used or uncharred new barrels.
What term replaces the old Scottish term “Pure Malt?”
Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
What are the requirements for Scotch?
Produced and bottled in Scotland. Distilled a minimum of two times. Aged at least three years. Distilled at a max 94.8% abv. Bottled at minimum 40% abv.
It is allowed to include the year of distillation on a bottle of scotch?
Yes, as long as the year of bottling, period of maturation, or age (in years) is also included.
What are the requirements for Irish whiskey?
Traditionally distilled 3x in a pot still - may be distilled in a continuous still.
Aged at least three years.
What is Connemara?
A single-malt, peat-fired Irish whiskey produced by Cooley.
