Whiskey

Question 1

Blended Whiskey examples

Answer 1

Canadian Mist Jameson Irish Mist Seagrams Seven Johnnie Walker

Question 2

Mashing

Answer 2

The process of combining a mix of grain (typically malted barley with supplementary grains such as corn, sorghum, rye, or wheat = Grain Bill) and water and heating the mixture. Allows the enzymes in the malt to break down the starch

Question 3

Stills for making whiskey are typically made out of what?

Answer 3

Copper

Question 4

Blended Whiskey

Answer 4

A blend of straight whiskeys less expensive spirits and Neutral Grain Spirits NGS and may also contain flavorings and colorings. Higher proof less aged spirits are much less expensive to produce than straight whiskey or single malt. NGS % must be disclosed on bottle

Question 5

What if the whiskey has less than 51% of each grain?

Answer 5

Just whiskey

Question 6

Rye Whiskey

Answer 6

mash at least 51% rye

Question 7

Bourbon Whiskey

Answer 7

1. Mash is at least 51% corn 2. aged new charred oak barrels

Question 8

Liquor

Answer 8

An alcoholic drink produced by distillation of grains, fruit, or vegetables that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation

Question 9

Neutral Grain Spirits

Answer 9

Highly concentrated Ethanol produced by repeated distillation Distilled at or above 95% ABV bottled at or above 40% ABV

Question 10

Lincoln County Process

Answer 10

The whiskey is filtered through or steeped in charcoal chips before going into the casks for aging

Question 11

Straight Whiskey

Answer 11

Aged two years or beyond

Question 12

Regulations for American Whiskey

Answer 12

1. Can be no more than 80% ABV 2. Only water can be added to the final product; the addition of coloring or flavoring is prohibited 3. Must be aged in new charred-oak containers except for corn whiskey

Question 13

Types of Scotch Whiskey

Answer 13

1. Grain 2. Malt Highland Lowland Islay Speyside Campbeltown

Question 14

Why is distilling required to reach ABV above 20%?

Answer 14

Because most yeasts cannot reproduce when the concentration of alcohol is above 20% stopping the fermentation process

Question 15

What defines Tennessee whiskey specifically?

Answer 15

the use of Lincoln County Process

Question 16

What are the typical unifying characteristics of the different types of whiskeys?

Answer 16

1. The fermentation of grains 2. Distillation 3. Aging in wooden barrels

Question 17

Grain Whiskey

Answer 17

Any whiskey made, at least in part, from grains other than malted barley. Usually contains some malted barley to provide enzymes

Question 18

Irish Whiskey

Answer 18

1. normally distilled 3 times 2. must be produced in Ireland and matured for no less than 3 years

Question 19

Rye Malt Whiskey

Answer 19

mash at least 51% malted rye

Question 20

What makes liquor “harder” than say beer?

Answer 20

Beer, wine, mead, sake and cider are all fermented but not distilled

Question 21

Corn Whiskey

Answer 21

mash is at least 80% corn and unaged

Question 22

Scotch Whiskey

Answer 22

Generally distilled twice must be distilled in Scotland and matured for a minimum of 3 years in oak casks

Question 23

Malt Whiskey

Answer 23

Made from at least 51% malted barley. If other grains are included must be labeled

Question 24

Wheat Whiskey

Answer 24

mash at least 51% wheat

Question 25

Grains used to make whiskey

Answer 25

1. Barley 2. Corn 3. Wheat 4. Rye

Question 26

Spirit

Answer 26

A liquor that contains no added sugar and has at least 20% ABV

Question 27

Single Malt Whiskey

Answer 27

from one distillery

Question 28

Whiskey

Answer 28

A type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash

Question 29

What is American Whiskey distilled from?

Answer 29

A fermented mash of cereal grains

Question 30

“Malted”

Answer 30

germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as “malting”. The grains are made to germinate by soaking in water, and are then halted from germinating further by drying with hot air. Malting grains develops the enzymes required for modifying the grain’s starches into various types of sugar. It also develops other enzymes, such as proteases, which break down the proteins in the grain into forms that can be used by yeast. Depending on when the malting process is stopped one gets a preferred starch enzyme ratio and partly converted starch into fermentable sugars,

Question 31

What happens in the process of aging a whiskey

Answer 31

While aging in wooden casks, especially American oak and French oak casks, whisky undergoes six processes that contribute to its final flavor: extraction, evaporation, oxidation, concentration, filtration, and colouration.

Question 32

Cask Strength

Answer 32

a term used by whisky producers to describe a whisky that has not been substantially diluted after its storage in a cask for maturation. The level of alcohol-by-volume (abv) strength used for a cask strength whisky is typically in the range of 58–66% abv.

Question 33

Fermentation

Answer 33

Ethanol fermentation, also called alcoholic fermentation, is a biological process which converts sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as by-products. Because yeasts perform this conversion in the absence of oxygen, alcoholic fermentation is considered an anaerobic process.