Whiskey and beyond Flashcards
Days for germination of barely during malting?
about 5
What are the flavor compounds in peat called?
phenolics.
What is strike point for whisky production
the temperature needed in mash to covert starches to sugars, which is around 63-64 degrees celisus.
Effect of a short fermentation of a cloudy wort for scotch?
malty spirit results
what happens with a long fermentation of a clear wort …
more acidic wash, and yeast begins to eat itself … more flavors and more congeners.
How is Scotch distilled
Pot Stills, usually twice but sometimes 3 times.
Low wines in whisky are?
First distillate from a pot still
What do Scotch producers call the final distillate before aging it?
New Make
Size and type of cask for Scotch aging?
700 liters or less
Sherry butts – broom says they tend to made with european oak
Bourbon Barrels – charred American oak
Effect of first fill and second fill for scotch
Used oak barrels used more than once; first fill gets more flavor from bourbon or sherry, second less … and eventually exhausted, may be recharred…all effect final spirit style
Regions of Scotch production and styles
Highlands: wide range of styles, most production here
Islay/Islands: many peated, some heavily peated; still some no peat
Speyside: Highest concentration of producers, many styles
Lowlands: only three distillers; light and gentile style
Campbelltown: was big and oily, but overproduction ruined reputation
Flavor categories of malts
MALTYbiscuity, cereal
FRAGRANT/purfumed
FRUITY: semi dried, peaches, mangos, raisons
OILY: texture…bees was
WOODY: as in American wood/vanilla, cherry, coconut
PEATY smoke, seaweed, tar
What is a spirit plate?
The plate or “fraction” where the alcohol concentrates in a column still.
Name the three major Irish distilleries, starting with the one that produces the most
Middleton – Jamison, Powers
Bushmills
Cooley
Middleton’s … general style for malts
backbone uses unmalted barely for spicy, fruity oily style
Most pot still produced whiskeys are blends, but they product two single pot still whiskeys: red breast and Green Spot.
