WHISKY AND WHISKEY

Question 1

scotch whisky history

Answer 1

• english pronounciation of the gaelic term uisge beatha = water of life
• produced in scottland for more than 700 years
• 1842 the glenlivet first licensed distillery

Question 2

production

Answer 2

almost exclusively from BARLEY
1 malting
2 mashing
3 fermentation
4 distillation: large pot stills,distilled twice
4.1 wash-still 4.2 spirit-still
5 aging/maturation

Question 3

peat

Answer 3

causes smokey flavours

Question 4

categorization

Answer 4

grain whisky: column distilled, only whisky without barley

malt whiskey: 100% malted barley

blended scotch whisky: blend of grain and malt whisky, monkey shoulder, grants blended scotch whisky (90% of world sales)

single malt whisky: all malts from one distillery (glenfiddich: best known and sold)

vatted malt whisky: a lot of single malts (balvenie, glenfidich)

single cask: drawn from an individual cask, not blended, expensive, bottled manually and numbered

Question 5

classification American whiskey

Answer 5

GRAIN:
bourbon whisky: made in USA, 51% corn, new oak charred casks, min. 2 years aged

Rye whisky: “

tennesse whisky:” but prior to aging maple charcoal filtration = lincoln county process

Question 6

classification scotch whisky

Answer 6

geographical: 
lowland
highland
campbeltown
islay

method

Question 7

regulations

Answer 7

not be bottled at less than 40% abv

Question 8

brands scotch whisky

Answer 8

highland: the glenlivet (1824)
lowlands: auchentoshan, tullamore (triple distilled)
glenfidich
the balvenie

Question 9

american whiskey brands

Answer 9

jim bean
jack daniels
makers mark
wild turkey
sazerac

Question 10

american whiskey production

Answer 10

-column distilled (=beer-stilled)
(exception bourbon: pot distilled)
-corn and rye

Question 11

american whisky history

Answer 11

immigrants from ireland & scottland to the new world
1754 pennsylvania first distillery (colder climate & soil perfect for growing rye)
19’ progibition, 1920 volstead act