Whisky / Whiskey Flashcards
Blended Whiskey
Blend of malt & Grain Whiskey
Single Whiskey
Product of one distillery
Malt Scotch
made from malted barley and distilles in pot still
Sherry Cask Finish
maturation in sherry oak barrels
Non Chill Filtered
this technique stop whiskey becoming hazy
Natural Colour
not using caramel to enhance colour
Cask Strength
Bottled undiluted with water
Scotland whisky region
Islay (exeptional with peat smoky aroma), highland, campbeltown, speyside, lowland
USA & Ireland Whiskey Region
Kentucky & Tennessee
Bourbon Whiskey
51% corn + malted barleys + Rye
Distilled not more 80% abv, mature in new oak barrel, anywhere in USA especially Kentucky, column still, mature in new charred oak barrels
Tennessee Whiskey
Only at Tennessee, 51% Corn
Mature in new charred oak barrels
New made spirit filter using maple wood Charcoal before into barrels aka “Lincoln country Process”
Proff are
term in USA 2 proff = to 1 Abv
Single barrel whiskey
using 1 barrel only = exceptional
Small Batch whiskey
higher quality
Straight Whiskey
2 years oak aging and no colour adding
Sour Mash
Acidity residue in the based of column still add to fermentation
Type of Grains
Barley, Corn , Wheat, Rye
Barley Material method
Malting = green malt stop by heating.
Malted barleys crushed & mixed with warm water aka wort
Corn, wheat & Rye material method
Cooking = crushed and water, cook with high temperature
cold & crushed malted barley added
Rye Whiskey
51% Rye
column still, mature in new charred oak barrels
Canada whiskey
Corn with high strength
Blend with Rye labeled as Canadian Rye Whiskey/ Rye Whiskey
Single malt scotch whiskey
Barley, Pot double distillation
3 years minimal in oak
Single distillery
Mixed / complex style = barley + peat + Pot + used oak bourbon / Jerez + finishing barrel
Blended scotch whiskey
Malt & grain from different distillery
Mixed grain
High straight column still
Ireland whiskey
blend pot and column
sometime using unmalted barley
Japan Whiskey
Scottish production model
Grain whiskey column & pot for malt
Purer Style