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Whisky / Whiskey Flashcards

1
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Blended Whiskey

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Blend of malt & Grain Whiskey

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Single Whiskey

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Product of one distillery

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Malt Scotch

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made from malted barley and distilles in pot still

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Sherry Cask Finish

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maturation in sherry oak barrels

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5
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Non Chill Filtered

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this technique stop whiskey becoming hazy

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Natural Colour

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not using caramel to enhance colour

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Cask Strength

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Bottled undiluted with water

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Scotland whisky region

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Islay (exeptional with peat smoky aroma), highland, campbeltown, speyside, lowland

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USA & Ireland Whiskey Region

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Kentucky & Tennessee

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Bourbon Whiskey

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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

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Tennessee Whiskey

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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”

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12
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Proff are

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term in USA 2 proff = to 1 Abv

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13
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Single barrel whiskey

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using 1 barrel only = exceptional

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14
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Small Batch whiskey

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higher quality

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15
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Straight Whiskey

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2 years oak aging and no colour adding

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16
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Sour Mash

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Acidity residue in the based of column still add to fermentation

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Type of Grains

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Barley, Corn , Wheat, Rye

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Barley Material method

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Malting = green malt stop by heating.

Malted barleys crushed & mixed with warm water aka wort

19
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Corn, wheat & Rye material method

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Cooking = crushed and water, cook with high temperature

cold & crushed malted barley added

20
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Rye Whiskey

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51% Rye

column still, mature in new charred oak barrels

21
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Canada whiskey

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Corn with high strength

Blend with Rye labeled as Canadian Rye Whiskey/ Rye Whiskey

22
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Single malt scotch whiskey

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Barley, Pot double distillation
3 years minimal in oak
Single distillery
Mixed / complex style = barley + peat + Pot + used oak bourbon / Jerez + finishing barrel

23
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Blended scotch whiskey

A

Malt & grain from different distillery
Mixed grain
High straight column still

24
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Ireland whiskey

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blend pot and column

sometime using unmalted barley

25
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Japan Whiskey

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Scottish production model
Grain whiskey column & pot for malt
Purer Style

wset level 2 spirit (7 decks)

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