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Spirits 101
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Subject
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hospitality
Instructions:
Answer 21 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Warmed alcohol is pumped over the flavouring to produce a liqueur.
VS - VSOP - XO
Condensation
Infusion
Evaporation
2. The length of time Scotch must be aged in Oak casks.
White golden and dark.
3 years
Eau de vie
Pot still
3. Colours/ styles of Rum
Continuous/column still
White golden and dark.
Aquavit
Maceration
4. Made from Agave - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an Agave plant
Aquavit
Brandy
Tequila
VS - VSOP - XO
5. Separation of alcohol from water using heat to turn the acohol into a vapour
Brandy
Rum
Whiskey
Evaporation
6. Type of still which produces spirits with a better flavour
VS - VSOP - XO
Pot still
Whiskey
White golden and dark.
7. Where soft fruit is left to soak in the spirit for a long period of time to produce a liqueur
Maceration
Gin
Pot still
Rum
8. Whiskey from one distillery
vodka
Single malt
Whiskey
Evaporation
9. National spirit of many scandanavian countries - distilled from grain or potatoes - flavored with caraway - citrus peel - aniseed and/or herbs and spicesw - some oak aging
Aquavit
Brandy
VS - VSOP - XO
vodka
10. Describes the age of cognac
VS - VSOP - XO
Continuous/column still
Gin
Rum
11. Type of still which produces pure ethanol and is more cost effective
Continuous/column still
Pot still
3 years
Single malt
12. Combination of two or more whiskies
Whiskey
vodka
Brandy
Blended whisky
13. Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
Distilling
Continuous/column still
Whiskey
vodka
14. Punt e mes - dubonnet and Cinzano are all examples of these.
Continuous/column still
Vermouth
Aquavit
Brandy
15. Distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
Single malt
Brandy
Gin
Whiskey
16. Literally 'water of life' - strong coarse brandy
Distilling
Continuous/column still
Condensation
Eau de vie
17. Collection of alcohol vapour
Whiskey
Brandy
vodka
Condensation
18. A liquor made from fermented mash of grain
Gin
Blended whisky
VS - VSOP - XO
Whiskey
19. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
Gin
Distilling
Eau de vie
3 years
20. Distilled from fermented molasses
Rum
Distilling
Evaporation
Blended whisky
21. Concentrates alcohol.
Tequila
Maceration
Condensation
Distilling