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1
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Brandy?

A

Distilled wine.

Aged in oak and coloured with caramel.

2
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Cognac and Armagnac?

A

Cognac - oak ages brandy from north of Bordeaux. Double distilled in a copper pot still.

Armagnac - column still south of Bordeaux.

VS, VSOP and XO (napoleon) indicate age of maturation.

3
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Whisky?

A

Barley, cork and rye.

Conversion to turn starch into fermentable sugars. Ground and mixed with hot water.

Barley has to germinate first. Then heated using a kiln. Peat used to give smokey flavours. Malted barley.

4
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Scotch whisky?

A

Distilled and ages in oak casks in Scotland.

Malt whisky made only using malted barley.

Single malt - one distillery.

Distillation in copper pot stills.

Grain whiskey - corn, wheat malted barley column still.

Normally blended (malts and grains).

5
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Irish whiskey?

A

Malted and unmalted barley and grains.

6
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Bourbon?

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> 51% corn

Flavour from heavily charred oak barrels.

7
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Tennessee whiskey?

A

Like bourbon. Filtered through sugar maple charcoal.

8
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White rum?

A

Aged in oak then stripped of colour with charcoal.

9
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Golden and spiced rum?

A

Oak ageing. Add spices.

10
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Dark rum?

A

Added caramel. Aged for years in oak.

11
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Tequila?

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> 51% Agave in mexico. 7-10 years growth before harvesting.

Blanco/silver

Joven/oro/gold caramel added

Reposado/anejo aged in oak

12
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Vodka?

A

Done in column still to get strength (95-97%)

Barley, wheat, rye, grape, potato. Q

13
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London dry gin?

A

Re-distilling in a pot still with juniper. No flavours after re-distillation.

Distilled gins - other flavourings added after

Inexpensive - essences added.