BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT EAU DE VIE Flashcards

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Eau de vie

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  • Water of life
  • Reminder of invention of distillation in 17th century
  • Fresh, liveliness, intense essence of fruit
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Fruit spirits (eau de vie) with examples (8)

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  • Calvados = Apple
  • Pommeau = 2/3 apple 1/3 calvados, oaked
  • Framboise = Raspberries
  • Kirsch = Cherries
  • Mirabelle = Plums
  • Poire William = Fermented pears
  • Slivovitz = Fermented plums
  • Quetsch = Red plums
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Other spirits (5)

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  • Anisesees based spirits
  • Bitters
  • Mescal
  • Tequila
  • Sake
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Anise based spirits examples

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  • Ouzo (Greece)
  • Sambuca (Italy)
  • Raki (Turkey)
  • Mastika (The Balkans)
  • pernod, Pastis 51, Ricard (France)
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Bitters examples

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  • Angosture (Trinidad)
  • Campari (Italy)
  • Fernet Branca (Italy)
  • Underberg (Germany)
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Tequila from where?

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  • Comes from Jalisco, Mexico
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Tequila and Mezcal

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  • All tequila is Mezcal!
    Not all Mezcal is tequila
  • One type of agave tequilana/maguey azul permitted
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Ingredients Tequila

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required to be only 51% blue agave

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Production process tequila

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Heart of pina, flesh is baked and juiced at the distillery

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100% agave (classification tequila)

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Only from weber blue agave NO other additives

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Tequila (classification tequila)

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Other sugars have been added blended with weber blue agave. 51% need to come from the weber blue agave plant

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Blanco, Sliver, White tequila

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100% agave of mixto. No more than 60 days aged in stainless steel tanks

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Joven or Gold tequila

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  • Unaged

-Mixtos

Coloured and flavoured with caramel, oak extract, glyrine

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Reposado Tequila

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Aged in wood casks min. 2 months (normally 3-9 months)

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Aneja tequila

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  • ‘Old’ tequila
  • Aged min. 1 year to create dark/robust spirit
  • Best Aneja between 18 months - 4 years in barrels
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Extra Anejo tequila

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  • Aged over 4 years in barrels
  • VERY EXPENSIVE and RARE
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Liqueurs/Cordials

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Sweetened extract flavoured spirits.

infusion, percolation, distillation

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Examples liqueurs/cordials

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Citrus = Cointreau, Grand Marnier

Chocolate = Creme de cacao

Coffee = Kahlua

Cream = Baileys

Herb, Fruit, and nut = Malibu, Sambuca

Wiskey based = Drambuie, Southern Comfort