Craft And Liquor

Question 1

Craft cocktail

Answer 1

A cocktail that uses fresh ingredients

Question 2

Making fresh sweet and sour

Answer 2

-1/4 pt lime juice
-1/4 pt lemon juice
1 1/2 pt simple syrup
Or
-1/3 pt agave, OJ, lime juice
(Shelf life around 2-3 weeks)

Question 3

Percolation

Answer 3

Similar to how coffee is made, put your ingredients in a coffee filter and pour liquor through it enough times until you get infused alcohol

Question 4

Maceration

Answer 4

Put your liquor in a bigger container add your infusing ingredients and let it sit for a period of time

Question 5

Simple syrup

Answer 5

Mixture ratio 1:1 of water and sugar used as a sweetener for many classic cocktails

Question 6

Bitters

Answer 6

A bartenders spice rack

Question 7

Juices and spices

Answer 7

Always used fresh pressed juice when possible! That way it’s fresh and pure with no added ingredients

Examples of some spices: cinnamon, ginger, lavender, mint herb, rosemary, vanilla bean

Question 8

Egg whites

Answer 8

Add a consistency to a drink that can’t be substituted by any other ingredient.
-must be shaken vigorously

Question 9

Making a true whiskey sour

Answer 9

One egg white per cocktail
Shake egg whites for 25-30 secs

Question 10

Whiskey history

Answer 10

“Water of life”
did not have a distillation process so it was very strong and potent. Over the years it’s become a lot smoother. Old bush mills distillery is the oldest licensed whiskey distillery in the world

Question 11

Whiskey process

Answer 11

Mashing, fermentation, distillation and aging
Usually used copper since it removes sulfur based compounds
Common stills are pot still and column still
Whiskies mature in a cask so the age of whiskey is only the time between distillation and bottling
Aging whiskey: 6 processes extraction, evaporation, oxidation, concentration, filtration and coloration

Question 12

American Whiskey

Answer 12

Is distilled from a fermented mash of cereal grain
Bourbon whiskey- made from a mash of 51% corn
Corn whiskey- made from a mash of 80% corn
Malt whiskey- made from a mash of 51% malted barley
Rye whiskey- made from a mash of 51% rye
Wheat whiskey- made from a mash of 51% wheat
Blended whiskey- a mixture that contains a blend of straight whiskey and neutral grains spirits
Sour mash- process used in distillery that uses materials from an older batch of mash to start fermentation of a new batch

Question 13

Canadian Whiskey

Answer 13

Must be produced aged in Canada
Be distilled from a fermented mash of cereal grain, be aged in wood barrels no less than 3 years
Usually contain caramel and flavoring in addition to the distilled mash spirits
Brands: crown royal, Seagrams, Canadian club

Question 14

Irish whiskey

Answer 14

Are normally distilled 3x
Irish whiskey must be produced in Ireland and aged in wooden casks for a period no less than 3 years
Brands: Jameson, bush mills, redbreast

Question 15

Japanese Whiskey

Answer 15

Model for Japanese whiskies is the single malt scotch. The base is a mash of malted barley dried in kilns fired with a little peat and distilled using the pot still method
Brands: Suntory, Hibiki, meiyo

Question 16

Scotch whiskey

Answer 16

Generally distilled twice
Anything bearing the label scotch must be distilled in Scotland and matured for a minimum of three years in oak casks
Scotch= malt and grain
Divided into five main regions: highland, lowland, islay, speyside, and campbeltton town
Brands: Johnny walker, J&B, Dewards