Flavored Spirits Flashcards
(31 cards)
Minimum ABV for EU juniper-flavored spirits
30%
German juniper-flavored spirit produced by the H.W. Schlichte Company
Steinhager
EU Spirit known as “Holland Gin” or “Dutch Gin”
Genever
Original style of genever; contains at least 15% malt
Oude (old)
Modern style of genever; contains no more than 15% malt
Jonge (young)
Approved areas of production for PGI Genever and year granted
Belgium, Holland, some areas of Germany, two departments of France
2008
Approved areas of production for PGI Oude & Jonge Genever
Belgium and Holland
Juniper-flavored spirit produced mainly in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Wacholder
German distillery that produces Wacholder and when it was founded
Brennerei Everbusch; 1780
Approved flavorings for EU anise-flavored spirits
Star anise, green anise, fennel, licorice root
Licorice-like aroma compound found in anise and similar plants
anethole
Describe: RAKI
unsweetened anise-flavored spirit from Turkey
Typical base ingredient for high-quality Raki
Sultana Grapes
Base spirit used in the production of raki
Suma, which is then redistilled with aniseed
Wormwood-flavored spirit originally produced in Switzerland
Absinthe
Botanical name for wormwood
Artemesia Absinthium
Location of first absinthe distillery and year opened
Couvet, Switzerland in 1797
Popular brand of absinthe produced in Pontarlier, France from 1805 to 1914
Pernod Fils
Controversial chemical compound found in absinthe
thujone
When was absinthe deemed legal in US? Under what restriction?
2007; maximum 10mg/L of thujone
Describe: PERNOD
absinthe-like product that relaunched the Pernod Fils distillery in 1928. Sweeter, lower ABV, no wormwood
Describe: PASTIS
a drier option to Pernod discovered in 1932 by Paul Ricard
Describe: OUZO
anise-flavored Greek aperitif that rose in popularity after the absinthe ban
Describe: HERBSAINT
American anise-flavored liqueur created in New Orleans in 1934
