Scotch/whiskey/rye/etc

Question 1

highland distilleries

Answer 1

aberfeldy
ardmore
ben nevis
dalmore
dalwhinnie
glengoyne
glenmorangie
loch lomand
oban
speyburn

Question 2

yamazaki distillery

Answer 2

owned by suntory est 1923. highly lauded. single malt 12 yr, single malt 18 yr - which one 6 consecutive double yield medals 2008-2013

Question 3

hakushu distillery

Answer 3

owned by suntory 12 yr, 18 yr 25 yr plus a limited heavily peated sherry cask

Question 4

who produces taketsuru 21 yr

Answer 4

nikka

Question 5

name 3 canadian whiskies

Answer 5

canadian club
crown royal
seagram’s canadian whisky seagrams vo
glenora - glen breton rare

Question 6

name 3 rye whiskies

Answer 6

george dickel
knob creek rye
van winkle family reserve rye 13 yr
michters single barrel rye
whistlepig straight rye
sazerac
old overholt
wild turkey rye
bulliet rye
templeton tye
high west rye
old potrero rye
dads hat pennsylvania rye

Question 7

bourbon must be produced from a min ____% of ____?

Answer 7

51% corn

Question 8

according to popular belief, who produced kentucky’s 1st whiskey, when?

Answer 8

rev elijah craig in 1789. pioneered style known as kentucky bourbon

Question 9

who are the 2 major tennessee whiskey producers

Answer 9

jack daniels (owned by brown forman)
george dickel (owned by diageo)

Question 10

brands owned by buffalo trace distillery

Answer 10

buffalo trace
eagle rare
van winkle
blantons
elmer t lee
sazerac

Question 11

where does kentucky bourbon get its name from

Answer 11

named for the french bourbon royal family who helped finance americans during revolutionary war. inspired either by broubon county or bourbon street LA

Question 12

type of cask bourbon ageing

Answer 12

charred new white american oak

Question 13

what is straight bourbon

Answer 13

min 2 yrs age w/o coloring or flavoring. if aged less than 4 yrs distilleer may state length of ageing on bottle

Question 14

where is majority of bourbon produced

Answer 14

+95% kentucky, but maybe legally be produced anywhere in USA

Question 15

tennessee whiskey reqs

Answer 15

must be filtered w/maple charcoal prior to ageing (except benjamin prichard)

must be produced in TN
min 51% corn aed in new charred oak barrel
straight bourbon made in tennessee

Question 16

what is unique about benjamin prichard’s TN whisky

Answer 16

grandfathered from 2013 law requiring whiskies labeled TN whisky to undergo lincoln county process; uses pot stills

Question 17

what is sour mash whiskey

Answer 17

portion of spent mash is inc. in newly fermenting mash. eg TN whiskey

Question 18

american rye reqs

Answer 18

min 51% rye aged in new cahrred oak barrels, min 2 yrs age, more bitter and powerful than bourbon distilled to max 80%

Question 19

corn whiskey reqs

Answer 19

min 80% corn, may be aged or unaged, if aged in used oror uncharred new barrels. distilled to max 80%

Question 20

what is the lincoln county process

Answer 20

uses sugar maple charcoal to remove some of lighter aldehydic congeners giving remaing spirit a robust full flavour
required by law in 2013 for TN whisky

exception granted to benjamin prichard distillery

Question 21

what is blended bourbon

Answer 21

contains min 51% straight whisky of 1 particular grain type eg blended bourbon whisky blended rye not common

Question 22

what are of the benefits of using sour mash technique

Answer 22

helps preserve a conssistent flavour from batch to batch

previous batch used to start new batch
used in production of nearly all bourbon

Question 23

what is backset

Answer 23

sour mash

spent yeast etc that is added to next batch

Question 24

what is the parent company of buffalo trace

Answer 24

sazerac company

Question 25

who distills and btls pappy van winkles family reserve whiskies

Answer 25

buffalo trace distillery (owned by sazerac co)

Question 26

USSI regulations for bourbon made for us comsumption

Answer 26

``` produced in us made from grain mixture min 51% corn aged in charred new oak barrels distilled max 160 proof (80% abv) entered into barrel for ageing at max 125 proof btl at 80 proof (40%) ```

Question 27

what is the only style of bourbon t hat stipulates ageing

Answer 27

straight bourbon min 2 yrs | if labeled straight and aged under 4 yrs must be labeled with duration of ageing

Question 28

how many operating distilleries are in bourbon county

Answer 28

none. mostly due to new counties being formed from bourbon county. nothing since prohibiton

Question 29

types of stills for bourbon

Answer 29

continous/column still

Question 30

irish whisky is distilled in what kind of still

Answer 30

traditional 3 times in a pot still. many today are in continous still

Question 31

name a peated irish whiskey

Answer 31

single malt connemarra peat fired

Question 32

types of scotch

Answer 32

``` single malt scotch single grain scotch blended malt scotch blended grain scotch blended scotch ```

Question 33

name a scotch from isle of skye

Answer 33

talisker

Question 34

enzymes in malting barley

Answer 34

amylases, proteases, glucanase, diastase

Question 35

scotch; what are low wines

Answer 35

product of 1st distillation about 20% abv which will be redistilled ti become final whiskey

Question 36

to what can division in irish and scotch whiskey styles be attributed

Answer 36

english taxes on distilleries final product drove distillation underground; scots heated barley by night and irish added large proportion of unmalted barley in whiskies

Question 37

irish distilleries

Answer 37

``` active:cooley new midleton kilbeggan bushmills west cork ``` ``` in process: alltech craft dingle telling tullamore echlinville ```

Question 38

eu def of scotch whiskey

Answer 38

made in scotland from mash of malted barley et other cereal grains aged in cask min 3 rs in scotland max 700l capcity no more than 94.8% abv

Question 39

eu irish whiskey reqs

Answer 39

made in ireland mash cereals aged in wood in ireland min 3 yrs

Question 40

origins of whisky

Answer 40

ireland 5th cent 1st written record of whiskey production in scotland - 1494 distilled from fermented grains

Question 41

where is auchentoshan

Answer 41

lowlands

Question 42

scotch geographic indications

Answer 42

``` highland inc (mull,, jura, skye, orkney) lowland speyside islay campbelltown ```

Question 43

lowland scotch distilleries

Answer 43

``` glenkinchie auchentoshan bladnoch daftmil aisla bay ```

Question 44

lowland scotch character

Answer 44

lightest, least smokey suitable as an aperitif

Question 45

campbeltown distilleries

Answer 45

glen scotia glengyle -- btl as kilerran springbank

Question 46

islay distilleries

Answer 46

``` ardbeg bowmore bruichladdich bunnahabain coal ila kilchoman lagavulin laphraoig port charlotte ```

Question 47

island distlleries + assoc islands

Answer 47

``` abhainn derg - isle of lewis arran - isle of arran highland park - isle of orkney jura - isle of jura scapa - orkney taliker - skye tobermory - mull ```

Question 48

speyside distilleries

Answer 48

``` abelour balvenie benriach cragganmore glendronach glen elgin glen grant glenfarclas glenfiddich the glenlivet glen moray glenrothes the macallan the speyside cragellachie - best in show style malt 2015 ```

Question 49

what is the oldest working whiskey distillery in scotland

Answer 49

glenturret at 240 years old. near crieff. highlands