Spirits Appreciation

Question 1

What is fermentation

Answer 1

The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria. The process involved in making beer, wine and spirits when sugar is converted to alcohol

Question 2

What provinces are privatized

Answer 2

Alberta and bc

Question 3

What is AGLC responsible for

Answer 3

Lotteries, gaming, regulating the manufacturer, licenses, inspections

Question 4

What is the legal definition of alcohol products

Answer 4

Any beverage contains ethyl alcohol and made for human consumption

Question 5

What is fermentation

Answer 5

Biochemical process where sugar is converted to alcohol and carbon dioxide through the addition of yeast.

Question 6

What is the formula for fermentation

Answer 6

Sugar + yeast = alcohol +co2

Question 7

Fermented beverages can be made from?

Answer 7

Grapes, fruit, grains, sugar Cane, rice

Question 8

What is distillation

Answer 8

When alcohol is extracted from a fermented liquid by heating it and causing it to vapourize and condensed, cooled and collected in liquid form

Question 9

What temperature does alcohol vaporize at

Answer 9

78.3

Question 10

What is a pot still

Answer 10

A vat is heated over a flame as the alcohol evaporates it is collected in a cooling tube which is in a water cooled condenser.

Question 11

What is a continuous still

Answer 11

A still that has two side by side columns that are taller and thinner, each column has several compartments and are divided by copper plates

Question 12

What are the three categories of alcohol beverages

Answer 12

Fermented, fermented and distilled, compounded

Question 13

What are the different classifications of wines

Answer 13

Table wine, sparkling wine, fortified wine, aromatized wine

Question 14

What is fortified wine

Answer 14

Table wines with brandy added to increase alcohol percentage

Question 15

What are aromatized wines

Answer 15

Aperitifs with unique flavourings

Question 16

What are brandies made from

Answer 16

Grapes or other fruit

Question 17

What are the categories of brandy

Answer 17

Cognac, Armagnac, calvados

Question 18

What are whiskies base ingredients

Answer 18

Barley, corn, and rye

Question 19

What are he categories of whisky

Answer 19

Scotch, rye, Irish, Japanese, bourbon, Canadian, American , moonshine

Question 20

What is the base ingredients in rum

Answer 20

Sugar cane and molasses

Question 21

What are the categories of rum

Answer 21

White, amber, light, dark

Question 22

What are the base ingredients in gin

Answer 22

Neutral grain liquor often flavoured with juniper, coriander, cucumber, rose petals

Question 23

What is the base ingredient in vodka

Answer 23

Grains or potatoes

Question 24

What is the base ingredient in eaux de vie

Answer 24

Pomace (fermented grape residue that includes seeds and stems) and other fruit sources

Question 25

What are the different categories for eaux de vie

Answer 25

Grappa, kirsch, and poire William

Question 26

What are liqueurs

Answer 26

Compounded spirits with unique flavourings and often have high sugar content and various levels of alcohol content

Question 27

Describe ales

Answer 27

Darker product due to the addition of toasted barley Top fermentation 3.5-9%

Question 28

Different types of ales

Answer 28

Stout, porter, lambic, fruit and wheat

Question 29

Describe lagers

Answer 29

Lighter, Bottom fermentation 4-7%

Question 30

Different types of lagers

Answer 30

Pilsner, bock and light beer

Question 31

What is the goal alcohol percentage when distilling

Answer 31

60-70

Question 32

What is proof

Answer 32

Indicates alcohol content, it is double of what Canada's is

Question 33

Do distilled spirits improve with age

Answer 33

No

Question 34

What are the two methods of distillation

Answer 34

Traditional pot, continuous

Question 35

Describe a traditional pot still process

Answer 35

Also known as copper stills, fermented grains or wine is heated over a fire, the alcohol heats into vapour, the product is captured cooled and condensed

Question 36

What is the negative and positive of pot distilled spirits

Answer 36

Time consuming a produces less yield but the products are of a higher quality

Question 37

Describe the continuous still process

Answer 37

The wash comes in the right column (rectifier) and goes down a tube that heats it with steam the hot liquid moves to the left column known as the analyzer. Liquid runs through the analyzer and meets super heated steam. The steam evaporates and volatile elements on the wash disappear. The alcohol vapour passes through the fat tube and is still being heated and cool,

Question 38

What are the advantages of a continuous still

Answer 38

Less manpower Les skill Produces more spirit in a shorter time

Question 39

When was AGLC privatized

Answer 39

1993