Vodka/Gin

Question 1

What is the best selling spirit in the US?

Answer 1

Vodka!

Question 2

What is the word Vodka derived from?

Answer 2

Russian word for water

Question 3

What may vodka be distilled from

Answer 3

A number of different bases - basically anything that can ferment!
-potatoes, rye, grapes, beets, molasses,

Question 4

How is the wash for vodka typically distilled?

Answer 4

Continuous still, then filtered with charcoal to make ultra clean

Question 5

Minimum abv of vodka in EU

Answer 5

37.5%

Question 6

Name two Russian vodkas

Answer 6

Stolichnaya, Ikon

Question 7

Two Polish vodkas?

Answer 7

Chopin, Belvedere

Question 8

How is grey goose distilled? What country is it from?

Answer 8

Pot still, France

Question 9

Where is Tito’s made

Answer 9

Texas, from Corn

Question 10

Where is Ketel One from?

Answer 10

Holland

Question 11

Who owns Smirnoff

Answer 11

• Diageo
• British Multinational alcoholic bev company
• world’s largest producer of spirits

Question 12

What is Aquavit?

Answer 12

-Scandinavian liquor
-distilled from potato or grain, flavored with caraway and other aromatics
(basically flavored vodka)

Question 13

What is Korean Soju and Japanese Shochu?

Answer 13

-Traditionally made from rice and grains, now commonly produced from potato tapioca
-Shochu is not charcoal filtered
(basically flavored vodka)

Question 14

What is Awamuri?

Answer 14

An Okinawan style of shochu, distilled from long grain india rice

Question 15

What is gin?

Answer 15

Essentially flavored codka

neutral grain spirit flavored with botanicals (junipier) then redistilled

Question 16

What is London Dry Gin

Answer 16

Contains noticeable citrus/spice from orange, lemon, anise, cardamom, coriander, nutmeg, angelika (and juniper)

Question 17

Popular London Dry gins?

Answer 17

• Beefeater
• Tanqueray
• Bombay Sapphire
• Gordon’s
• Boodles

Question 18

Where was Gin developed and as what?

Answer 18

Holland, as Genever (Jenever)

Question 19

What was the precursor to gin, when was it developed?

Answer 19

Genever, 16th C

Question 20

How does Genever differ from Gin?

Answer 20

Produced in pot still, sweeter, lower in alcohol than London Dry

Question 21

What are dominant aromatics in Genever?

Answer 21

Juniper and malt

Can be aged in oak

Question 22

What is Oude Genever?

Answer 22

Traditional Genever

-contains min. 15% Malt wine (distillate of corn rye and wheat)

Question 23

What is Jonge Genever?

Answer 23

Cleaner more neutral Genever with less malt wine

Question 24

What is Corenwyn?

Answer 24

“Corn wine”

Cask aged Genever where malt wine comprises 51% or more of distillate

Question 25

What is Plymouth Gin?

Answer 25

• Fuller bodied and more aromatic than London Dry
• Produced by Plymouth Coates Co. in England
• Revived in 1996

Question 26

What is the proper Gin for a “Pink Gin” Cocktail?

Answer 26

Plymouth Gin

Cocktail is Gin and Ango

Question 27

What is Old Tom Gin?

Answer 27

English style lightly sweetened

“Tom” in tom collins

Question 28

Who popularized Old Tom Gin?

Answer 28

Hayman’s Distillery