WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Guide Questions and CORRECT Answers
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WSET level 2
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WSET Level 2
WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Guide
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is Slouching? - CORRECT ANSWER- When a spirit (mostly aniseed) turns opaque and
cloudy when water is added
What does Water white appearance describe? - CORRECT ANSWER- Used mostly for
vodkas
What does an Opaque appearance de...
WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Guide
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is Slouching? - CORRECT ANSWER- When a spirit (mostly aniseed) turns opaque and
cloudy when water is added
What does Water white appearance describe? - CORRECT ANSWER- Used mostly for
vodkas
What does an Opaque appearance describe? - CORRECT ANSWER- Cream liqueurs that
cannot be seen through at all
What does Out of condition refer to? - CORRECT ANSWER- Most commonly encountered
fault of a Spirit, from being open too long
What are the Tongues' five tastes? - CORRECT ANSWER- Sweet, Sour, Salt, Bitter, and
Umami
What are the Tastes relevant to spirits? - CORRECT ANSWER- Sweet and bitter
How do you describe a newly made spirit right off the still? - CORRECT ANSWER- Dry
What does off dry mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- When only a very small amount of sugar
is added after distillation, i.e. Cognac
What does a Medium spirit mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- Describes a Spirit that clearly has
a sweet taste but the sweetness is not the defining characteristic, i.e. Rum
What are Sweet Spirits? - CORRECT ANSWER- Reserved for liqueurs and some flavored
spirits i.e. pastis which contain a very high level of sweetness
What are the 4 key stages during production? - CORRECT ANSWER- Raw Materials,
fermentation, distillation, and post distillation
, What is the Base of every raw material? - CORRECT ANSWER- Carbohydrates, and the aim
is to use these to create a sugary liquid
When does alcohol fermentation start? - CORRECT ANSWER- When yeast is added to the
sugary liquid, and the yeast eats the sugars to produce alcohols around 10%abv
What is the Post distillation objective? - CORRECT ANSWER- To ensure that when a Spirit
is out on sale it has the correct colour, aroma, sweetness, and alcoholic strength.
What are Congeners? - CORRECT ANSWER- Substances, other than the desired type of
alcohol, ethanol, produced during fermentation. They are the compounds that are responsible
for flavors
When does fermentation end? - CORRECT ANSWER- When all the sugar has been
converted into alcohol
When does fermentation begin? - CORRECT ANSWER- When yeast is added to the sugary
liquid
Where is the Swan Neck in a pot still? - CORRECT ANSWER- Section between the pot and
the still head
Where is the Lyne Arm? - CORRECT ANSWER- Links the still head to the condenser
What are Low wines? - CORRECT ANSWER- What the liquid after the first distillation is
referred to, it is between 25-30% abv
What are The four scenarios in an alcoholic liquid? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1) Congeners
with a boiling point lower than ethanol
2) Ethanol and congeners with a similar boiling point
3) Congeners with a higher boiling point than ethanol
4) Water
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