Cognac making requirements - Grapes, cognac region, wild yeast, twice distilled in copper pot still,
Limousin oack cask aging for 2 years
Distillation - Process of vaporizing and condensing a liquid to separate and purify its components
al-koh'l - mascara of wine
Tool used to distill wine for alcohol - alembic still
root of the word whiskey - uisge beatha
George Washington and Spirits - Mt. Vernon had a large whiskey distillery
root of word brandy - brandewijin
Cause of Whiskey Rebellion - resistance to first American tax on distilled spirits
Groups for Prohibition - Pietistic Protestants, Labor activists, women's suffrage, Tea merchants,
KKK, Progressives
Groups against Prohibition - Liturgical Protestants, Roman Catholics,
Brewers, Immigrants
Main reason for end of Prohibition - Loss of tax revenue
Distilled Spirit - Distilled drink with no sugar and > 20% ABV
, Proof - Ethanol content at 60F
Proof compared to ABV - Twice the ABV
Straight Whiskey - Grain spirit not over 80% ABV, made from batch distillation and ageing
Neutral Spirit - distilled spirit made from anything at 95% ABV
Rectified Spirit - A neutral spirit
Heads - Early in Distillation (solvent)
Tails - late in distillation (bitter)
Hearts - mid-distillation (aromatic)
Use of a column still - Used to make neutral grain spirits
Grain for Whiskey - Barley
Bourbon Whiskey - US Made, 51% corn, new charred oak barrel aged, less than 160 proof, bottled
at > 80 Proof
Soju - Korean "burned liquor"
Best vodka grain - Winter wheat