WSET Level 4 Diploma Unit 4 - Spirits -
Single Malt Whisky Exam Questions and
Answers
Made by - Answer -Barley, Malted Barley
Malting - Germination - Answer -Germinate, Grains start to immersed, steeped in water,
then drained off. wet and dry phases continues for 2 to 3 days.
Green Malt - Answer -Grains after Germination , start to grow barley.
Kilning - Answer -The green malt move to Kiln where it is heated and dried to stop the
germination process without damaging the enzymes. The end-product is "malt". Option
to use Peat.
Peat - Answer -is formed when land becomes waterlogged and decaying vegetation
becomes partially carbonised, building up over millennia into a spongy layer. When Peat
is burned it gives off a perfumed smoke rich in flavour. adhere during kilning.
Malted Barley - Answer -Barley is after Kilning stopped germination process.
Milling - Answer -Malted Barley mill into a coarse flour
Grist - Answer -Malted Barley mill into a coarse flour call Grist
Mashing - Answer -Mixed Grist into hot water at 63-64C, Starch converted to sugar. has
a part to create flavour.
Mash Tun - Answer -A vessel used to mixed Grist with hot water
Wort - Answer -Once mashing, conversion is completed the sugar solution. "Wort" is
drawn off the bottom of Mash tun. Cooled and pumped to a fermenter called washback
Wash back - Answer -A fermenter for Wort to do the Mashing.
Wash - Answer -Alcoholic liquid between 7 - 10% abv after fermentation
Single Malt Whisky Exam Questions and
Answers
Made by - Answer -Barley, Malted Barley
Malting - Germination - Answer -Germinate, Grains start to immersed, steeped in water,
then drained off. wet and dry phases continues for 2 to 3 days.
Green Malt - Answer -Grains after Germination , start to grow barley.
Kilning - Answer -The green malt move to Kiln where it is heated and dried to stop the
germination process without damaging the enzymes. The end-product is "malt". Option
to use Peat.
Peat - Answer -is formed when land becomes waterlogged and decaying vegetation
becomes partially carbonised, building up over millennia into a spongy layer. When Peat
is burned it gives off a perfumed smoke rich in flavour. adhere during kilning.
Malted Barley - Answer -Barley is after Kilning stopped germination process.
Milling - Answer -Malted Barley mill into a coarse flour
Grist - Answer -Malted Barley mill into a coarse flour call Grist
Mashing - Answer -Mixed Grist into hot water at 63-64C, Starch converted to sugar. has
a part to create flavour.
Mash Tun - Answer -A vessel used to mixed Grist with hot water
Wort - Answer -Once mashing, conversion is completed the sugar solution. "Wort" is
drawn off the bottom of Mash tun. Cooled and pumped to a fermenter called washback
Wash back - Answer -A fermenter for Wort to do the Mashing.
Wash - Answer -Alcoholic liquid between 7 - 10% abv after fermentation
