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WSET Level 1 Spirits Exam Prep Questions and Answers
How is barley processed to make whiskey? - ✔✔Malting- crushed and mixed with water to

make sugary


liquid


After distillation of whiskey process - ✔✔Aged in oak


Blended and colored


Diluted to 40%


New oak barrel taste for whiskey? - ✔✔Vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, and coconut


Does bourbon need to be aged in new oak barrels? - ✔✔Yes


What do old oak barrels do to flavor? - ✔✔Less flavor and color


Blending a whiskey aims: - ✔✔Consistency


Complexity


Color used in whiskey? - ✔✔Caramel


Scotch whiskey must be aged and distilled for how many years? - ✔✔3 years in Scotland


Single Malt Whiskeys must be: - ✔✔Made from only barley


Pot distilled


Blend of whiskeys from one distillery

, Flavor of single malt - ✔✔Cereal, fruits, flowers, honey, fruit cake, sweet spices


Why does malt whiskey taste like smoke? - ✔✔Burning peat


Blended scotch whiskies must be: - ✔✔A blend of malt whiskeys and grain whiskeys from

different


distilleries


Grain whiskey is distilled how? - ✔✔Column still


Number one state for bourbon production? - ✔✔Kentucky


Factors that determine Bourbon: - ✔✔51% of grain must be corn


Made using a column still


Aged in new oak barrels


Flavors of bourbon - ✔✔Sweet corn, cereal, fruit, vanilla, coconut


How does Tennessee whiskey differ from Bourbon? - ✔✔Must be passed through a maple

charcoal filter


before it is out into oak barrels


Does the charcoal add flavor to the whiskey? - ✔✔No, but gives a smoother character


How does Rye whiskey differ from Bourbon? - ✔✔51% of grains must be rye


Scent of rye whiskey - ✔✔Lemon, spicy peppery aromas

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