What method is used to process potatoes used in vodka production? - ️️The potatoes are cooked in water to make the starch soluble, then bought-in enzymes are added to convert the starch into sugar
What is the most important state for Tequila production? - ️️Jalisco
What is the name for th...
What method is used to process potatoes used in vodka production?
- ✔ ✔ The potatoes are cooked in water to make the starch
soluble, then bought-in enzymes are added to convert the starch
into sugar
What is the most important state for Tequila production? - ✔ ✔
Jalisco
What is the name for the portion of the second distillation that will
be kept and sold? - ✔ ✔ Heart
What is the name of an Armagnac aged for a minimum of 3 months
in stainless steel? - ✔ ✔ Blanche
What is the name of the central core of the agave plant? - ✔ ✔
Piña
What is the name of the material added to change the colour of an
oak matured spirit? - ✔ ✔ Caramel
What is the name of the process that removes potential haziness
from a spirit? - ✔ ✔ Chill-filtration
What is the name of the section of the still between the pot and the
head? - ✔ ✔ Swan neck
What is the name of the sugar cane juice spirit produced in Brazil? -
✔ ✔ Cachaça
What is the name of the sweet liquid created after malting? - ✔ ✔
Wort
,What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? - ✔ ✔ Converts
the vapours back to a liquid
What is the raw material for rum? - ✔ ✔ Sugar cane
What is the term used to describe Jamaican rums with exaggerated
fruity aromas? - ✔ ✔ High-ester
What is the typical abv of an aromatised wine? - ✔ ✔ 14.5 - 22%
abv
What is the typical colour of Pastis? - ✔ ✔ Yellow, green or
green-brown
What is the typical heat source for a pot still? - ✔ ✔ Steam
What is the typical level of sweetness of Pastis? - ✔ ✔ Medium or
sweet
What methods are used to process grains in vodka production? - ✔
✔ Malted barley can be used to create enzymes needed for
conversion. Or distillers can buy enzymes and add them to grains
that have been crushed then cooked in water
What must happen to molasses before it can be used for rum
production? - ✔ ✔ It must be diluted with water
What needs to happen in grains to create sugar? - ✔ ✔ Convert
the starch
What part of the distillation process is peat used in? - ✔ ✔ As the
fuel to heat the grains at the end of malting
, What percentage abv must vodka be distilled to? - ✔ ✔ 95 - 96%
abv
What production choices would lead to a more pronounced Tequila?
- ✔ ✔ The agave is cooked slowly in brick ovens, fermented with
agave fibres, double distilled in pot still and collected at low strength
What strength are Tequila and Mezcal typically distilled to? - ✔ ✔
Low strength - can be below 60%
What system is used in the USA to express alcohol content? - ✔ ✔
Proof. Two degrees proof equals 1% abv
What term can be used to refer to adding artificial flavouring to a
spirit? - ✔ ✔ Cold compounding
What two techniques are widely used by vodka producers after
distillation? - ✔ ✔ 1. Passing the spirit through activated
charcoal to remove undesirable congeners
2. Using additives to create the required texture
What two types of colouring can be added to spirits? - ✔ ✔ 1.
Natural colour - from plant material. It can be unstable so often
some artificial colouring is used as well
2. Artificial colour - chemical dyes that have been approved for
human consumption
Rums can be adjusted in colour and sweetness before bottling. True
or False? - ✔ ✔ TRUE
Vintage spirits are produced in Cognac. True or False? - ✔ ✔
FALSE
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