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WSET Level 1 Spirits Exam Prep Questions and Answers
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WSET Level 1 Spirits Exam Prep Questions and AnswersHow 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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