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Certified Specialist of Spirits - Vodka ExamQuestions And 100% Correct Answers
Where is vodka able to be distilled? - Answer Anywhere in the world.
What is unflavored vodka called? - Answer "Original" type.
What agency within the US regulates all alcoholic beverages? - Answer US Standards of
Identity
How does US Standards of Identity define vodka? - Answer Neutral spirit, without
distinctive aroma, taste, or color, distilled at or above 190 proof, bottled at or above 80
proof.
EU regulations of vodka - Answer In the EU, organopleptic characteritics of the raw
material can be exhibited. bottled at or above 37.5% and if produced with something
other than potato or grain it must be listed. Glycerin and Sugar can be added.
What does organoleptic mean? - Answer Involving the use of the sense organs.
Whose standards for vodka are more strict, US or EU? - Answer US
Which 2 countries are earliest associated with the production of vodka? - Answer
Poland and Russia
What is the word and meaning in Russian from which 'vodka' is derived? - Answer Voda,
meaning water of life
, What is the earliest known mention of vodka in Poland? - Answer Wodka, referred to in
1405 by Akta Grotski, in the court documents of Platine of Sandomierz, Poland
When was vodka for commonly used as a beverage, as opposed to medicinally? -
Answer 1500s
The early vodka used what ingredient? - Answer Cheapest grains available and
commonly flavored.
When was potato introduced as an ingredient for vodka? - Answer 18th century, in
Poland
What did the discovery of carbon do for vodka production? - Answer Carbon could filter
unwanted aromas. Charcoal Filtering 1870's
When does vodka come to the US? - Ans 20th
What is the first vodka company to come to the US? - Ans Smirnoff.
Why was Smirnoff the first vodka company to come to the US? - Ans The Bolsheviks took
over their distillery in 1917 in Russia.
When did the general population of the US begin drinking vodka? - Ans 1950s and again
in the 1960's and 70's with counter-culture
What vodka cocktails made it onto the American cocktail scene in the 1950's?
Screwdriver, Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule
What two companies to be able to import to the US and to Russia in exchange in the late
20th C? Pepsi and Stolichnaya
What kind of water does the vodka producers use? Ionized, softened, demineralized
water.
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