WSET Level 2 Spirits with 100% correct answers 2024

What is the aim of processing the raw material? correct answersTo create a sugary liquid What happens during alcoholic fermentation? correct answersYeast eats sugars to create alcohol, congeners and carbon dioxide What system is used in the USA to express alcohol content? correct answersProof. Two degrees proof equals 1% abv What is the aim of distillation? correct answersTo select and concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and congeners) and leave others behind What is the aim of post-distillation operations? correct answersTo ensure that when a spirit is put on sale it has the correct colour, aroma, sweetness and alcoholic strength What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? correct answersEthanol What type of aromas are created by esters? correct answersFruity aromas What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? correct answersWater-white and colourless Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water. True or False? correct answersTRUE What is the name of the section of the still between the pot and the head? correct answersSwan neck What is the typical heat source for a pot still? correct answersSteam What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? correct answersConverts the vapours back to a liquid In pot still distillation, what happens in the first distillation? correct answersDistil alcoholic liquid into low wines, discard watery waste In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low wines? correct answers25-30% In pot still distillation, what happens in the second distillation? correct answersDistil low wines with heads and tails of previous batch, separate heads, hearts and tails, discard watery waste