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FDSCTE 1120 Unit 4 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
al-koh'l - ANSWER✔✔-mascara of wine
Tool used to distill wine for alcohol - ANSWER✔✔-alembic still
root of the word whiskey - ANSWER✔✔-uisge beatha
George Washington and Spirits - ANSWER✔✔-Mt. Vernon had a large whiskey distillery
root of word brandy - ANSWER✔✔-brandewijin
Cause of Whiskey Rebellion - ANSWER✔✔-resistance to first American tax on distilled spirits
Groups for Prohibition - ANSWER✔✔-Pietistic Protestants, Labor activists, women's suffrage, Tea
merchants, KKK, Progressives
Groups against Prohibition - ANSWER✔✔-Liturgical Protestants, Roman Catholics,
Brewers, Immigrants
Main reason for end of Prohibition - ANSWER✔✔-Loss of tax revenue
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Distillation - ANSWER✔✔-Process of vaporizing and condensing a liquid to separate and purify its
components
Distilled Spirit - ANSWER✔✔-Distilled drink with no sugar and > 20% ABV
Proof - ANSWER✔✔-Ethanol content at 60F
Proof compared to ABV - ANSWER✔✔-Twice the ABV
Straight Whiskey - ANSWER✔✔-Grain spirit not over 80% ABV, made from batch distillation and ageing
Neutral Spirit - ANSWER✔✔-distilled spirit made from anything at 95% ABV
Rectified Spirit - ANSWER✔✔-A neutral spirit
Heads - ANSWER✔✔-Early in Distillation (solvent)
Tails - ANSWER✔✔-late in distillation (bitter)
Hearts - ANSWER✔✔-mid-distillation (aromatic)
Use of a column still - ANSWER✔✔-Used to make neutral grain spirits
Grain for Whiskey - ANSWER✔✔-Barley
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