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What is the aim of processing the raw material? To produce a sugary liquid What is the process of alcoholic fermentation? Yeast eats sugar and converts it into alcohol, carbon dioxide and aromas Choose an answer 1 True 2 False Don't know? 8/7/25, 7:07 PM WSET Level 1 Award in Spirits Flashcards | Quizlet a fermented liquid 8-10% What is the aim of distillation? To concentrate the level of ethanal in a fermented alcoholic liquid True or false: ethanol boils at a lower temperature than water True What word is used to describe the aroma intensity of a spirit distilled to 96%? Neutral What are the names of the two types of stills? Pot stills and column stills True or false: pot still can be run continuously False What are the 4 things that can be adjusted postdistillation? Colour, aroma, sweetness and alcoholic strength What does oak ageing change in a spirit? Colour and aroma What are the aims of blending spirits? Consistency and complexity What is the name of the colouring material that can be added to oakaged spirits? Caramel colour True or false: all newly made spirits are dry True What is the bottling strength for most spirits? 40% abv 8/7/25, 7:07 PM WSET Level 1 Award in Spirits Flashcards | Quizlet for Cognac? Grapes What type of still is used in Cognac? Pot still Put the following Cognac terms in order from least aged to most aged: VSOP XO VS VS VSOP XO What is the minimum distillation strength for a vodka? 95% or 96% abv What is the raw materials for whisky? Grains What needs to happen to grains before fermentation can begin? Starch needs to be converted into sugar What happens during malting? Grains are allowed to grow, which creates enzymes. Growth is then stopped by the addition of heat. What is the minimum ageing for a Scotch whisky? 3 years What is the grain used in a Single Malt Whisky? Barley What is the flavour associated with peat use in whisky production? Smoke True or false: Blended Scotch Whisky can be made using column stills and pot stills True

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What is the aim of To produce a sugary liquid
processing the raw
material?

What is the process of Yeast eats sugar and converts it into alcohol, carbon
alcoholic fermentation? dioxide and aromas


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What is the typical abv of 8-10%
a fermented liquid

What is the aim of To concentrate the level of ethanal in a fermented
distillation? alcoholic liquid

True or false: ethanol boils True
at a lower temperature
than water

What word is used to Neutral
describe the aroma
intensity of a spirit distilled
to 96%?

What are the names of the Pot stills and column stills
two types of stills?

True or false: pot still can False
be run continuously

What are the 4 things that Colour, aroma, sweetness and alcoholic strength
can be adjusted post-
distillation?

What does oak ageing Colour and aroma
change in a spirit?

What are the aims of Consistency and complexity
blending spirits?

What is the name of the Caramel colour
colouring material that
can be added to oak-
aged spirits?

True or false: all newly True
made spirits are dry

What is the bottling 40% abv
strength for most spirits?




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