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WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Prep Test Bank 1 with
200 Questions and Correct Answers for Real Exam
Practice/ WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Qs with 100%
Correct Answers
What is the aim of processing the raw material? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ To create a sugary liquid
What happens during alcoholic fermentation? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Yeast eats sugars to create alcohol,
congeners and carbon dioxide
What system is used in the USA to express alcohol
content? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Proof. Two degrees proof
equals 1% abv
What is the aim of distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To select
and concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and
congeners) and leave others behind
What is the aim of post-distillation operations? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ To ensure that when a spirit is put on
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sale it has the correct colour, aroma, sweetness and
alcoholic strength
What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Ethanol
What type of aromas are created by esters? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Fruity aromas
What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Water-white and colourless
Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water.
True or False? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ TRUE
What is the name of the section of the still between the
pot and the head? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Swan neck
What is the typical heat source for a pot still? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Steam
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What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Converts the vapours back to a liquid
In pot still distillation, what happens in the first
distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Distil alcoholic liquid into
low wines, discard watery waste
In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low
wines? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 25-30%
In pot still distillation, what happens in the second
distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Distil low wines with heads
and tails of previous batch, separate heads, hearts and
tails, discard watery waste
What happens to the heads and tails at the end of the
second distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ They are collected
and used for the next distillation
What is the name for the portion of the second distillation
that will be kept and sold? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Heart
WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Prep Test Bank 1 with
200 Questions and Correct Answers for Real Exam
Practice/ WSET Level 2 Spirits Exam Qs with 100%
Correct Answers
What is the aim of processing the raw material? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ To create a sugary liquid
What happens during alcoholic fermentation? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Yeast eats sugars to create alcohol,
congeners and carbon dioxide
What system is used in the USA to express alcohol
content? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Proof. Two degrees proof
equals 1% abv
What is the aim of distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To select
and concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and
congeners) and leave others behind
What is the aim of post-distillation operations? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ To ensure that when a spirit is put on
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sale it has the correct colour, aroma, sweetness and
alcoholic strength
What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Ethanol
What type of aromas are created by esters? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Fruity aromas
What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Water-white and colourless
Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water.
True or False? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ TRUE
What is the name of the section of the still between the
pot and the head? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Swan neck
What is the typical heat source for a pot still? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Steam
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What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Converts the vapours back to a liquid
In pot still distillation, what happens in the first
distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Distil alcoholic liquid into
low wines, discard watery waste
In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low
wines? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 25-30%
In pot still distillation, what happens in the second
distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Distil low wines with heads
and tails of previous batch, separate heads, hearts and
tails, discard watery waste
What happens to the heads and tails at the end of the
second distillation? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ They are collected
and used for the next distillation
What is the name for the portion of the second distillation
that will be kept and sold? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Heart
