FDSCTE 1120 Unit 4 Study Guide
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
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)