WSET Level 2 Spirits - Chapters 1 – 4 Exam 63
Questions and Answers (Latest Questions 2023-
24)
1) What is the aim of processing the raw material? - correct answers ✅To
create a sugary liquid
2) What happens during alcoholic fermentation? - correct answers ✅Yeast
eats sugars to create alcohol, congeners and carbon dioxide
3) What system is used in the USA to express alcohol content? - correct
answers ✅Proof. Two degrees proof equals 1% abv
4) What is the aim of distillation? - correct answers ✅To select and
concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and congeners) and leave
others behind
5) What is the aim of post-distillation operations? - correct answers ✅To
ensure that when a spirit is put on sale it has the correct colour, aroma,
sweetness and alcoholic strength
6) What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? - correct answers ✅Ethanol
7) What type of aromas are created by esters? - correct answers ✅Fruity
aromas
8) What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? - correct answers
✅Water-white and colourless
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, 9) Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water. True or False? -
correct answers ✅TRUE
10) What is the name of the section of the still between the pot and the
head? - correct answers ✅Swan neck
11) What is the typical heat source for a pot still? - correct answers
✅Steam
12) What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? - correct answers
✅Converts the vapours back to a liquid
13) In pot still distillation, what happens in the first distillation? - correct
answers ✅Distil alcoholic liquid into low wines, discard watery waste
14) In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low wines? -
correct answers ✅25-30%
15) In pot still distillation, what happens in the second distillation? -
correct answers ✅Distil low wines with heads and tails of previous batch,
separate heads, hearts and tails, discard watery waste
16) What happens to the heads and tails at the end of the second
distillation? - correct answers ✅They are collected and used for the next
distillation
17) What is the name for the portion of the second distillation that will
be kept and sold? - correct answers ✅Heart
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Questions and Answers (Latest Questions 2023-
24)
1) What is the aim of processing the raw material? - correct answers ✅To
create a sugary liquid
2) What happens during alcoholic fermentation? - correct answers ✅Yeast
eats sugars to create alcohol, congeners and carbon dioxide
3) What system is used in the USA to express alcohol content? - correct
answers ✅Proof. Two degrees proof equals 1% abv
4) What is the aim of distillation? - correct answers ✅To select and
concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and congeners) and leave
others behind
5) What is the aim of post-distillation operations? - correct answers ✅To
ensure that when a spirit is put on sale it has the correct colour, aroma,
sweetness and alcoholic strength
6) What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? - correct answers ✅Ethanol
7) What type of aromas are created by esters? - correct answers ✅Fruity
aromas
8) What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? - correct answers
✅Water-white and colourless
Page 1|6
, 9) Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water. True or False? -
correct answers ✅TRUE
10) What is the name of the section of the still between the pot and the
head? - correct answers ✅Swan neck
11) What is the typical heat source for a pot still? - correct answers
✅Steam
12) What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? - correct answers
✅Converts the vapours back to a liquid
13) In pot still distillation, what happens in the first distillation? - correct
answers ✅Distil alcoholic liquid into low wines, discard watery waste
14) In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low wines? -
correct answers ✅25-30%
15) In pot still distillation, what happens in the second distillation? -
correct answers ✅Distil low wines with heads and tails of previous batch,
separate heads, hearts and tails, discard watery waste
16) What happens to the heads and tails at the end of the second
distillation? - correct answers ✅They are collected and used for the next
distillation
17) What is the name for the portion of the second distillation that will
be kept and sold? - correct answers ✅Heart
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