WSET LEVEL 2 SPIRITS EXAM 2025
|GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What is the aim of processing the raw material? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ To create a sugary liquid.
What happens during alcoholic fermentation? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Yeast eats sugars to create alcohol, congeners and
carbon dioxide.
What system is used in the USA to express alcohol content? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Proof. Two degrees proof equals 1% abv
What is the aim of distillation? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ To select
and concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and congeners) and
leave others behind
What is the aim of post-distillation operations? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ To ensure that when a spirit is put on sale it has the
correct colour, aroma, sweetness and alcoholic strength
What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Ethanol
,What type of aromas are created by esters? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Fruity aromas
What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Water-white and colourless
Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water. True or False? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ TRUE
What is the name of the section of the still between the pot and the head?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Swan neck
What is the typical heat source for a pot still? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Steam
What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Converts the vapours back to a liquid
In pot still distillation, what happens in the first distillation? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Distil alcoholic liquid into low wines,
discard watery waste
, In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low wines? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 25-30%
In pot still distillation, what happens in the second distillation? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Heart
Column stills can run continuously. True or false? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ TRUE
In a column still, where are the hearts typically taken from? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A plate just below the top of the still
What is the highest abv that can be reached in a column still? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 96%
What intensity would you expect in a spirit taken off the still at 75%? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Pronounced
|GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
What is the aim of processing the raw material? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ To create a sugary liquid.
What happens during alcoholic fermentation? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Yeast eats sugars to create alcohol, congeners and
carbon dioxide.
What system is used in the USA to express alcohol content? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Proof. Two degrees proof equals 1% abv
What is the aim of distillation? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ To select
and concentrate parts of the alcoholic liquid (alcohol and congeners) and
leave others behind
What is the aim of post-distillation operations? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ To ensure that when a spirit is put on sale it has the
correct colour, aroma, sweetness and alcoholic strength
What is the most important alcohol in a spirit? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Ethanol
,What type of aromas are created by esters? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Fruity aromas
What is the appearance of a newly made spirit? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Water-white and colourless
Ethanol boils at a lower temperature than pure water. True or False? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ TRUE
What is the name of the section of the still between the pot and the head?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Swan neck
What is the typical heat source for a pot still? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Steam
What is the purpose of a condenser in a pot still? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Converts the vapours back to a liquid
In pot still distillation, what happens in the first distillation? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Distil alcoholic liquid into low wines,
discard watery waste
, In pot still distillation, what is the typical abv of the low wines? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 25-30%
In pot still distillation, what happens in the second distillation? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Heart
Column stills can run continuously. True or false? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ TRUE
In a column still, where are the hearts typically taken from? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A plate just below the top of the still
What is the highest abv that can be reached in a column still? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 96%
What intensity would you expect in a spirit taken off the still at 75%? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Pronounced
