WSET Level 1 Spirits Questions with Correct
Answers
What do old oak barrels do to flavor? Correct Answ_Less flavor and color
Blending a whiskey aims: Correct Answ_Consistency
Complexity
Color used in whiskey? Correct Answ_Caramel
Scotch whiskey must be aged and distilled for how many years? Correct Answ_3 years in
Scotland
Single Malt Whiskeys must be: Correct Answ_Made from only barley
Pot distilled
Blend of whiskeys from one distillery
Flavor of single malt Correct Answ_Cereal, fruits, flowers, honey, fruit cake, sweet spices
, Why does malt whiskey taste like smoke? Correct Answ_Burning peat
Blended scotch whiskies must be: Correct Answ_A blend of malt whiskeys and grain
whiskeys from different distilleries
Grain whiskey is distilled how? Correct Answ_Column still
Number one state for bourbon production? Correct Answ_Kentucky
Factors that determine Bourbon: Correct Answ_51% of grain must be corn
Made using a column still
Aged in new oak barrels
Flavors of bourbon Correct Answ_Sweet corn, cereal, fruit, vanilla, coconut
How does Tennessee whiskey differ from Bourbon? Correct Answ_Must be passed through a
maple charcoal filter before it is out into oak barrels
Answers
What do old oak barrels do to flavor? Correct Answ_Less flavor and color
Blending a whiskey aims: Correct Answ_Consistency
Complexity
Color used in whiskey? Correct Answ_Caramel
Scotch whiskey must be aged and distilled for how many years? Correct Answ_3 years in
Scotland
Single Malt Whiskeys must be: Correct Answ_Made from only barley
Pot distilled
Blend of whiskeys from one distillery
Flavor of single malt Correct Answ_Cereal, fruits, flowers, honey, fruit cake, sweet spices
, Why does malt whiskey taste like smoke? Correct Answ_Burning peat
Blended scotch whiskies must be: Correct Answ_A blend of malt whiskeys and grain
whiskeys from different distilleries
Grain whiskey is distilled how? Correct Answ_Column still
Number one state for bourbon production? Correct Answ_Kentucky
Factors that determine Bourbon: Correct Answ_51% of grain must be corn
Made using a column still
Aged in new oak barrels
Flavors of bourbon Correct Answ_Sweet corn, cereal, fruit, vanilla, coconut
How does Tennessee whiskey differ from Bourbon? Correct Answ_Must be passed through a
maple charcoal filter before it is out into oak barrels
