CSS Certified Specialist of Spirits - Chapter
2, Vodka ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Where can vodka be produced? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Anywhere in the world.
What is non-flavored vodka termed? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅"Original" type.
What is "original" vodka? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Non-flavored vodka.
What organization in the US defines all alcoholic beverages? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅US Standards of Identity
How does US Standards of Identity define vodka? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Neutral
spirit, without distinctive aroma, taste, or color
How does the US and EU definition of vodka differ? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In the
US, vodka is a neutral spirit. In the EU, organopleptic characteritics of the raw material can
be exhibited.
What does organoleptic mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Involving the use of the sense
organs.
Whose standards for vodka are more strict, US or EU? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅US
What 2 countries are earliest associated with vodka production? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Poland and Russia
Vodka has been in production since which century? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12th C
, What is the Russian word and meaning from which 'vodka' derives? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Voda, meaning water of life
What is earliest mention of vodka in Poland? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Wodka,
mentioned in 1405 by Akta Grotski, in court documents of Platine of Sandomierz, Poland
When was vodka for commonly used as a beverage, as opposed to medicinally? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1500s
The early vodka used was ingredient? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Grains.
When was potato introduced as an ingredient for vodka? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅18th
century, in Poland
What did the discovery of carbon do for vodka production? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Carbon could filter unwanted aromas.
When was vodka brought to the US? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅20th
Why was vodka brought to the US? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The rise of communism.
What is the first vodka company to come to the US? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Smirnoff.
Why was Smirnoff the first vodka company to come to the US? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The Bolsheviks took over their distillery in 1917 in Russia.
When did the general population start drinking vodka in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1950s
What vodka cocktails were introduced to the American cocktail scene in the 1950s? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Screwdriver, Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule
2, Vodka ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Where can vodka be produced? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Anywhere in the world.
What is non-flavored vodka termed? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅"Original" type.
What is "original" vodka? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Non-flavored vodka.
What organization in the US defines all alcoholic beverages? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅US Standards of Identity
How does US Standards of Identity define vodka? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Neutral
spirit, without distinctive aroma, taste, or color
How does the US and EU definition of vodka differ? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅In the
US, vodka is a neutral spirit. In the EU, organopleptic characteritics of the raw material can
be exhibited.
What does organoleptic mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Involving the use of the sense
organs.
Whose standards for vodka are more strict, US or EU? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅US
What 2 countries are earliest associated with vodka production? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Poland and Russia
Vodka has been in production since which century? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12th C
, What is the Russian word and meaning from which 'vodka' derives? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Voda, meaning water of life
What is earliest mention of vodka in Poland? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Wodka,
mentioned in 1405 by Akta Grotski, in court documents of Platine of Sandomierz, Poland
When was vodka for commonly used as a beverage, as opposed to medicinally? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1500s
The early vodka used was ingredient? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Grains.
When was potato introduced as an ingredient for vodka? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅18th
century, in Poland
What did the discovery of carbon do for vodka production? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Carbon could filter unwanted aromas.
When was vodka brought to the US? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅20th
Why was vodka brought to the US? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The rise of communism.
What is the first vodka company to come to the US? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Smirnoff.
Why was Smirnoff the first vodka company to come to the US? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅The Bolsheviks took over their distillery in 1917 in Russia.
When did the general population start drinking vodka in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1950s
What vodka cocktails were introduced to the American cocktail scene in the 1950s? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Screwdriver, Bloody Mary, Moscow Mule
