Certified Bourbon Professional Exam -
Whiskey Masters 2024/2025 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
Where did Whiskey come from? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Whiskey came from
Ireland and Scotland then emigrated to Canada and Japan. While early
distillers in colonial America were central European, they had a similar
brain-based distilling tradition and picked up on barrel aging as early as the
Irish and the Scots.
What is distillation? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Separates liquids with different boiling
points. In the whiskey making process, the relevant boiling points are 78 C
and 100 C.
What is the difference between "Whisky" and "Whiskey" - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔"Whiskey" is used in the US and Ireland while "Whisky" is used in Great
Britain, Canada, and Japan.
Linguistically, where did "whiskey" come from. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
alchemical Latin name for alcohol is "aqua vitae" (or water of life). This is
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, translated into "uisce beatha" in Gaelic, which was then linguistically
massaged into "whiskey"
Who made the first type of whiskey in the US and what type? When? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Pennsylvania Dutch made rye whiskey which was
popularized around the same time as the Revolutionary War because of
the taxation of molasses imported from the British West Indies.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rebellion of Western
Pennsylvanian farmers over Alexander Hamilton's whiskey tax after the
Revolutionary War
What is red liquor? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Also called "Monongahela Red", this
was a nickname for bourbon and rye after charred oak barrels began to be
used to alter and store whiskey
What types of barrels do each type of whiskey need to be aged in? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bourbon and rye must be aged in new, charred oak barrels
while Scotch and Canadian whiskies are not limited in the same way (could
be brandy, sherry, wine, etc).
What were the two factors that made Scotch whisky the powerhouse it is
today? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Steam power: The invention of the steam-heated
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Whiskey Masters 2024/2025 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
Where did Whiskey come from? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Whiskey came from
Ireland and Scotland then emigrated to Canada and Japan. While early
distillers in colonial America were central European, they had a similar
brain-based distilling tradition and picked up on barrel aging as early as the
Irish and the Scots.
What is distillation? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Separates liquids with different boiling
points. In the whiskey making process, the relevant boiling points are 78 C
and 100 C.
What is the difference between "Whisky" and "Whiskey" - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔"Whiskey" is used in the US and Ireland while "Whisky" is used in Great
Britain, Canada, and Japan.
Linguistically, where did "whiskey" come from. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
alchemical Latin name for alcohol is "aqua vitae" (or water of life). This is
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY 1
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, translated into "uisce beatha" in Gaelic, which was then linguistically
massaged into "whiskey"
Who made the first type of whiskey in the US and what type? When? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The Pennsylvania Dutch made rye whiskey which was
popularized around the same time as the Revolutionary War because of
the taxation of molasses imported from the British West Indies.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Rebellion of Western
Pennsylvanian farmers over Alexander Hamilton's whiskey tax after the
Revolutionary War
What is red liquor? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Also called "Monongahela Red", this
was a nickname for bourbon and rye after charred oak barrels began to be
used to alter and store whiskey
What types of barrels do each type of whiskey need to be aged in? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bourbon and rye must be aged in new, charred oak barrels
while Scotch and Canadian whiskies are not limited in the same way (could
be brandy, sherry, wine, etc).
What were the two factors that made Scotch whisky the powerhouse it is
today? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Steam power: The invention of the steam-heated
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
