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What are the 5 regions of Scotch production?

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  • Highland
  • Lowland
  • Speyside
  • Campbeltown
  • Islay
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What are the hallmarks of Canadian whiskey?

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  • high rye percentage (usually)
  • usually blended
  • must age 3 years
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What is the largest region of production in Scotland?

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Highland

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What are the only 3 distilleries in Campbeltown?

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  • Glen Scotia
  • Glengyle
  • Springbank
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What is the min age requirement for Irish whiskey?

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3 years (7 is common)

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What is ‘straight’ bourbon?

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  • aged 2 years
  • no added colors/flavors
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What is the base of Nikka Coffey Grain Whiskey?

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100% corn

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What is the difference between Hibiki and Yamazaki?

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  • Hibiki are blended
  • Yamazaki are single malt
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What defines a single grain Scotch?

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  • produced at one distillery
  • made with unmalted barley, wheat, or corn
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What percentage of Bourbon is produced in Kentucky?

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95%

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What region produces the lightest and least smoky style of Scotch?

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Lowland

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What is the age requirement for Scotch?

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min 3 years (much longer is common)

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Which region is home to over half of Scotland’s distilleries?

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Speyside

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What are the two distilleries located in Orkney?

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  • Highland Park
  • Scapa
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Name 2 producers of Islay whisky

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  • Laguvulin
  • Laphroiag
  • Caol Ila
  • Ardbeg
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What 4 islands are included in the Highland region of Scotch production?

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  • Skye
  • Jura
  • Mull
  • Orkney
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List a Lowland Scotch

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  • Glenkinchie
  • Auchentoshan
  • Bladnoch
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What Scotch region produces the most peaty and smoky whisky?

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Islay

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What are the 5 categories of Scotch?

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single malt
- made from malted barley
- distilled in a pot still at a single distillery

single grain
- may include un-malted barley and other grains such as wheat and corn
- must be distilled at single distillery

blended malt
- blend of malt whiskies
- different distilleries

blended grain
- blend of 2 or more grain whiskies
- different distilleries

blended
- mixture of malt and grain whiskies from multiple distilleries

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List 2 Highland Scotch producers

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  • Oban
  • Glenmorangie
  • Dalwhinnie
  • Dalmore
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What is unique about Irish whiskey?

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use of unmalted barley (due to historic English taxes)

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How many times must Scotch be distilled?

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2 times (pot still)

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List a Speyside Scotch

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  • Glenlivet
  • Glenfiddich
  • Macallan
  • Balvenie
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Who distilled the first whiskey in Kentucky (1789)?

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Rev Elijah Craig

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What are the requirements to be labeled Bourbon?
- min 51% corn - aged in charred new oak cask - must state age length on bottle if aged less than 4 years
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What are the requirements to be labeled Tennessee whiskey?
- manufactured in TN - must be maple charcoal filtered prior to aging
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What are the 2 most well known producers of Tennessee whiskey?
- Jack Daniels - George Dickel
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Describe sour mash
a portion of spent mash is incorporated into newly fermented mash
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What is the requirement to be labeled rye whiskey?
- min 51% rye - aged in charred new oak barrels min 2 years
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What are the requirements to be labeled corn whiskey?
- min 80% corn - unaged or aged in uncharred new barrels
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What is the min abv for Scotch?
40%
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Why are most whiskies not aged longer that 32 years?
evaporation over time would weaken the spirit too much to meet legal abv min
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List the 5 major Scotch producing Islands
- Skye - Jura - Mull - Arran - Orkney
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What is the most well regarded Scotch on the Island of Skye?
Talisker
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What is wood finishing in Scotch production?
- developing whiskey ss transferred to a different cask for the last 2-3 years of its aging - softens and adds frutiness - Port, Sherry, Madeira, Burgundy, and Sauternes barrels used
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What are the 3 major distilleries in Ireland?
- Old Bushmills - Cooley - New Middleton (Jameson)
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What is the northernmost distillery in Scotland?
Highland Park (Orkney)
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What do the terms Glenn and Furth mean?
glenn - hillside/ field furth - water source (like a fjord)
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What is the organization "Keeper of the Quaich" in Scotland?
producer organization that promotes Scotch
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Name 3 whiskies made at the New Middelton distillery
- Jameson - Redbreast - Blue/Green/Red/Yellow Spot - Powers - Paddy - Middleton Very Rare
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Why do rickhouses have dirt floors?
to maintain humidity levels
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Where is the most prized water found in Ireland for whiskey?
- Bush River - St Columb's Rill tributary
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What is the oldest whiskey distillery in the world?
Old Bushmills (1608)
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What bottlings are found in the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection?
- William Larue Weller - Sazerac Rye 18 - Thomas Handy Rye - George T Stagg - Eagle Rare 17
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What was the first single barrel Bourbon?
Blantons
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What is the oldest distillery in the USA?
Buffalo Trace
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What is produced in Port Charlotte?
Scotch
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Where is the Glenora distillery? What style of whisky do they specialize in?
- Cape Breton Island of Nova Scotia - malt whisky in the style of Scotch
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How many times must Irish whiskey be distilled?
3 times
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What is Connemara?
A peat-fired, Single Malt Irish whiskey produced by Cooley
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What are two Scotch producers that are pioneers of the wood-finished style?
- Glenmorangie - Balvenie
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Speyside uses water from what river for its production?
River Spey
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What is the oldest commercial distillery in Scotland?
Glenturret (est 1775) - Highlands
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What is the Gaelic word for Water of Life (scotch)?
uisge beatha (ish-ka ba-ha)
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What are the requirements for the new American Single Malt Whiskey designation (2024)?
- 100% malted barley - single distillery in the US - distilled to max 160 proof - must be stored in oak barrels (max capacity 700 L, used, charred new, or uncharred new)) - bottled at min 40% abv - if aged for min 2 years, can be labeled "Straight"
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What it the term for unaged Irish whisky?
poitin
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What are the two parts of the column in a Coffey continuous still?
- analyzer - rectifier
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Where is Tobermory distillery located?
Mull
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What is the max percentage of malt whisky allowed in Irish grain whiskey?
30%
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