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This term refers to the discarded "beginning" of the distillation run.
What are the Heads?
The term for a beverage made purely through yeast and sugar.
What is a Fermented Beverage?
Tequila aged for 3 or more years receives this classification.
What is Extra Añejo?
This spirit is famously made from "Agave Azul Tequilana Weber."
What is Tequila?
The EU's minimum ABV for a spirit to be legally sold as "Gin."
What is 37.5%?
These are the undesirable "oils" found at the end of distillation.
What are Fusel Oils (Tails)?
The heating and drying of germinated grain is called this.
What is Kilning?
Bourbon must be aged in barrels that are both "New" and this.
What is Charred (Oak)?
A spirit distilled from fruit (usually grapes) is generally called this.
What is Brandy?
The number of years Canadian Whisky must age to be legal.
What is 3 years?
Charcoal filtration is used extensively in the West to make this spirit.
What is Vodka?
This enzyme is used during mashing to turn starch into sugar.
What is Amylase?
The "charcoal filtering" step specific to Tennessee Whiskey.
What is Charred (Oak)?
This clear spirit is distilled to 96% and then diluted with water.
What is Vodka?
The "Vodka Belt" includes these two countries where it originated.
What are Russia and Poland?
This "Still" allows for continuous distillation on a massive scale.
What is a Column (or Coffey) Still?
This extraction method for Gin botanicals uses heat.
What is Infusion?
If a Tequila label says "100%," it means it contains no other these.
What are Sugars (Adjuncts)?
This traditional Polish vodka is infused with "Bison Grass."
What is Żubrówka?
This French region has protected status for its specific Brandy.
What is Cognac?
The inventor of the "40% standard" based on the Russian Liter.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
This type of still is used for traditional, small-batch malt whiskies.
What is a Pot Still?
The percentage of spirits in a Solera system that move down the pyramid.
What is the Saca (or approx. 33%)?
A spirit that has undergone "Saccharification" was once a what?
What is a Starch (or Grain)?
The legal limit for alcohol content in a spirit to still be called "Rum."
What is 94.8%?