Distillery Jeopardy! Round 1

Distillery Equipment

100

The name of the vessel where saccharification occurs

Pre-liq Tank

200

MVR stands for

Mechanical Vapour Recompression 

300

Aside from pumps, this piece of equipment uses centrifugal force to achieve it's purpose

Centrifuge

400

This piece of equipment connects the Extraction column to the Alcohol column

Reboiler

500

This is another type of mill, other than a hammer mill

Roller, Disc, Cage

Whisky Regulations

100

This is the minimum time Canadian Whisky must be aged for

3 years

200

This is the maximum cask or barrel size allowed for Canadian Whiskies

700L

300

This type of wood must be used to age Canadian Whisky

Oak

400

This is the minimum bottling strength allowable for Canadian Whisky

40%

500

This percentage of added spirits other than whisky is permitted in Canadian Whisky

9.09%

General

100

This is the highest ABV% that Hiram Walker has fermented to (whole number)

18%

200

This is the nomenclature tag for spirits produced on Beer Still 1 (Beer Still 3 is Star)

Ellis

300

This percentage differentiates Whisky from Vodka (above is vodka, below is whisky)

95%

400

Vomitoxin is this type of toxin

Mycotoxin

500

This differentiates Canadian Whisky from Bourbon

Mixed Grain Mash Bill

Grains

100

This grain type gives a neutral, slightly sweet and creamy note to distillate

Corn

200

This type of grain provides a nutty character to distillate

Barley

300

When speaking about grains, the term "hulled" means

Outer shell removed

400

This is what is done to grain during the "malting" process

Germination

500

This grain has the highest beta-glucan content

Rye

Compounds and Characters

100

This is the first character/compound that is encountered as a sensory defect when starting up the extraction unit

Fusel oil

200

This compound is referred to as the "Moonshiners Curse"

Methanol

300

This compound gives off a buttery character (chemical formula or common name)

Diacetyl

400

This broad compound can give all of the following characters: grainy, rubber, egg, vegetable, and meat

Sulphur

500

This type of compound gives off smoky character in addition to certain floral characteristics

Phenolic compounds