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You will have an hour to answer 50 questions in multiple choice format.  You can also download the LVL 2 Spirits Systematic Approach to Tasting (SAT).

Below you will find a sample of questions similar to what you'll find on the LVL2 Spirits exam. WEI students have access to many questions with grading and scoring in their student portal.

Which is not a potential base for spirits?

• Corn
• Apples
• Grapes
• Water
• Potatoes

Mexcal made in a roasting pit, crushed by mechanized mill, distilled by direct heat in a metal still can be called

• Ancestral
• Artisinal
• Tahona
• pina

An un-sweetened Pastis, but bottled at higher strength is

• Old Tom
• Drambuie
• Cocktail bitters
• Absinthe

The first distillation in a pot still produces

• low wines
• pomace
• the highest proof spirit
• malts

What happens during distillation?

• Water boils at a lower temperature than alcohol
• Yeast eat sugars to produce alcohol
• Ethanol and water are separated
• Ethanol is added to raise the alcoholic strength

Espadin is often used in

• Flavored Liqueurs
• Blanche Armagnac
• Mezcal
• Pisco
• Cachasa

White rums are

• Always made in column stills
• clear and colorless
• light in flavor
• never aged in oak
• always made from cane rather than molasses

What is Rhum Agricole?

• Rum made from sugar cane juice
• The controlling body for rum regulations
• A rum cocktail originally from Havanna
• Planting cane in rows to make rum production easier

A long drink built and served over cubed ice is a

• Sour
• Collins
• Highball
• Sidecar

Rhum Agricole would most likely come from?

• Panama
• Jamaica
• Guadaloupe
• Grenada