WEI

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.

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

Poland's traditional base for Vodka is

• Grain
• Grapes
• Barley
• Potatoes
• Wheat

Manhattan and Martini are examples of a

• Spirit-forward cocktail
• Collins
• Highball
• Sour

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

The container holding the house spirits usually sealed with pourers is

• Back bar
• Garnish Tray
• Speedrail
• Ice Well

Heavy Marks aged in oak for long periods result in flavors of

• coconut, cream and orange peel
• dried fruit and almond
• bruised fruit, over-ripe banana and rancio
• smoky, earth vegetal flavors

Which one of the following statements is true?

• Wheat, rye and corn are commonly malted
• At the end of malting all of the starch has been converted to sugar
• Cooking a grain converts its starches to sugar
• Malting barley releases enzymes inside each grain

Distinct smoky aroma of peat is most likely from

• Highlands
• Lowland
• Tennessee
• Islay

ABV after fermentation is usually around

• 9% ABV
• 20% ABV
• 26% ABV
• 80 Proof
• 92% ABV

In Europe, Vermouth must contain this botanical

• wormwoods
• anise
• coriander
• juniper