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.

Light marks are

• High strength, light flavored rums
• The result of the first pot distillation
• Light alcohol, heavy flavored rums from pot stills
• Caribbean term for unaged agricole rum

Espadin is often used in

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

Finishing in a Bourbon barrel gives flavors of

• coconut, vanilla & spice
• vegetable, earth & smoke
• dried fruit & orange peel
• pepper and lemon zest

A Scotch with "Malt Whisky" on the label means

• Made from malted barley
• it was made in a single distillery
• it's made in Scotland
• Nothing, no legal definition

Which one of the following spirits is used to make a Daiquiri?

• Vodka
• Rum
• Gin
• Whisky
• Tequila

Quinine is a common ingredient in

• Bitters
• Collins
• Pisco
• Dry Gin

Hors d'Age for Cognac means

• all contents at least 3 years old
• all contents at least 6 years old
• all contents at least 10 years old
• unaged and clear in color

Tenereze is

• Home of Cachaca
• a type of oak barrel
• a grape growing region in Armagnac
• at least 10 year old Cognac

Finishing in a Sherry barrel gives flavors of

• coconut, vanilla & spice
• vegetable, earth & smoke
• dried fruit & orange peel
• pepper and lemon zest

The primary raw material for Bourbon is

• Barley
• Wheat
• Rye
• Corn