LVL 2 Spirits Sample Questions

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.

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 first distillation in a pot still produces
  • low wines
  • pomace
  • the highest proof spirit
  • malts
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
Calvados is
  • made from apples and pears
  • fermented twice
  • never aged in oak
  • made from Folle Blanche
Poland's traditional base for Vodka is
  • Grain
  • Grapes
  • Barley
  • Potatoes
  • Wheat
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
The boiling temperatures of Ethanol and water are respectively
  • 78.3C(173.1F) & 78.3C(173.1F)
  • 100C(212F) & 78.3C(173.1F)
  • 80C(180F) & 85C(185F)
  • 78.3C(173.1F) & 100C(212F)
Rhum Agricole would most likely come from?
  • Columbia
  • Martinique
  • Brazil
  • Barbados
ABV after fermentation is usually around
  • 9% ABV
  • 20% ABV
  • 26% ABV
  • 80 Proof
  • 92% ABV
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