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.

Starches cooked in water can be converted to sugar by the use of

• pot stills
• low wines
• light marks
• enzymes
• agave fibers

Finishing in a Bourbon barrel gives flavors of

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

Grappa is?

• Grape flavored Vodka
• Italian pomace spirit
• flavored with anise
• French for grape

The tendency for aniseed-flavored spirits to cloud with the addition of water is called

• Orris
• Blanche
• Quinine
• Louching

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

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

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

Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana are know for which style of rum?

• Spirit-forward
• French style
• Spanish style
• British style

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

• Vodka
• Rum
• Gin
• Whisky
• Tequila

Rhum Agricole would most likely come from?

• Panama
• Jamaica
• Guadaloupe
• Grenada