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.

Grappa is?

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

Sour Mash is

• adding the residue from a column still back into the fermenter
• allowing the grains to ferment slowly in a warm, wet environment
• adding acetic acid to the wort
• a marketing term with no legal definition

Light to medium intensity, from Cuba, Panama or Venezuela, predominately light marks are features of

• Spanish style
• British Style
• French Style
• Brazilian rum

Which type of barrels are most commonly used in the production of Scotch Whisky?

• New oak barrels
• Heavily charred oak barrels
• Ex-Sherry barrels
• Ex-Bourbon barrels

A pot stilled brandy, generally unaged, and made from highly aromatic grapes is

• Cognac
• Cachasa
• Pisco
• Mezcal
• Anejo

Distinct smoky aroma of peat is most likely from

• Highlands
• Lowland
• Tennessee
• Islay

In Europe, Vermouth must contain this botanical

• wormwoods
• anise
• coriander
• juniper

A high strength, light flavored, corn whiskey blended with more pronounced rye whiskey would most likely be

• Tennessee
• Straight
• triple pot distilled
• Canadian Rye

Calvados is

• made from apples and pears
• fermented twice
• never aged in oak
• made from Folle Blanche

A long drink built and served over cubed ice is a

• Sour
• Collins
• Highball
• Sidecar