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.

A spirit with raisin, floral oak and rancio aromas with a smooth mouthfeel best describes a?

• Blanche Armagnac
• VS Cognac
• XO Cognac
• Calvados

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

The process of making tequila and mezcal is (in order)

• cooking, formulation, ageing distillation
• formulation, cooking, crushing, distillation
• crushing, cooking, distillation, formulation
• cooking, crushing, formulation, fermentation

A reposado Tequila must be aged in wood for a least

• two months
• twelve months
• two years
• three years

Ethanol vaporizes at?

• 66.6°C
• 70.3°C
• 78.3°C
• 85.3°C
• 100°C

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

Finishing in a Bourbon barrel gives flavors of

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

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

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

• Vodka
• Rum
• Gin
• Whisky
• Tequila

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

• Orris
• Blanche
• Quinine
• Louching