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

An un-sweetened Pastis, but bottled at higher strength is

• Old Tom
• Drambuie
• Cocktail bitters
• Absinthe

Pastis must include

• Coriander
• Juniper
• Licorice
• Espadin

The first distillation in a pot still produces

• low wines
• pomace
• the highest proof spirit
• malts

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

• Orris
• Blanche
• Quinine
• Louching

Straight on a whiskey bottle means
a) Aged at least two years in oak
b) Produced in Kentucky
c) Can be Rye based
d) Can be Corn based

• All of these
• a, b, d
• a, c, d
• None of these

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

• Blanche Armagnac
• VS Cognac
• XO Cognac
• Calvados

Borderies is?

• Rum made from two different countries
• A style of Armagnac
• Un-aged apple based spirit
• A grape region in Cognac

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

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

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