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QUESTIONS Name the three ingredients you need to make whisky.

In which city would you find the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre?

A: Glasgow C: Edinburgh

B: Aberdeen D: Inverness

Which single malt distillery is the only one to use a single source of natural spring water for the entire production?

A: Glenfiddich B: GlenlivThe smoky flavour of some whiskies, especially those from the Scottish Islands, is derived from what?

A: Peat

B: Barley

In Steig Larsson’s novel “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, what is Lisbeth Salander’s favourite drink?

A: Tullamore Dew B: Lagavulin C: Jameson D: Glen Scotia What geographical term does the Gaelic word ‘Glen’ refer to?

A: Valley B: Scotland C: North of Equator D: River

ANSWERS Water, grain and yeast.

C: Edinburgh

A: Glenfiddich

A: Peat

A: Tullamore Dew

A: Valley

QUESTIONS In Scotland, what is the name of the vessel where worts (sugary liquid) are fermented?

A: Fermenter

B: Drum

Which American State does Jack Daniel’s come from?

A: South Carolina B: Tennessee C: Alabama D: Kentucky

Which family owned company also produces an unusual gin, Hendrick’s, at the same site they make their scotch blended whisky?

A: Signatory

B:

William

A: Spiciness flavours

B: Vanilla

What does the use of rye add to the taste of American whiskies?

Who were granted the right to make aqua vitae in Edinburgh in 1505?

A: Monks

B: Ministers

In the USA, prior to prohibition, what was the most popular type of whiskey?

A: Rye

B: Bourbon

ANSWERS D: Wash Back

B: Tennessee

B: William Grant & Sons

A: Spiciness

C: Barbers

A: Rye

QUESTIONS Name three of the five official categories of whisky in Scotland.

In which country is Tullamore Dew produced?

A: Scotland

B: Ireland

What is the name of the largest family owned scotch blended whisky?

A: Johnnie Walker B: Grant’s C: Ballantine’s D: Famous What can the vanilla flavours in a whisky generally be attributed to?

A: The type of cask B: The stillman C: The yeast D: Distillation What is the Highland fling?

A: A traditional Scottish dance B: An extramarital affair C: An event at the Highland Games D: A Scottish fairy tale How many grain distilleries operate in Scotland?

A: 1 to 3

B: 4 to 7

ANSWERS Single Malt, Blended Malt, Scotch Blended Whisky, Single Grain and Blended Grain. (Vatted Malt is no B: Ireland

B: Grant’s (the others are not family owned)

A: The type of cask

A: A traditional Scottish dance

B: 4 to 7

QUESTIONS What types of stills are used for single malt whisky production?

A: Coffey stills

B: column stills

Which region of Scotland contains the most distilleries?

A: Campbeltown C: Islay

B: Speyside D: Lowlands

Many whisky companies have a deer as their logo, but which has a deer in its name?

A: Glenfiddich

B: Dal-

Where do sherry flavours in Scotch whisky come from?

A: Maturation in cherry-wood B: Maturation in Spanish sherry oak casks C: By adding sherry to the mature whisky D: By adding sherry to the newly distilled Who said “On no account reduce the amount of barley for whisky. This takes years to mature and is an invaluable export and dollar producer.�?

A: Margaret Thatcher

B: Alex Sal-

How many whiskies can be called Glenfiddich?

A: 1

B: 2

ANSWERS C: Pot Stills

B: Speyside

A: Glenfiddich, Fiddich is Gaelic for deer

B: Maturation in Spanish sherry oak casks

D: Winston Churchill in 1944 – having recognised whisky as a source for foreign currency and wishing to “preserve this characteristic British element of ascendancy”.

A: 1

Whisky is much more than age and smokiness. Do you, by the way, know what glen means? Can you explain the difference between bourboun and sherry casks?

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