CSS 2018 BJM VODKA
Shochu
Japanese, burned liquor,barley, buckwheat, rice or sweet potatoes single distilled 25abv multiple distillation 35abv
Vodka was not widely consumed in the us until?
Late 1940s
Us flavored vodka standard
Made with vodka, natural flavoring,sugar can be added, Bottled no less than 60proof Flavor must be on label May contain wine up to 2.5% without being on the label
The more popular versions of baijiu
Moutai, erguotou,luzhou laojiao, wuliangye
EU definition of vodka
Must be produced from agricultural raw materials Must be distilled so that raw materials characteristics are selectively reduced May be redistilled or treated with activated charcoal Or other materials Bottled at minimum 75 proof May contain glycerol and sugar If produced from other than potatoes or grains , base material must appear on the label
Definition of vodka US (loose)
Neutral spirit, distilled, treated with charcoal or other material as to be without distinctive color , aroma, or taste
Smirnoff forced to flee Russia when?
October revolution of 1917)
Starka
Poland/Lithuania, aged in oak,spices and herbs
Zubrowka
Polish, bison grass,
Krupnik
Polish, clover honey,herbs
In the 1930s Smirnov sold the right to the name and recipe to whom?
Rudolph kunett
Pertsovka
Russian , flavored with red chili pepper, sometimes honey
Okhotnichya
Russian, blend of spices, (hunters vodka with tormentil)
Kubanskaya
Russian, dried lemon and orange peel
Polish base ingredient
Rye or potatoes
Rye profile
Spicy, robust
Eu standard for flavored vodka
Bottled at a minimum of 75proof all others same as unflavored
Desirable congeners ethyl myristate profile/ ethyl palmiate profile
Waxy
Russian base ingredient
Wheat
Swedish base ingredient
Winter wheat
Top selling vodka brands
1 Smirnoff 2 absolute 3 green mark 4 grey goose 5 skyy 6 stoli 7 finlandia 8 Russian standard 9 citric 10 Ketel 11 sobeski 12 eristoff
Vodka was well documented as a beverage by?
1500
Charcoal filtration started when
1870s
Vladimir's Smirnoff has to sell his distillery when?
1904
Smirnoff vodka first produced in the us what year
1938
Neutral spirits typically are what abv?
95%
Stolichnaya vodka was first allowed to be imported to the us in exchange for what
A Pepsi production facility in Russia
Finland base ingredient
Barley
Baijiu
Chinese, commonly from sorghum, worlds most consumed spirit,1/3 of spirits worldwide between 40 and 60 abv bottled in ceramics
Corn profile
Delicate
Definition of neutral spirits in the US
Distilled spirits from any material Distilled at or above 190 proof Bottled at no less than 80 proof
When was vodka brought to the United States
Early twentieth century
Polish theory
From wodka earliest mention 1405 akta grotskie court documents
Desirable congeners ethyl laureate profile?
Fruity and floral
Potato profile
Full bodied , creamy
Wheat and barley profile
Highly acidic and light body