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54 The impurities that make up the flavor of the whiskey:
[a ] [b ] [c ] [d ]
are basically a combination of late heads and early tails congeners come only from the tails
come only from the heads
are not present at all in the heads and tails.
55 Scottish and Irish style malt whiskies are aged in used barrels because:
[a ] [b ] [c ]
[d ]
the staves are tighter and there’s less chance of leakage they are cheaper than new ones
new barrels would impart an overpowering oak character to the delicate malt flavor
because used barrels age the whiskey faster
ANSwERS
1. [ d]
2. [ c]
3. [a ]
4. [ c]
5. [ c]
6. [ b]
7. [a ]
8. [ d]
9. [ b]
10. [ a ]
11. [ c] 21.
12. [ d] 22.
13. [a ] 23.
14. [ c] 24.
15. [ c] 25.
16. [ d] 26.
17. [a ] 27.
18. [ b] 28.
19. [ b] 29.
20. [a ] 30.
[ d] [ c] [ a] [ c] [ a] [ d] [ a] [ b] [ a] [ d]
31. [ c] 32. [ a] 33. [ c] 34. [ c] 35. [ a] 36. [ b] 37. [ a] 38. [ b] 39. [ d] 40. [ b]
41. [ c] 42. [ c] 43. [ d] 44. [ a] 45. [ b] 46. [ a] 47. [ b] 48. [ c] 49. [ d] 50. [ a]
51. [ a]
52. [ b]
53. [ d]
54. [ a]
55. [ c]