All right, too darn quiet in here. Time for Neil’s Booze trivia game.
This is not about no wine, so no whining. It’s about hard alcohol (mostly), the stuff guys drink when they want to make a woman look good or forget the woman with no teeth and the glass eye that they woke up with this last weekend. It’s what women drink when they want to make a guy look better or forget the guy who drank their glass eye from the water glass by the side of the bed last weekend. The stuff you slam from a shot glass or the good stuff you sip and savor while looking at swords as do people like Keith Larman and Ted Tenold.
There are fabulous prizes to be won. Perhaps a dream date in Atlantic City with Glamorous Scotch models Cady Goldfield and Margret Lo. Maybe a chance to personally experience how blades were tested in the old days with Tony Alvarez, Dave Neely, and Paul Smith. Or a chance to watch Keith Larman or Ted Tenold polishing (off a bottle of sake.)
For those into more gendai arts, Perhaps a chance to discuss judo history and boxing history with Joe Svinth and Mark Feigenbaum. Bet you guys didn’t know Joe and Mark are big boxing fans too. Or perhaps a chance to breathe in the heady aroma of the Tuesday night bad budo club dojo with Aaron Fields or me and partake of whisky and beers after. (Providing you don’t pass out from the dojo odor first).
Keep your answers short and PM or email to me, a sentence or four will answer most of these. Don’t post answers on the forum please! I’ll just delete them if ya do. I'll post scores when I'm done grading!
Get 90% or higher on your score and you can even add to your signature the title of Official Booze mokuroku directly transmitted from the Booze Master once I post your results on the forum. Again, don’t post answers on the forum please, email or PM me.
Disclaimer: All prizes are all dependent upon you winning the quiz with the highest score and being willing to spend your own money for all travel expenses to be in the same place as the people mentioned and pay for all their travel expenses as well. Of course, This prize also earns you the honor of buying them an expensive dinner and numerous drinks as well. All legal and medical expenses, criminal charges, angry strippers and encounters with men and women of lesser morals are your own problem. e-budo.com and all connected to the e-budo forums take no responsibility for the results of your debauchery and immoral behavior. Besides, these prizes don't really exist!!
This is a long test, 50 questions, Here are the first 25. Two points each question.
OK, ready? Oh, did I mention “Don’t post answers on the forum please”, email or PM me. You will find my email in my profile.
1. Who was the original “Old Grand Dad”?
2. Why is oak usually preferred for casks when aging hard alcohol?
3. When discussing Bourbon whiskey, what is the difference between a ‘straight whiskey’ and a ‘bottled in bond’ whiskey?
4. What is the difference between a single malt whisky and a pure malt/vatted whisky?
5. What is a pot still?
6. What is a continuous still?
7. Name two theories on the still and the country of origin.
8. Which distillery takes pride in it’s founder being one of the first Government licensed distillers and having fought battles with his bootlegging neighbors with pistols given to him by the Laird of Abelour? Name the distillery and founder.
9. Speaking of Abelour, what does this translate to in English?
10. What does “Sour Mash” mean?
11. Who is given credit for being the first to make large scale use of the sour mash process in America?
12. George Washington used run a distillery on his Mt Vernon property. It’s said he made $7500 a year when the distillery was at peak production in 1799. That’s about $82,000 now. What mashbill did he use based on research done via George’s own notes?
13. Rum is made from what? There are two (three if you want to split hairs) correct answers.
14. What is the distinction between Rum Agricole and Rum Industriel?
15. What was just built in the Presqu'île Sauvage? Why is it somewhat unique?
16. The growth of Scotch whisky in Great Britain, as well as for export, was partially due to what event in France in the 1870’s?
17. Besides heat distillation, there is another way to increase the alcohol % from a beer or wine. How is this accomplished?
18. How does awamori differ from sake? There are two answers, one pertains to the ingredients and one to production method.
19. What distillery has an old revolver displayed in the office and why is it there?
20. Japanese firms own a few distilleries in Scotland. Name the distilleries and the Japanese companies that own them.
21. Absinthe is commonly associated with a type of wood. What was this wood used for in medicinal treatments?
22. Name the only California made rye whiskey on the market.
23. The Buena Vista in San Francisco is generally credited for what drink?
24. Akavit or Aquavit is typically and most commonly flavored with what? And what does the term “Linie” in conjunction with Akavit mean?
25. Middleton Distillery produces a large number of brands of Irish Whiskey. Name 5 of these brands of whiskey and one brand of gin, one brand of vodka produced here as well.