WSET ® Level 2 Spirits

Brainscape’s full-perspective, adaptive flashcards cover the basics you need and the specifics you crave to help you prepare for and pass the WSET ® Level 2 Spirits exam. They’re also an extensive resource for those not in the industry but who are passionate about spirits and want to up their game!

Exploring the world of spirits and beverages!

If you’re a drinks professional or enthusiast looking to take your knowledge and/or career to the next level, Brainscape’s adaptive, digital flashcards for the WSET ® Level 2 Spirits qualification are the best (most efficient and convenient) review tool for the job!

Designed in strict accordance with this prestigious qualification’s latest edition textbook and recommended readings, you’ll learn about the world’s major spirits categories, production methods, serving and storage, and distillation and flavoring processes, as well as how to taste like a professional and use spirits to make certain cocktails.

In other words: everything you need to know to take your spirits education to that next level.

Detailed, expert instruction will help efficiently broaden your baseline knowledge in everything from base ingredients, regional labeling terms, and the differences between the whiskies of the world to the factors that influence distillate quality and which botanicals or flavorings are used for certain spirits and liqueurs. Brainscape’s flashcards can help you study more efficiently and effectively, so that you retain more information, quicker, and remember it for longer.

Meet our lead author for the WSET ® Level 2 Spirits

Brainscape's insider team of beverage professionals has worked tirelessly to create the most comprehensive set of flashcards for WSET ® Level 2 Spirits exam-takers and drinks enthusiasts. Our lead author is Brian Mitchell, a 27-year industry veteran who has worked in many facets of the drinks industry: as a bartender and bar manager, retail wine and spirits buyer, sommelier, multi-unit corporate beverage director, wine and spirits educator.

Brainscape helps you learn faster and remember for longer

The brain is hardwired to learn and remember information a certain way. The Brainscape™ flashcard app was born out of the question: what if we leveraged this hardwiring to help students learn more efficiently? Fueled by curiosity, our team of cognitive scientists from Columbia and Yale spent years developing a scientifically optimized learning platform to boost your learning.

Our "secret sauce" is a learning algorithm that delivers information to your brain in a way that optimizes its ability to retain that information. And it’s the spaced repetition of WSET ® Spirits Level 2 content at precisely the right interval for YOUR brain that makes Brainscape so effective for remembering the facts.

With Brainscape’s WSET ® Level 2 Spirits course, you get:

• Nearly 400 cards with in-depth coverage of the most important spirits, beverages, and liqueur categories, the techniques and regions in which they’re produced, proper storage and service, and the basics of a professional bar set-up.
• Explanations of spirits categories, labeling terms, aging requirements, and classifications so you have a thorough understanding of each topic covered.
• Ongoing feedback, statistics, and visualization tools to help you track your progress.
• A carefully tailored curriculum that builds on previous concepts and guides you from grain to glass.
• In-sync studying across Brainscape’s website and all your iOS and Android devices.

Now go crush the WSET ® Spirits Level 2 exam!

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