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1. Scotch
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

2. When is a cocktail shaken?
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
A hawthorn strainer
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

3. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
white - green - oolong - black
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

4. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
A julep strainer
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

5. What is in Negroni?
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

6. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Crema
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Drip - steep - espresso
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

7. Cappuccino
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

8. How does the host impact a restaurant?
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
a double espresso

9. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

10. 2 cassis based drinks
Kir and Kir Royale
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

11. 3 brewing methods
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Point of Sale
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Drip - steep - espresso

12. What is a Lager?
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Is made from Corn
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

13. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
The juice
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

14. Bourbon
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Arabica - Robusta

15. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
white - green - oolong - black
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

16. Describe cassis
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
A liqueur made from black currants
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

17. Describe Antica Formula
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Arabica - Robusta
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

18. Describe a Champagne cocktail
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Drip - steep - espresso
Prosecco with white peach puree
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth

19. Name 2 aromatized wines
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Arabica - Robusta
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.

20. Describe Punt E Mes
A liqueur made from black currants
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Kir and Kir Royale

21. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
Is a flavored tea
It gives the malty flavor - It has enzymes to convert starch into sugar - It is the engine - gives body to beer - The length of malting & toasting gives the flavor profile.
Crema
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

22. Rum
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

23. What is a porta filter?
It gives the malty flavor - It has enzymes to convert starch into sugar - It is the engine - gives body to beer - The length of malting & toasting gives the flavor profile.
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

24. What is the proof of ABV?
Is a flavored tea
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

25. Whiskey
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Oak barrels
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
A Boston Shaker

26. Name 4 bitters

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27. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Arabica - Robusta
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
A liqueur made from black currants
It gives the malty flavor - It has enzymes to convert starch into sugar - It is the engine - gives body to beer - The length of malting & toasting gives the flavor profile.

28. 7 steps to making spirits
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Prosecco with white peach puree
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

29. When is a cocktail stirred?
When it is a clear cocktail
Kir and Kir Royale
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

30. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
A hawthorn strainer
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
A julep strainer

31. What creates the carbonation in beer?
The addition of Co2.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Arabica - Robusta

32. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
The juice
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
When it is a clear cocktail

33. Doppio
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
a double espresso
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

34. What is fermentation?
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

35. What is vermouth?
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

36. Describe a Bellini
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Prosecco with white peach puree
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

37. 5 core emotional skills
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
a double espresso

38. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
Kir and Kir Royale
Oak barrels
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

39. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
a double espresso
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
A hawthorn strainer

40. What is an Ale?
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Kir and Kir Royale

41. What does ABV stand for?
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Alcohol by volume

42. Describe Lillet
Prosecco with white peach puree
Alcohol by volume
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico

43. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
white - green - oolong - black
Crema
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

44. Why are hops added to beer?
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

45. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Oak barrels
A Boston Shaker
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

46. The difference between hospitality and service
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

47. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
A hawthorn strainer
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

48. Macchiato
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top

49. Ingredients in a Margarita
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Is a flavored tea
Crema

50. Gin
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Alcohol by volume
hops - water - yeast - malted barley