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1. Name 4 Ales
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
The juice

2. What is in Negroni?
Kir and Kir Royale
Alcohol by volume
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

3. Ingredients in a Martini
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Drip - steep - espresso
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

4. Whiskey
A liqueur made from black currants
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Prosecco with white peach puree
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

5. What does POS stand for?
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Is a flavored tea
Point of Sale
The addition of Co2.

6. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

7. Describe a Bellini
Point of Sale
Oak barrels
Prosecco with white peach puree
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

8. Tequila types from newest to oldest
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

9. When is a cocktail shaken?
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

10. Espresso Americano
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

11. 3 distilled base aperitifs
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

12. 7 steps to making spirits
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

13. Ingredients in a Cosmo
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
White wine with seltzer water
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

14. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
The juice
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

15. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
When it is a clear cocktail
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

16. Why suggestive selling?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
white - green - oolong - black
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

17. What is a Lager?
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

18. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
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.
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

19. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Kir and Kir Royale
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

20. What is in a Wine spritzer?
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
White wine with seltzer water
a double espresso

21. 3 brewing methods
Drip - steep - espresso
Is a flavored tea
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

22. Cappuccino
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

23. 5 core emotional skills
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

24. 4 major ingredients for making beer
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

25. When is a cocktail stirred?
When it is a clear cocktail
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.
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

26. Tennessee Whiskey
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

27. Define spirits
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

28. Gin styles
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Proof is 2x the ABV.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

29. 2 cassis based drinks
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Kir and Kir Royale
a double espresso

30. What is fermentation?
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

31. Mescal
Crema
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

32. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
A Boston Shaker

33. What is distillation?
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
White wine with seltzer water

34. What are hops
A hawthorn strainer
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A liqueur made from black currants
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

35. Macchiato
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Is a flavored tea
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

36. What is mixto tequila?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Proof is 2x the ABV.

37. Why are hops added to beer?
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Point of Sale
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

38. Name 4 bitters
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

39. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
The guest's experiencey - Check average
a double espresso
white - green - oolong - black
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

40. What is a porta filter?
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Proof is 2x the ABV.
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

41. What is the proof of ABV?
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Proof is 2x the ABV.

42. Gin
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

43. What is single malt scotch?
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

44. Describe Punt E Mes
Crema
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

45. Describe Lillet
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

46. Doppio
Drip - steep - espresso
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
a double espresso

47. What is vermouth?
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Drip - steep - espresso

48. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A julep strainer
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

49. How does the host impact a restaurant?
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
The addition of Co2.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

50. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
A hawthorn strainer
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

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