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1. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

2. Name 4 bitters

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3. What is vermouth?
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

4. Describe Lillet
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Crema

5. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
white - green - oolong - black
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

6. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Arabica - Robusta
Oak barrels
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

7. What creates the carbonation in beer?
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
The addition of Co2.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

8. 3 distilled base aperitifs
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
A liqueur made from black currants

9. Define spirits
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Oak barrels
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.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

10. Name 4 lagers
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

11. 2 cassis based drinks
A julep strainer
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Kir and Kir Royale
When it is a clear cocktail

12. Earl Grey
Is a flavored tea
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

13. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Crema
Arabica - Robusta
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

14. Doppio
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
a double espresso
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Is a flavored tea

15. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
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.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Point of Sale

16. Tequila types from newest to oldest
Is made from Corn
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Drip - steep - espresso
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

17. Describe Campari
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A julep strainer

18. Latte
Kir and Kir Royale
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

19. What is in a Wine spritzer?
Is a flavored tea
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
White wine with seltzer water
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

20. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
A hawthorn strainer
Drip - steep - espresso
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

21. Describe Punt E Mes
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Kir and Kir Royale

22. Tennessee Whiskey
Alcohol by volume
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

23. Describe a Champagne cocktail
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

24. Gin
Is a flavored tea
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
white - green - oolong - black

25. 3 brewing methods
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Drip - steep - espresso
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

26. What is in Negroni?
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Drip - steep - espresso

27. When is a cocktail stirred?
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
When it is a clear cocktail
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

28. What is single malt scotch?
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
The addition of Co2.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

29. Ingredients in a Margarita
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
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
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

30. Gin styles
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Proof is 2x the ABV.

31. When is a cocktail shaken?
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

32. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

33. What is an Ale?
Point of Sale
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

34. Why is malted barley used in beer?
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
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.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

35. Up-selling examples
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
The addition of Co2.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

36. Describe Antica Formula
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
A hawthorn strainer
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones

37. Whiskey
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

38. Describe Dubonnet
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
A hawthorn strainer

39. The difference between hospitality and service
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

40. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
When it is a clear cocktail
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Kir and Kir Royale

41. Rum Styles
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
A julep strainer
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored

42. Scotch
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
A hawthorn strainer
Point of Sale

43. What is distillation?
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

44. What is mixto tequila?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

45. 4 major ingredients for making beer
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Is a flavored tea
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

46. Ingredients in a Manhattan
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
The juice
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

47. What does POS stand for?
Point of Sale
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
The juice

48. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
The juice
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

49. What is tisane?
Alcohol by volume
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

50. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
white - green - oolong - black
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.