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1. Tequila types from newest to oldest
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

2. Successful suggestive selling requires
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Drip - steep - espresso
Is a flavored tea

3. Cappuccino
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Kir and Kir Royale
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

4. Describe Dubonnet
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

5. When is a cocktail stirred?
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
When it is a clear cocktail

6. Describe a Bellini
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Prosecco with white peach puree
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

7. Doppio
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
a double espresso
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

8. What is an Ale?
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Crema
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

9. Describe Punt E Mes
A hawthorn strainer
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Alcohol by volume
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

10. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
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.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

11. Name 4 Ales
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

12. Why suggestive selling?
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
white - green - oolong - black
The guest's experiencey - Check average

13. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Is made from Corn
The juice

14. Describe Lillet
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

15. 3 categories of vermouth
A hawthorn strainer
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Arabica - Robusta
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

16. Irish Whiskey
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

17. Mescal
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

18. Latte
A hawthorn strainer
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

19. Gin
Arabica - Robusta
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
White wine with seltzer water
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

20. What is single malt scotch?
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

21. Ingredients in a Martini
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Alcohol by volume
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

22. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
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.
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

23. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
A liqueur made from black currants
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

24. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

25. What is vermouth?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

26. Whiskey
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
The guest's experiencey - Check average

27. Name 2 aromatized wines
White wine with seltzer water
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
The guest's experiencey - Check average
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

28. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

29. What is fermentation?
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
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

30. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
A julep strainer
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

31. 3 brewing methods
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
The addition of Co2.
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Drip - steep - espresso

32. What is distillation?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

33. Tequila
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

34. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
Alcohol by volume
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

35. Describe Campari
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Arabica - Robusta
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A julep strainer

36. Ingredients in a Margarita
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

37. 2 cassis based drinks
Kir and Kir Royale
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
a double espresso
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

38. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Prosecco with white peach puree
Arabica - Robusta
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

39. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Point of Sale
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
white - green - oolong - black

40. Canadian Whiskey
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Is a flavored tea
Kir and Kir Royale
Is made from Corn

41. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

42. The difference between hospitality and service
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
The addition of Co2.
When it is a clear cocktail

43. Gin styles
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

44. What is in a Wine spritzer?
Prosecco with white peach puree
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
White wine with seltzer water

45. Describe hospitality
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

46. What is in Negroni?
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A hawthorn strainer

47. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Point of Sale
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
A hawthorn strainer

48. What does ABV stand for?
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Alcohol by volume
White wine with seltzer water
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

49. Name 4 bitters
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
a double espresso
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

50. What is a porta filter?
Is made from Corn
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

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