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1. What are hops

2. Define spirits
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Proof is 2x the ABV.
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

3. Up-selling examples
A julep strainer
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
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.

4. Describe hospitality
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Alcohol by volume

5. 3 Advantages of Opentable
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

6. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
A hawthorn strainer
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
a double espresso

7. What does POS stand for?
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Point of Sale

8. What is in a Wine spritzer?
White wine with seltzer water
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth

9. Mescal
Arabica - Robusta
Proof is 2x the ABV.
A hawthorn strainer
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico

10. 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
Kir and Kir Royale
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Alcohol by volume

11. Ingredients in a Margarita
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

12. What is an Ale?
Proof is 2x the ABV.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
A liqueur made from black currants
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

13. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
A julep strainer
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

14. 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.
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

15. Describe Dubonnet
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Crema
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

16. What is a Lager?
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
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.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

17. The difference between hospitality and service
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A liqueur made from black currants

18. Name 4 Ales
A Boston Shaker
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
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

19. Describe Lillet
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

20. Describe a Champagne cocktail
The juice
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

21. Describe Campari
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.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

22. 2 cassis based drinks
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Kir and Kir Royale
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
The juice

23. Name 4 bitters

24. 3 brewing methods
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Drip - steep - espresso
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.

25. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
a double espresso
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

26. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
Crema
A Boston Shaker
Kir and Kir Royale
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

27. Rum Styles
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
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

28. What is the proof of ABV?
Proof is 2x the ABV.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

29. Macchiato
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top

30. 3 distilled base aperitifs
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Oak barrels

31. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A julep strainer
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

32. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
Drip - steep - espresso
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

33. What is tisane?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
A Boston Shaker

34. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A Boston Shaker
Point of Sale

35. Describe Punt E Mes
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

36. When is a cocktail shaken?
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

37. Irish Whiskey
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

38. Why are hops added to beer?
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A Boston Shaker
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

39. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Oak barrels
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
A hawthorn strainer

40. Doppio
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Oak barrels
a double espresso

41. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Arabica - Robusta
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Prosecco with white peach puree

42. Name 4 lagers
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

43. What creates the carbonation in beer?
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
The addition of Co2.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

44. Name 2 aromatized wines
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
A Boston Shaker
white - green - oolong - black

45. Tequila
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

46. Rum
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

47. Describe Antica Formula
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

48. What is distillation?
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.
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

49. Earl Grey
Is a flavored tea
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

50. Cappuccino
white - green - oolong - black
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations