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1. What are hops
Oak barrels
A Boston Shaker
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

2. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
The juice
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

3. 3 categories of vermouth
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

4. Why suggestive selling?
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
The guest's experiencey - Check average

5. What is mixto tequila?
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
The juice

6. 5 core emotional skills
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
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.
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

7. What does ABV stand for?
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Prosecco with white peach puree
Alcohol by volume
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

8. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
A Boston Shaker

9. Name 4 Ales
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

10. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
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.
white - green - oolong - black

11. Doppio
A Boston Shaker
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
a double espresso

12. What creates the carbonation in beer?
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.
a double espresso
The addition of Co2.

13. Bourbon
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A julep strainer

14. Ingredients in a Martini
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

15. What is distillation?
When it is a clear cocktail
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

16. Macchiato
A hawthorn strainer
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
a double espresso

17. Latte
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

18. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Crema
Oak barrels
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

19. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
A hawthorn strainer
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
a double espresso
Arabica - Robusta

20. What is tisane?
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

21. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Is made from Corn
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

22. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

23. When is a cocktail stirred?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A julep strainer
When it is a clear cocktail

24. 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.
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

25. Describe Dubonnet
Kir and Kir Royale
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

26. Describe Lillet
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A Boston Shaker

27. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
A hawthorn strainer
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
A liqueur made from black currants
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

28. 2 cassis based drinks
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Kir and Kir Royale

29. Canadian Whiskey
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Is made from Corn
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

30. Tequila types from newest to oldest
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

31. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
A hawthorn strainer

32. Describe Campari
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
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

33. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
A Boston Shaker
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

34. 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
Is a flavored tea
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

35. What is a porta filter?
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

36. Successful suggestive selling requires
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
A julep strainer
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

37. 4 major ingredients for making beer
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
A Boston Shaker
Proof is 2x the ABV.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

38. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
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 julep strainer
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

39. 3 distilled base aperitifs
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
A hawthorn strainer
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

40. Describe cassis
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
A liqueur made from black currants

41. Describe a Champagne cocktail
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

42. What is single malt scotch?
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Oak barrels
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

43. 3 Advantages of Opentable
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
A liqueur made from black currants

44. Rum Styles
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Oak barrels
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

45. Ingredients in a Margarita
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A hawthorn strainer

46. Why are hops added to beer?
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
A Boston Shaker
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

47. Vodka
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
A hawthorn strainer
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

48. What is an Ale?
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Alcohol by volume
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

49. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Prosecco with white peach puree

50. Describe a Bellini
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Prosecco with white peach puree
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

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