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1. What does POS stand for?
Point of Sale
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

2. Rum
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
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

3. Name 4 Ales
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Proof is 2x the ABV.
The addition of Co2.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

4. Espresso Americano
Is a flavored tea
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

5. Ingredients in a Martini
Alcohol by volume
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

6. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Arabica - Robusta
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
A julep strainer
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

7. Cappuccino
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
A julep strainer

8. Successful suggestive selling requires
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

9. Gin styles
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

10. Whiskey
When it is a clear cocktail
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
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

11. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

12. Describe a Bellini
A Boston Shaker
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Prosecco with white peach puree
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

13. 4 major ingredients for making beer
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

14. Describe Campari
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
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
A liqueur made from black currants

15. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
A Boston Shaker
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

16. 3 brewing methods
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Drip - steep - espresso

17. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Arabica - Robusta
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
white - green - oolong - black
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

18. What is the proof of ABV?
When it is a clear cocktail
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

19. Scotch
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
white - green - oolong - black
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

20. How does the host impact a restaurant?
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
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.
Oak barrels

21. What is in a Wine spritzer?
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
White wine with seltzer water
Kir and Kir Royale
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

22. What is vermouth?
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

23. Name 4 bitters

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24. Earl Grey
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Is a flavored tea

25. What is mixto tequila?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Alcohol by volume
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

26. Gin
a double espresso
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Alcohol by volume

27. Up-selling examples
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

28. Ingredients in a Cosmo
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

29. What is distillation?
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A liqueur made from black currants

30. Rum Styles
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

31. Why suggestive selling?

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32. The difference between hospitality and service
The addition of Co2.
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

33. Ingredients in a Margarita
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Alcohol by volume
Crema
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

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
White wine with seltzer water
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

35. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Oak barrels

36. Describe Dubonnet
A liqueur made from black currants
A julep strainer
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Alcohol by volume

37. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Is made from Corn
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

38. Describe Punt E Mes
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

39. 3 distilled base aperitifs
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
When it is a clear cocktail
The addition of Co2.
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

40. Bourbon
white - green - oolong - black
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

41. Canadian Whiskey
When it is a clear cocktail
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Is made from Corn
a double espresso

42. Vodka
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Kir and Kir Royale
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

43. Name 4 lagers
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Oak barrels
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

44. What is an Ale?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

45. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Crema
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.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

46. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
A Boston Shaker
When it is a clear cocktail
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
A hawthorn strainer

47. 2 cassis based drinks
A Boston Shaker
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Kir and Kir Royale

48. What creates the carbonation in beer?
The addition of Co2.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
A Boston Shaker
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

49. What is fermentation?
a double espresso
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

50. What is single malt scotch?
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer