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1. Rum Styles
a double espresso
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
The juice

2. 7 steps to making spirits
Alcohol by volume
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

3. Whiskey
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Point of Sale

4. When is a cocktail shaken?
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

5. How does the host impact a restaurant?
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
a double espresso

6. Describe hospitality
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
white - green - oolong - black
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

7. Describe Antica Formula
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

8. The difference between hospitality and service
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Prosecco with white peach puree
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

9. Gin styles
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Proof is 2x the ABV.

10. Mescal
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Is made from Corn
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico

11. What is vermouth?
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

12. Define spirits
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

13. Cappuccino
Is made from Corn
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

14. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
The juice
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

15. Why suggestive selling?

16. 3 Advantages of Opentable
A Boston Shaker
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

17. Why is malted barley used in beer?
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
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 or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored

18. Gin
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
White wine with seltzer water

19. Successful suggestive selling requires
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
a double espresso
White wine with seltzer water

20. What is tisane?
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

21. What is mixto tequila?
The juice
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Prosecco with white peach puree
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.

22. Canadian Whiskey
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Is made from Corn
Kir and Kir Royale

23. Describe Campari
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

24. Name 4 lagers
A Boston Shaker
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

25. 4 major ingredients for making beer
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

26. Ingredients in a Cosmo
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
a double espresso
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

27. Irish Whiskey
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

28. 5 core emotional skills
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

29. Up-selling examples
Kir and Kir Royale
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A hawthorn strainer
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

30. Bourbon
Oak barrels
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
a double espresso

31. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
The juice
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

32. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

33. What is a porta filter?
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

34. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
A liqueur made from black currants

35. Macchiato
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Proof is 2x the ABV.

36. Doppio
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Oak barrels
a double espresso
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

37. 3 categories of vermouth
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

38. Tequila
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Is a flavored tea

39. When is a cocktail stirred?
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
When it is a clear cocktail

40. Ingredients in a Martini
Point of Sale
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

41. Ingredients in a Margarita
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

42. Describe Lillet
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.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
A liqueur made from black currants
Is made from Corn

43. What are hops

44. Describe cassis
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
When it is a clear cocktail
Proof is 2x the ABV.
A liqueur made from black currants

45. What does POS stand for?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Point of Sale
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

46. What is a Lager?
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

47. Name 4 Ales
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
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.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

48. Earl Grey
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
A Boston Shaker
Is a flavored tea
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

49. Scotch
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones

50. Tennessee Whiskey
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented