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1. Gin
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Crema
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

2. Ingredients in a Cosmo
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

3. When is a cocktail shaken?
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
white - green - oolong - black

4. What is fermentation?
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Crema

5. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
Is made from Corn
A Boston Shaker
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

6. Tequila
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.
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

7. Earl Grey
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Is a flavored tea
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

8. 7 steps to making spirits
A Boston Shaker
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

9. Up-selling examples
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

10. What creates the carbonation in beer?
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
The addition of Co2.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

11. What is a Lager?
Is a flavored tea
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

12. Describe a Champagne cocktail
A Boston Shaker
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Alcohol by volume
A hawthorn strainer

13. When is a cocktail stirred?
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
When it is a clear cocktail
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

14. What does ABV stand for?
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Alcohol by volume
Drip - steep - espresso

15. Describe Campari
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

16. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Oak barrels
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

17. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
white - green - oolong - black

18. Describe cassis
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A liqueur made from black currants
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
a double espresso

19. What is in Negroni?
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Crema

20. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
The juice
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.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Crema

21. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
A hawthorn strainer
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

22. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
The juice
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

23. Name 4 bitters
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

24. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

25. Ingredients in a Martini
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
The juice
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

26. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
When it is a clear cocktail
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Arabica - Robusta

27. Rum
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

28. Mescal
Prosecco with white peach puree
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Kir and Kir Royale
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

29. Describe hospitality
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

30. Cappuccino
Prosecco with white peach puree
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

31. Scotch
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

32. Bourbon
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
The addition of Co2.
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Prosecco with white peach puree

33. Describe Punt E Mes
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
When it is a clear cocktail
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

34. What is in a Wine spritzer?
White wine with seltzer water
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

35. Why is malted barley used in beer?
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.
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Proof is 2x the ABV.

36. Ingredients in a Manhattan
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A Boston Shaker

37. Vodka
Is a flavored tea
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Prosecco with white peach puree
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

38. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
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 julep strainer

39. Name 4 lagers
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

40. Ingredients in a Margarita
Prosecco with white peach puree
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Proof is 2x the ABV.

41. What are hops
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Kir and Kir Royale
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

42. Macchiato
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Prosecco with white peach puree
Drip - steep - espresso

43. Successful suggestive selling requires
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Prosecco with white peach puree
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

44. 3 brewing methods
Oak barrels
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Prosecco with white peach puree
Drip - steep - espresso

45. 4 major ingredients for making beer
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
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.

46. Canadian Whiskey
Is made from Corn
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Prosecco with white peach puree
Crema

47. What is distillation?
When it is a clear cocktail
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Kir and Kir Royale

48. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

49. Doppio
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
The addition of Co2.
a double espresso
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

50. What is tisane?
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
A hawthorn strainer

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