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1. What is a porta filter?
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Prosecco with white peach puree
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

2. What is vermouth?
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

3. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
Drip - steep - espresso
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
The juice
Prosecco with white peach puree

4. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

5. Why is malted barley used in beer?
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
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.
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

6. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

7. Why are hops added to beer?
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
A liqueur made from black currants
Drip - steep - espresso

8. Describe a Champagne cocktail
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
a double espresso
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

9. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
A julep strainer
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

10. Describe hospitality
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
A julep strainer
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

11. 2 cassis based drinks
When it is a clear cocktail
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Kir and Kir Royale
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

12. Up-selling examples
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

13. What creates the carbonation in beer?
The addition of Co2.
The juice
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

14. Define spirits
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Is a flavored tea

15. Espresso Americano
The guest's experiencey - Check average
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

16. Name 4 bitters

17. Name 2 aromatized wines
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
When it is a clear cocktail

18. What is tisane?
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

19. Irish Whiskey
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Kir and Kir Royale
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

20. Tequila
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
a double espresso

21. Describe Campari
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

22. 7 steps to making spirits
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

23. Name 4 Ales
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
a double espresso

24. Describe Punt E Mes
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
The addition of Co2.
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored

25. Describe Lillet
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
The addition of Co2.

26. Tequila types from newest to oldest
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
A liqueur made from black currants
A Boston Shaker
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

27. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Crema
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

28. 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.
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
The juice
When it is a clear cocktail

29. Rum
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.
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

30. Ingredients in a Margarita
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Drip - steep - espresso
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

31. What is fermentation?
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
The juice
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

32. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
Oak barrels
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

33. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
When it is a clear cocktail
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

34. What does POS stand for?
Drip - steep - espresso
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.
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Point of Sale

35. The difference between hospitality and service
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.

36. Why suggestive selling?

37. What is a Lager?
Drip - steep - espresso
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

38. Tennessee Whiskey
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

39. What is in Negroni?
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

40. 3 brewing methods
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
white - green - oolong - black
Drip - steep - espresso

41. Ingredients in a Cosmo
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Point of Sale

42. Describe a Bellini
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
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Prosecco with white peach puree

43. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
A hawthorn strainer
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

44. Describe Dubonnet
A hawthorn strainer
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Arabica - Robusta

45. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Prosecco with white peach puree
Proof is 2x the ABV.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Arabica - Robusta

46. Whiskey
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

47. What is single malt scotch?
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

48. 5 core emotional skills
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

49. Earl Grey
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Is a flavored tea
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

50. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
The juice