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1. Describe a Champagne cocktail
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

2. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Alcohol by volume
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

3. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
A julep strainer
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

4. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Arabica - Robusta
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

5. What is vermouth?
When it is a clear cocktail
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

6. Tennessee Whiskey
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Prosecco with white peach puree
Is made from Corn
Point of Sale

7. Describe Antica Formula
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

8. Name 2 aromatized wines
Oak barrels
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Is a flavored tea

9. What creates the carbonation in beer?
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A hawthorn strainer
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
The addition of Co2.

10. Why suggestive selling?

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11. How does the host impact a restaurant?
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
The guest's experiencey - Check average
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

12. Cappuccino
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Is a flavored tea
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

13. What is mixto tequila?
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 - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

14. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
The juice
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
A julep strainer

15. Tequila types from newest to oldest
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Kir and Kir Royale
Arabica - Robusta
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

16. Irish Whiskey
White wine with seltzer water
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

17. Why is malted barley used in beer?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
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.
Proof is 2x the ABV.

18. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Is a flavored tea
The juice

19. Why are hops added to beer?
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

20. What is fermentation?
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.
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Kir and Kir Royale

21. What does POS stand for?
Point of Sale
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

22. What is single malt scotch?
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

23. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
white - green - oolong - black
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
A Boston Shaker
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

24. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Oak barrels
A hawthorn strainer
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

25. Successful suggestive selling requires
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

26. Doppio
A liqueur made from black currants
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
a double espresso

27. What is a Lager?
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
The guest's experiencey - Check average
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

28. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
Drip - steep - espresso
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Crema
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

29. What are hops

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30. Ingredients in a Margarita
A hawthorn strainer
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

31. Describe Punt E Mes
Crema
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

32. The difference between hospitality and service
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

33. When is a cocktail stirred?
When it is a clear cocktail
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
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

34. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Prosecco with white peach puree
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

35. Latte
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

36. What is distillation?
Alcohol by volume
The guest's experiencey - Check average
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

37. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
white - green - oolong - black
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Is made from Corn

38. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
A Boston Shaker
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

39. 2 cassis based drinks
Kir and Kir Royale
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
White wine with seltzer water

40. Whiskey
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Oak barrels
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

41. Describe Campari
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Is made from Corn

42. 5 core emotional skills
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

43. What does ABV stand for?
A hawthorn strainer
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Alcohol by volume
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

44. What is a porta filter?
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

45. 4 major ingredients for making beer
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

46. Gin
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
The juice
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

47. What is tisane?
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

48. Describe Dubonnet
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

49. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Alcohol by volume
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.
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

50. Espresso Americano
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
The juice
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria