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1. Define spirits
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
A julep strainer

2. What are hops
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

3. What creates the carbonation in beer?
The addition of Co2.
Is made from Corn
Proof is 2x the ABV.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

4. 2 cassis based drinks
Kir and Kir Royale
When it is a clear cocktail
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

5. Vodka
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

6. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Is made from Corn
Alcohol by volume
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

7. Earl Grey
Oak barrels
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Is a flavored tea
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

8. Describe a Bellini
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Prosecco with white peach puree
When it is a clear cocktail
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

9. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

10. What is a Lager?
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
A hawthorn strainer
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

11. Describe Lillet
Is made from Corn
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

12. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Arabica - Robusta
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

13. Describe Campari
The juice
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Oak barrels

14. What is in a Wine spritzer?
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
White wine with seltzer water
A liqueur made from black currants
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.

15. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

16. Why is malted barley used in beer?
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
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.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

17. Mescal
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
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.
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico

18. Describe hospitality
A liqueur made from black currants
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Point of Sale
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

19. Irish Whiskey
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

20. Ingredients in a Martini
a double espresso
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
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

21. Describe Dubonnet
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
A julep strainer
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top

22. Name 4 Ales
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

23. What does POS stand for?
A hawthorn strainer
Point of Sale
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

24. What is a porta filter?
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

25. What is fermentation?
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

26. Gin styles
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
The juice
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Alcohol by volume

27. Cappuccino
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
A liqueur made from black currants
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

28. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
white - green - oolong - black
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

29. Why suggestive selling?
The guest's experiencey - Check average
A hawthorn strainer
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

30. What is the proof of ABV?
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

31. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
A Boston Shaker
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top

32. Latte
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
a double espresso

33. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

34. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
A julep strainer
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

35. What does ABV stand for?
Alcohol by volume
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

36. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

37. What is distillation?
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
A Boston Shaker

38. Espresso Americano
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
A julep strainer
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

39. What is an Ale?
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Is a flavored tea
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
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.

40. Describe Punt E Mes
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Kir and Kir Royale
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

41. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

42. What is single malt scotch?
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

43. Macchiato
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

44. 4 major ingredients for making 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.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
A hawthorn strainer
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

45. Scotch
white - green - oolong - black
Drip - steep - espresso
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

46. Tequila types from newest to oldest
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

47. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
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.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

48. When is a cocktail stirred?
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A julep strainer
When it is a clear cocktail
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

49. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
A liqueur made from black currants
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

50. Doppio
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
a double espresso
A liqueur made from black currants
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

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