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1. Canadian Whiskey
Oak barrels
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Is made from Corn
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

2. Describe Punt E Mes
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A julep strainer
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

3. How does the host impact a restaurant?
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Point of Sale
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

4. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Drip - steep - espresso
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

5. Tequila types from newest to oldest
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

6. 7 steps to making spirits
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

7. Why are hops added to beer?
A liqueur made from black currants
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

8. Name 4 lagers
The juice
A Boston Shaker
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

9. Describe Antica Formula
When it is a clear cocktail
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

10. Vodka
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Is a flavored tea
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

11. What is a porta filter?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A hawthorn strainer
Prosecco with white peach puree
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

12. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth

13. What is distillation?
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
A hawthorn strainer
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

14. Bourbon
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
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.

15. Tennessee Whiskey
Arabica - Robusta
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

16. What is fermentation?
a double espresso
Drip - steep - espresso
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Oak barrels

17. Describe Dubonnet
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Arabica - Robusta
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

18. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
A Boston Shaker
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Arabica - Robusta

19. Describe a Bellini
Oak barrels
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Prosecco with white peach puree
A julep strainer

20. Latte
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Prosecco with white peach puree
The juice
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

21. 3 distilled base aperitifs
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

22. What is tisane?
Prosecco with white peach puree
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

23. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
A Boston Shaker

24. What is single malt scotch?
The juice
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

25. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

26. What is in a Wine spritzer?
A Boston Shaker
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
White wine with seltzer water
The addition of Co2.

27. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
The guest's experiencey - Check average
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

28. When is a cocktail stirred?
When it is a clear cocktail
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

29. Gin
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Is a flavored tea

30. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Crema
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

31. 3 categories of vermouth
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

32. When is a cocktail shaken?
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

33. Define spirits
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

34. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

35. Gin styles
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

36. 4 major ingredients for making beer
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
A liqueur made from black currants

37. Successful suggestive selling requires
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
A hawthorn strainer
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

38. Whiskey
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

39. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.

40. What are hops

41. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
The juice
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

42. Why is malted barley used in beer?
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
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

43. Describe Campari
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

44. Espresso Americano
When it is a clear cocktail
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

45. 2 cassis based drinks
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Kir and Kir Royale

46. What does ABV stand for?
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Alcohol by volume

47. Ingredients in a Cosmo
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

48. Describe hospitality
Prosecco with white peach puree
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

49. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
Oak barrels
A julep strainer
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
When it is a clear cocktail

50. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
white - green - oolong - black
Prosecco with white peach puree
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills