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1. What is distillation?
White wine with seltzer water
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

2. Define spirits
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Oak barrels
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

3. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
white - green - oolong - black

4. Canadian Whiskey
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Is made from Corn
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

5. What is a Lager?
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Prosecco with white peach puree

6. What creates the carbonation in beer?
Oak barrels
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
The addition of Co2.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

7. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Kir and Kir Royale
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

8. What is single malt scotch?
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

9. What is tisane?
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Is a flavored tea
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

10. What is in Negroni?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

11. 7 steps to making spirits
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Kir and Kir Royale
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

12. Whiskey
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
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

13. Name 4 Ales
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Oak barrels

14. Rum Styles
A liqueur made from black currants
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Oak barrels
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

15. Name 4 bitters

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16. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
Crema
Kir and Kir Royale
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

17. 5 core emotional skills
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Point of Sale
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

18. Describe Punt E Mes
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

19. What is in a Wine spritzer?
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.
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
White wine with seltzer water

20. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

21. Cappuccino
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

22. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
A hawthorn strainer
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

23. Describe Lillet
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Prosecco with white peach puree

24. Bourbon
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored

25. Ingredients in a Cosmo
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup

26. Ingredients in a Manhattan
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

27. Why suggestive selling?

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28. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
The juice

29. Name 2 aromatized wines
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Is made from Corn
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

30. What are hops

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31. Mescal
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
The addition of Co2.
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

32. What is the proof of ABV?
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
A liqueur made from black currants
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Proof is 2x the ABV.

33. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

34. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Proof is 2x the ABV.

35. Ingredients in a Martini
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
white - green - oolong - black
When it is a clear cocktail
A liqueur made from black currants

36. Describe cassis
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
A liqueur made from black currants
White wine with seltzer water
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

37. Successful suggestive selling requires
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Proof is 2x the ABV.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

38. Describe hospitality
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Alcohol by volume
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

39. What is a porta filter?
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

40. What does POS stand for?
Oak barrels
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Point of Sale

41. Describe a Bellini
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Prosecco with white peach puree
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Oak barrels

42. Espresso Americano
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Is a flavored tea
Point of Sale

43. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
Is made from Corn
Oak barrels
A hawthorn strainer
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

44. Vodka
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Alcohol by volume

45. 3 brewing methods
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Arabica - Robusta
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Drip - steep - espresso

46. 2 cassis based drinks
Kir and Kir Royale
A hawthorn strainer
Alcohol by volume
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

47. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Alcohol by volume
Arabica - Robusta
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
a double espresso

48. What is mixto tequila?
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
The juice
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

49. Up-selling examples
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

50. Tequila types from newest to oldest
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
The addition of Co2.