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1. What is the proof of ABV?
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Alcohol by volume
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

2. What is in a Wine spritzer?
a double espresso
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
White wine with seltzer water
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

3. Why are hops added to beer?
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

4. Describe Lillet
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Kir and Kir Royale
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

5. Tequila types from newest to oldest
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

6. Latte
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

7. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

8. Describe Campari
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Crema
a double espresso
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

9. Irish Whiskey
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Drip - steep - espresso
a double espresso
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

10. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
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
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

11. Macchiato
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Alcohol by volume
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

12. Successful suggestive selling requires
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
The juice
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

13. What are hops
Crema
Is a flavored tea
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

14. Up-selling examples
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
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.

15. What is a Lager?
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

16. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

17. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
The juice
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

18. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Kir and Kir Royale
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

19. What is distillation?
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

20. What is an Ale?
Arabica - Robusta
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

21. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
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.
Oak barrels
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

22. Ingredients in a Martini
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

23. What is in Negroni?
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth

24. Vodka
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Alcohol by volume
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

25. Ingredients in a Cosmo
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

26. 3 pieces of information a server should point out to a guest on a wine label
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Proof is 2x the ABV.

27. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Crema
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel

28. Rum Styles
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Alcohol by volume

29. What is single malt scotch?
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

30. Rum
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Oak barrels
Proof is 2x the ABV.

31. Ingredients in a Margarita
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
The addition of Co2.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth

32. Why is malted barley used in beer?
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
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.

33. 3 categories of vermouth
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

34. 3 brewing methods
A hawthorn strainer
white - green - oolong - black
Drip - steep - espresso
Arabica - Robusta

35. Describe a Champagne cocktail
Drip - steep - espresso
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

36. Describe hospitality
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

37. Name 4 Ales
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Arabica - Robusta
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

38. Earl Grey
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Is a flavored tea

39. What is vermouth?
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
white - green - oolong - black
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

40. Gin styles
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A liqueur made from black currants

41. Name 2 aromatized wines
A hawthorn strainer
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
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.

42. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Arabica - Robusta
Oak barrels

43. Why suggestive selling?
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Is a flavored tea
A liqueur made from black currants
The guest's experiencey - Check average

44. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
white - green - oolong - black
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

45. 7 steps to making spirits
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

46. Name 4 lagers
Alcohol by volume
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

47. 4 major ingredients for making beer
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
hops - water - yeast - malted barley

48. Espresso Americano
Point of Sale
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

49. Bourbon
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

50. What does ABV stand for?
Crema
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
A liqueur made from black currants
Alcohol by volume

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