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1. Tequila types from newest to oldest
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
A julep strainer
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo

2. Successful suggestive selling requires
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

3. What does ABV stand for?
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Alcohol by volume
When it is a clear cocktail
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones

4. What is fermentation?
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
A liqueur made from black currants
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

5. Describe Antica Formula
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
A hawthorn strainer
Is made from Corn
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones

6. When is a cocktail stirred?
When it is a clear cocktail
Is made from Corn
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

7. Latte
A julep strainer
Is a flavored tea
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet

8. What is an Ale?
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Prosecco with white peach puree
A liqueur made from black currants

9. Up-selling examples
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

10. Vodka
Is a flavored tea
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

11. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

12. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
Oak barrels
The juice
The addition of Co2.
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging

13. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Oak barrels
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Alcohol by volume

14. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
Crema
Oak barrels
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

15. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A hawthorn strainer
Kir and Kir Royale
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

16. Describe Dubonnet
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

17. What are hops

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18. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
white - green - oolong - black
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

19. When is a cocktail shaken?
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Point of Sale

20. What is vermouth?
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Crema
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
A Boston Shaker

21. 2 cassis based drinks
Crema
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Kir and Kir Royale
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer

22. 5 core emotional skills
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
A liqueur made from black currants
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

23. What is mixto tequila?
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Kir and Kir Royale
A liqueur made from black currants
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest

24. Name 2 aromatized wines
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

25. What is tisane?
Alcohol by volume
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

26. Espresso Americano
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

27. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
A liqueur made from black currants
The juice

28. Describe Lillet
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Is a flavored tea
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

29. Name 4 Ales
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
A Boston Shaker

30. Ingredients in a Martini
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A julep strainer
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

31. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
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.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

32. What is the proof of ABV?
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Proof is 2x the ABV.

33. 7 steps to making spirits
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

34. Bourbon
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A hawthorn strainer
A liqueur made from black currants
When it is a clear cocktail

35. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

36. Whiskey
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

37. The difference between hospitality and service
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Alcohol by volume
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

38. What is in Negroni?
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

39. What is in a Wine spritzer?
Arabica - Robusta
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
White wine with seltzer water
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

40. What is a porta filter?
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
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.
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

41. What does POS stand for?
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Prosecco with white peach puree
Point of Sale

42. Why suggestive selling?

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43. Tequila
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

44. Earl Grey
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Is a flavored tea

45. Gin
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
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
Drip - steep - espresso

46. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Arabica - Robusta
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

47. What is distillation?
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
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.
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

48. Describe hospitality
White wine with seltzer water
A liqueur made from black currants
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.

49. Define spirits
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

50. What is the metal cup used for mixing drinks called?
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A Boston Shaker

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