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1. Describe Antica Formula
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones

2. Up-selling examples
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
The juice

3. Irish Whiskey
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
A Boston Shaker

4. Vodka
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Is a flavored tea
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

5. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Is a flavored tea
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations

6. Ingredients in a Manhattan
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer

7. 2 viable varieties of coffee beans
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Arabica - Robusta
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

8. Gin styles
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented

9. Name 4 Ales
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

10. Latte
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Proof is 2x the ABV.
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.

11. When is a cocktail stirred?
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
White wine with seltzer water
When it is a clear cocktail
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

12. Tennessee Whiskey
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

13. Why suggestive selling?

14. Describe Dubonnet
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
A Boston Shaker
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

15. Rum
Point of Sale
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

16. 3 categories of vermouth
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

17. 3 brewing methods
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Drip - steep - espresso
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
A liqueur made from black currants

18. 3 distilled base aperitifs
White wine with seltzer water
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Alcohol by volume
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

19. 5 core emotional skills
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

20. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Is a flavored tea
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

21. Why are hops added to beer?
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

22. Describe a Champagne cocktail
Prosecco with white peach puree
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
A Boston Shaker
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

23. Define spirits
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Is made from Corn
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Point of Sale

24. What are hops

25. 3 Advantages of Opentable
Arabica - Robusta
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

26. Why is malted barley used in beer?
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
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.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.

27. Describe Punt E Mes
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Kir and Kir Royale

28. What is a porta filter?
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

29. What does POS stand for?
Point of Sale
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Is made from Corn
Arabica - Robusta

30. Describe Campari
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Point of Sale
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

31. Cappuccino
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino
A julep strainer
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

32. Scotch
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Prosecco with white peach puree

33. What creates the carbonation in beer?
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
The addition of Co2.
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast

34. Macchiato
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Drip - steep - espresso
White wine with seltzer water

35. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
Prosecco with white peach puree
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

36. Ingredients in a Cosmo
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

37. Espresso Americano
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

38. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
The juice
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

39. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Oak barrels
The addition of Co2.

40. What is tisane?
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Is made from Corn
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling

41. What is distillation?
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
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.

42. Gin
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

43. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
The addition of Co2.
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information

44. Rum Styles
a double espresso
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
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

45. Name 2 aromatized wines
A hawthorn strainer
Crema
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

46. What is mixto tequila?
When it is a clear cocktail
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

47. Describe a Bellini
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Prosecco with white peach puree
A Boston Shaker

48. What is in Negroni?
Kir and Kir Royale
The juice
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
A Boston Shaker

49. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
The juice
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

50. What is vermouth?
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
hops - water - yeast - malted barley