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1. 5 core emotional skills
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top

2. What does ABV stand for?
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Alcohol by volume

3. Gin
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
The juice
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged

4. What is tisane?
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

5. What is in a Kir? Kir Royale
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills

6. Successful suggestive selling requires
The guest's experiencey - Check average
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A Boston Shaker
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

7. What is the name of the creamy emulsion on top of a brewed espresso?
Crema
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

8. Tequila types from newest to oldest
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

9. Ingredients in a Manhattan
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
A julep strainer
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented

10. 7 steps to making spirits
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
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
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

11. When is a cocktail shaken?
white - green - oolong - black
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.
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

12. Doppio
a double espresso
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

13. How does the host impact a restaurant?
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

14. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Alcohol by volume
Oak barrels
A hawthorn strainer
A Boston Shaker

15. Describe Dubonnet
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

16. What are hops

17. What is a Lager?
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
The addition of Co2.
Is a flavored tea
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

18. Why suggestive selling?

19. What is vermouth?
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.
Prosecco with white peach puree

20. Rum Styles
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

21. 3 categories of vermouth
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Kir and Kir Royale
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Prosecco with white peach puree

22. What is mixto tequila?
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
A fortified and aromatized wine made with white grapes - color is added.
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.

23. Describe a Bellini
A Boston Shaker
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Prosecco with white peach puree
A julep strainer

24. Cappuccino
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

25. Espresso Americano
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Drip - steep - espresso
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

26. What is the proof of ABV?
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Crema
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
A julep strainer

27. Vodka
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Is made from Corn
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato

28. What is an Ale?
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
Drip - steep - espresso
Arabica - Robusta
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators

29. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
white - green - oolong - black
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

30. What is the common vessel used to age whiskey?
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Oak barrels
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
Kir and Kir Royale

31. What type of strainer is used for stirred drinks?
Drip - steep - espresso
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels
A julep strainer

32. Gin styles
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

33. Earl Grey
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Is a flavored tea
The addition of Co2.

34. Describe Antica Formula
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
Flavored with junipers - cereal grains - not aged
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.

35. Describe hospitality
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

36. 5 Stakeholders of enlightened hospitality
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Kir and Kir Royale
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

37. What is distillation?
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
A Boston Shaker
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.

38. Describe Punt E Mes
The juice
The addition of Co2.
Oak barrels
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting

39. Define spirits
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
white - green - oolong - black

40. When is a cocktail stirred?
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
A julep strainer
When it is a clear cocktail
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

41. Ingredients in a Cosmo
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
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

42. Rum
White wine with seltzer water
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

43. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Prosecco with white peach puree
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

44. What does POS stand for?
The separation of alcohol from fermented liquid by heating to vaporize the alcohol then condensing the vapors.
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Point of Sale

45. What is a porta filter?
A Boston Shaker
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.

46. Name 4 Ales
Oak barrels
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.

47. Name 4 bitters

48. Tennessee Whiskey
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
When it is a clear cocktail
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants

49. What is in a Wine spritzer?
Point of Sale
White wine with seltzer water
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist

50. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.
The juice
Is made from other agave species and also must come from Mexico