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1. Describe a Bellini
Prosecco with white peach puree
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

2. What is the 3 legged stool of a cocktail?
Kir and Kir Royale
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels

3. Describe Lillet
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur

4. Ingredients in a Martini
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale

5. What are hops

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6. Irish Whiskey
he item used to hold the coffee puck and pulls the water through.
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Slightly sweet aperitif wine made with 85% Bordeaux and 15% citrus liqueur
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke

7. Vodka
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
A julep strainer

8. Successful suggestive selling requires
It is a lighter beer - It is made with lager yeast - It is bottom fermented
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice
(2) Having the guests best interest in mindy - Trying to learn what the guest really wants
Hospitality is a feeling - service is an action.

9. Name 4 Classic Aperitif cocktails
Prosecco with white peach puree
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer
Point of Sale
A liqueur made from black currants

10. What does POS stand for?
It is a fuller body beer - It is made with ale yeast - It is top fermented
White wine with seltzer water
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
Point of Sale

11. Rum
When it is a clear cocktail
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

12. Describe Antica Formula
Arabica - Robusta
Convenience to the customer - estimates customer flow - records customer information
A vermouth in the sweet category - sweet with vanilla undertones
hot water with 1 shot of espresso

13. Define spirits
A colorless volatile - flammable liquid that is obtained by distilling
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
A tequila made from at least 51% blue agave such as Cuervo Gold.
A julep strainer

14. What is the proof of ABV?
Arabica - Robusta
Proof is 2x the ABV.
Point of Sale
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

15. 9 characteristics of remarkable service
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
Is a flavored tea
welcome - friendly - courteous - knowledgeable - efficient - well-timed - flexible - consistency - effective communication - instill trust - exceed expectations
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters

16. What goes in first when mixing a drink?
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
The juice
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne

17. Describe Dubonnet
Is made from Corn
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.
For flavor - lends bitterness - citrus - herbal - natural preservative - Helps keep the head on the beer
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

18. What type of strainer is used for shaken drinks?
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Alcohol by volume
A hawthorn strainer
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor

19. Roasting Beans - lightest to darkest
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Cinnamon roast - Vienna roast - Italian roast - French roast
Crema
espresso with more steamed milk than a cappuccino

20. Up-selling examples
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years

21. 4 major ingredients for making beer
Point of Sale
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

22. What does ABV stand for?
Alcohol by volume
Prosecco with white peach puree
Oak barrels
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged

23. Name 4 lagers
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
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.
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
The addition of Co2.

24. Bourbon
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
Must be 51% corn - Are aged in new charred white oak barrels a minimum of 2 years
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

25. Ingredients in a Margarita
Bitter - bright red - Italian aperitif infused with herbs and fruit in alcohol and water.
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime
Alcohol by volume

26. Scotch
Blanca - Reposado - Anejo - Extra Anejo
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.
Distilling fermented sugar and water - sugar cane - molasses - may be barrel aged
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

27. Why suggestive selling?

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28. 4 tea types lightest to strongest
Pilsner - pale lager - American Lager - Oktoberfest
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
white - green - oolong - black
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

29. Name 4 bitters

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30. 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
a 'flower' added to beer for flavor
Angostura - Peychaud - Fee Brothers - Regan's Bitters
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria

31. 3 categories of vermouth
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

32. Ingredients in a Cosmo
Kir and Kir Royale
Alcohol by volume
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth
Citron Vodka - Cointreau - cranberry and fresh-squeezed lime juice

33. Ingredients in a Manhattan
London Dry Gin - Dry Vermouth - pimento-stuffed olive or lemon peel
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
The action of yeast on sugar in a solution - which breaks down the sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol.

34. Why is malted barley used in beer?
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.
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch

35. Gin styles
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted

36. When is a cocktail shaken?
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
A whiskey made in Scotland from a single distillery by double distillation in pot stills
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
When it is a clear cocktail

37. How does the host impact a restaurant?
Distilled - not aged - rye - wheat or potato
Kir and Kir Royale
Made from cereal grains - Never comes in contact with smoke
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.

38. 2 cassis based drinks
Prosecco with white peach puree
Kir and Kir Royale
Sweet - typically dark red - Dry - Clear or straw - Blanc - Clear - sweet
Kir - Kir Royale - Champagne Cocktail - Bellini - Wine Spritzer

39. Macchiato
Is made from Corn
a double espresso
an espresso with a dollop of steamed milk on top
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.

40. What is mixto tequila?
When it is a clear cocktail
Pernod - Campari - Pimms Cup
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

41. Tennessee Whiskey
London Dry - Bombay - Plymouth - Old Tom - Small batch
When it is a clear cocktail
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Base alcohol - Perfuming agent - Body

42. Tequila
Crema
Oak barrels
Is made from the Blue Agave plant and has to come from Mexico in order to be called tequila.
Blanco Tequila - Cointreau - Lime juice - salt-rimmed glass - lime

43. 5 core emotional skills
Prosecco with white peach puree
If an entree takes some time to prepare - suggest an appetizer. - Suggest premium liquors.
Vermouth - Sherry - Madeira - Sangria
Optimistic warmth - Intelligencey - work ethicy - empathy - self-awareness

44. Cappuccino
When is contains non- alcoholic mixers or juices.
white - green - oolong - black
A vermouth in the sweet category - bitter tasting
1/3 espresso - 1/3 steamed milk - 1/3 steamed froth

45. 3 brewing methods
White wine - cassis - lemon twist - Kir Royale is with Champagne
Must be made in TN - Must undergo the Lincoln Co. Process - Must have bourbon indicators
Drip - steep - espresso
Proof is 2x the ABV.

46. Describe a Champagne cocktail
Wheat beer - IPA - Brown Ale - Pale Ale
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
White or sliver - unaged - golden - dark - black - aged - caramel - molasses - Anejo - longer aging - Spiced/flavored
employee - guests - community - suppliers - investors

47. What is in Negroni?
Campari - Gin - Sweet Vermouth
hops - water - yeast - malted barley
The guest's experiencey - Check average
Sweetened - fortified & aromatized red wine with quinine.

48. Espresso Americano
A hawthorn strainer
By creative seating; their ability to read the customer - the restaurant - flow and timing in order to seat as many guests as possible.
hot water with 1 shot of espresso
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry

49. What is tisane?
collect fruit - grain or plant - crush - if grain - malt and brew - extract sugar - ferment - distillation - cool and collect alcohol - barrel aging
Champagne - sugar cube - bitters - lemon twist
Varietal - Vintage - Name of Producer
herbal infusions that do not contain tea.

50. Describe hospitality
Rye Whiskey - Sweet Vermouth - Angostura Bitters - a cherry
Made in Scotland - Grains are smoked over peat after malted
how you make someone feel - in a positive way.
Starts like distilled beer - Gets 70% of its flavor from barrels