Bar knowledge

Question 1

List from left to right your left Speed rack.

Answer 1

Peach schnapps
Tito’s
44 N Huckleberry
44N cherry
Sweet vermouth
Dry vermouth
Blue Curaçao

Question 2

List from left to right the items in your right speed rack

Answer 2

Vodka
Rum
Gin
Tequila
Triple sec
Whiskey
Kiwi monin

Question 3

What is the standard ratio for two liquor drink?

Answer 3

3 to 1
1.5 ounces (6 count) liquor
1/2 ounce (2 count) liqueur

Question 4

What is triple sec

Answer 4

Orange flavor

Question 5

What other for flavored liquors can be used as substitutes and how should they be paired?

Answer 5

Triple sec -well
Cointreau - call
Grand Marnier - Top shelf

Question 6

What is curaçao?

Answer 6

Orange flavored, many different colors

Question 7

What is Frangelico?

Answer 7

Hazelnut flavored

Made in Italy

Question 8

What is Grand Marnier?

Answer 8

Orange flavored

Made in France

Question 9

What is amaretto?

Answer 9

Almond an apricot flavor

Made from apricot pits in Italy

Question 10

What is Bailey’sIrish cream?

Answer 10

Chocolate and cream flavors

Question 11

What is Chambord?

Answer 11

Black raspberry flavored

Made in France

Question 12

What is Cointreau

Answer 12

Orange flavor
(somewhat bitter)

Question 13

What type of liquor is Korbel?

Answer 13

Brandy

Question 14

What are the three grades of liquor

Answer 14

Well = Cheapest
Call = medium
Top shelf = Most expensive

Question 15

What type of liquor is dewars?

Answer 15

Scotch whiskey

Question 16

What type of liquor is crown royal?

Answer 16

Canadian whiskey

Question 17

What type of liquor is Hennessy?

Answer 17

Cognac

Question 18

What type of liquor is Jamison?

Answer 18

Irish whiskey

Question 19

What type of liquor is Jim Beam?

Answer 19

Bourbon

Question 20

What are the defining characteristics of a bourbon?

Answer 20

Made from more than 51% corn hash

Question 21

What type of liquor is makers Mark?

Answer 21

Bourbon

Question 22

What type of liquor is Jack Daniels?

Answer 22

Tennessee whiskey

Question 23

What is tequila made from?

Answer 23

Blue agave

Question 24

What is gin made from?

Answer 24

Juniper berries

Question 25

What is the main characteristic of gin?

Answer 25

Heavy pine flavor

Question 26

What is rum made from?

Answer 26

Sugarcane

Question 27

What are the main characteristics of vodka?

Answer 27

Neutral, odorless, flavorless, Colorless

Question 28

What is omitted in a flavored martini from The standard martini recipe?

Answer 28

Vermouth

Question 29

What are the two key questions For a customer ordering a martini or a Manhattan?

Answer 29

Vodka or gin?

up or on the rocks?

Question 30

What is an a dirty martini?

Answer 30

Olive juice

Question 31

Are martinis/Manhattan’s shaken or stirred by default?

Answer 31

Stirred unless it’s a flavored martini then you shake

Question 32

What are the characteristics of sweet vermouth?

Answer 32

Red label, used with dark liquors, Cherry garnish

Question 33

What are the characteristics of dry vermouth?

Answer 33

Green label used with clear liquids, Olive Garnish

Question 34

What does the word dry mean in context to a martini?

Answer 34

Less vermouth. Swirl in glass and dump out

Question 35

What does the word tri mean in context to a Manhattan?

Answer 35

You dry vermouth instead of sweet

Question 36

What is an alternate way to sister a martini/Manhattan?

Answer 36

Cover glass with a strainer and swirl

Question 37

How do you get drops of vermouth from a pour spout?

Answer 37

Cover the top of the pour hole and drop vermouth out through the burp hole

Question 38

Describe vermouth

Answer 38

Aromatitized wine That has both sweetness added and bitter components

Question 39

Defined the term “neat”

Answer 39

Unmixed without ice also plain or Straight up

Question 40

What measurement is a pony?

Answer 40

1 ounce

Question 41

Describe Campari

Answer 41

Bitters of herbs and citrus fruits