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Bronx Cocktail

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Gin 1oz
Dry Vermouth 1/2 oz
Sweet Vermouth 1/2 oz
Orange Juice 1oz
Orange slice garnish
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Madras

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2 oz Vodka

2oz Cranberry Juice

2oz Orange Juice

Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice

Glass: Highball glass

Garnish: Orange Slice

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French 75

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1.5 oz Gin

3/4 oz Lemon Juice

1/2 oz Simple Syrup

Champagne

Preparation:

  • Shake Gin, Lemon Juice, and Simple Syrup with ice and strain into ice filled glass or chilled flute
  • Top with Champagne

Glass: Highball Glass

Garnish: Lemon Twist

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Rossini

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Strawberry Juice 3/10

Spumante Brut 7/10

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Gin and it

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Red Vermouth 3/10

Gin 7/10

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Godfather

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Amaretto di Saronno 3/10

Scotch Whiskey 7/10

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Godmother

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Vodka 1 1/2oz
Amaretto 3/4oz
Over Ice

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Gibson

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2.5 oz Gin

1/2 oz Dry Vermouth

Preparation: stir ingredients with ice and strain

Glass: Cocktail Glass

Garnish: Pearl Onion

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Negroni

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1 oz Gin

1 oz Sweet Vermouth

1 oz Campari

Preparation: stir ingredients together with ice

Glass: Old fashioned glass

Garnish: Orange Peel

Note:
- Negroni Sbagliato - same ingredients just replace Gin with Prosecco

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The Barcelona

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Sweet Sherry (or white wine) 100ml
Gin 100ml
Grand Marnier 50ml
Elderflower Syrup 50 ml 
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Orange Juice 1 teaspoon
Sprite 
Fresh citrus fruit slice
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Rebujito

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Fino or Manzanilla Sherry 250ml
Sparkling water or soda 250 ml
Lemon Juice 4 tablespoons
Sugar 4 tablespoons 
Ice cubes 
6 Mints
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Martini (classic)

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2.5 oz Gin

1/2 oz Dry Vermouth

Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass

Glass: Cocktail Glass

Garnish: Olives or Lemon Peel

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Cosmo

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Vodka 2oz
Lime Juice 1/4oz
Triple Sec 1/4oz
Cranberry Juice 1/4oz
Lime Wedge Garnish
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French Martini

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Vodka 1 1/2 oz

Raspberry liqueur 1oz

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Bellini

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2 part Prosecco
1 part White Peach Puree
Dash raspberry Purée

Preparation: pour Prosecco over puree in glass. Stir gently

Glass: Champagne flute

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Long Island Ice Tea

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1/2 oz Vodka

1/2 oz Tequila

1/2 oz White Rum

1/2 oz Triple Sec

1/2 oz Gin

3/4 oz Lemon Juice

1 oz Simple Syrup

1 oz Coca-Cola

Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice

Glass: Highball Glass

Garnish: Lemon Twist

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Spanish Beer

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Alhambra Mezquita

Alhambra Reserva 1925

Estrella Damm

Estrella Galicia

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What Spanish beer:

Produced by Mahou - San Miguel

  • Location: Granada, Spain (Andalusia)
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Alhambra Beer

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What Spanish Beer:

  • produced by Sociedad Ańonina Damm
  • Location: based out of Barcelona, Spain
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Estrella Damm

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What Spanish Beer:

  • produced by Hijos de Rivera
  • Location: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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Estrella Galicia

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Belgium Beers

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Trappist Westveleteren

Chimay

Westmalle

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What Belgium beer:

  • Based out of Vletern, Belgium
  • Produced by Westvleteren
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Trappist Westvleteren

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What Belgium Beer:

  • based out of Chimay, Belgium
  • produced by Chimay Brewery
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Chimay

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What Belgium Beer:

  • based out of Westmalle, Belgium
  • produced by Westmalle Brewery
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Westmalle Brewery

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Mojito
1.5 oz White Rum 3/4 oz Lime Juice 2 tsp Sugar 8-10 mint leaves Soda Water Preparation: - Muddle Mint, Lime and sugar - add ice and Rum - top with club soda Glass: Highball glass Garnish: Mint Sprig
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Americano
1oz Campari 1oz Sweet Vermouth Soda Water Preparation: Serve over ice Glass: Lowball Glass Garnish: Orange Slice
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Aviation
1.5 oz London Dry Gin 1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 1 Barspoon Crème de Violette Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Cherry (maraschino, amarena, brandied Cherry) or Lemon Peel
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Bee's Knees
1.5 oz Gin 3/4 oz Honey 3/4 oz Lemon Juice Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: twist of lemon
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Black Russian
1.5 oz Vodka 3/4 Kahlùa Liqueur Preparation: Pour ingredients over Ice Glass: lowball glass
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Blood and Sand
1 oz Blended Scotch Whisky 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth 3/4 oz Cherry Heering 1 oz Orange Juice Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Orange Twist
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Bloody Mary
1.5 Vodka 4oz Tomato Juice 1/2oz Lemon Juice 3 dashes Tabasco Sauce 3 dashes Worcestershire Sauce Salt and Cracked Black Pepper to taste 1/2 tsp. Horseradish (optional) Preparation: Build the drink in an ice filled glass Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Celery Stick
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Bobby Burns
2 oz Blended Scotch 1/4 o Bénédictine 1oz Sweet Vermouth Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail glass Garnish: Lemon Twist
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Boulevardier
1 oz Bourbon 1 oz Sweet Vermouth 1 oz Campari Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Orange Twist
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Cable Car
1 1/2 oz Captain Morgan Spiced Rum 3/4 oz Marie Brizard Orange Curaçao 1oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup Preparation: Rim the glass with Cinnamon and Sugar. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Orange Twist
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Caipirinha
2oz Cachaça Juice of two lime quarters 2 tsp Sugar Preparation: Muddle Sugar and lime quarters until sugars is dissolved. Add crushed ice and Cachaça Glass: Lowball Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Cape Codder
1.5 Vodka 4 oz Cranberry Juice 1/4 oz Lime Juice Preparation: Pour over ice Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Champagne Cocktail
Champagne / Sparkling Wine Angostura Bitters Sugar Cube Preparation: - place a cocktail napkin on top of the flute and adorn with the sugar cube. - apply bitters to said cube, then fold the napkin in half and deposit the sugar in the flute - top with champagne Glass: Champange flute Garnish: Lemon Peel
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Corpse Reviver #2
3/4 oz Gin 3/4 oz Cointreau 3/4 oz Lillet Blanc 3/4 oz Lemon Juice Absinthe (glass rinse) Preparation: - Rinse a cocktail glass with absinthe and discard the excess - shake all ingredients with ice and strain into the glass Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Cherry
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Cosmopolitan
1.5 oz Vodka 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice 1/2 oz Lime Juice Preparation: shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass Glass: cocktail glass Garnish: Lime Twist
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Daiquiri
2 oz Rum 3/4 oz Lime Juice 3/4 oz Simple Syrup Preparation: shake all ingredients with ice max strain Glass: Cocktail glass Garnish: Lime Wedge / Wheel
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Dark 'n' Stormy
2 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum 1/2 oz Lime Juice (optional) Ginger Beer Preparation: build ingredients over ice Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Gin Fizz
2 oz Gin 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 3/4 oz Simple Syrup Soda Water Preparation: - Combine the Gin, Lemon and Syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice - shake and strain into an empty Collins glass, with no ice - Top with soda Water Glass: Collins Glass
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Grasshopper
1 oz Green Crème de Menthe 1 oz White Crème de Cacao 1 oz Cream Preparation: Shake all ingredients over ice and strain Glass: Cocktail glass
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Greyhound
1.5 oz Gin / Vodka 5 oz Grapefruit Juice Preparation: Serve over ice Glass: Highball Glass
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Harvey Wallbanger
1 oz Vodka 1/2 oz Galliano 4oz Orange Juice Preparation: Pour Vodka and orange juice into ice-filled glass. Float Galliano on top Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Orange Slice
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Hemingway Daiquiri
2oz White Rum 3/4 oz Lime Juice 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice 1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur 1/4 oz Simple Syrup Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge / Wheel
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Horses Neck
2oz Bourbon 2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters Ginger ale Preparation: Build the ingredients in an ice filled glass Glass: Highball glass Garnish: lemon twist
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Hurricane
4oz Dark Jamaican Rum 2oz Lemon Juice 2 oz Passion Fruit Syrup Preparation: Shake with ice and pour without straining Glass: Hurricane Glass Preparation: Lemon Wheel
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Irish Coffee
1.5 oz Irish whiskey 1 tsp Brown Sugar 6oz Hot Coffee Heavy Cream Preparation: - Add whisky, coffee, and sugar to the mug - Too with Cold Cream Glass: Coffee Mug
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Kamikaze
1oz Vodka 1oz Triple Sec 1oz Lime Juice Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Lime Slice
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Last Word
3/4 oz Gin 3/4 oz Lime Juice 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse 3/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass
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Mai Tai
1oz Dark Jamaican Rum 1oz Amber Martinique Rum 1oz Lime Juice 1/2oz Curaçao Liqueur 1/4 oz Orgeat Syrup 1/4 oz Rock Candy Syrup Preparation: Shake with crushed ice and pour without straining Glass: Old fashioned glass Garnish: Spent Half Lime (submerged), Mint Sprig
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Margarita
2 oz Tequila 3/4 Cointreau (or Combier) 3/4 oz Lime Juice Simple Syrup to taste (optional) Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into salt rimmed glass, with or without ice Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Martinez
1 oz Genever 2 oz Sweet Vermouth 1/4 oz Maraschino Liqueur 2 dashes Boker's or Angostura Bitters Preparation: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Twist of Lemon or Orange
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Mimosa
4 oz Brut Champange 2oz Orange Juice 1 barspoon Grand Marnier (optional) Preparation: Build all ingredients in the glass Glass: Champange Flute
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Mint Julep
2 oz Bourbon 10-12 Mint leaves 1-2 oz Simple Syrup Preparation: - Add Syrup and mint leaves to base of glass and muddle - add crushed ice and 1 oz of Bourbon to the glass and mix with a barspoon - add more crushed ice and the rest of the Bourbon to the glass, mixing again - Cap with crushes Ice and garnish with two mint sprigs Glass: Silver or Pewter Julep Mug Garnish: Mint
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Moscow Mule
2 oz Vodka (originally Smirnoff's) 1/2 oz Lime Juice 4oz Ginger Beer Preparation: Pour Vodka and Lime Juice into ice filled mug and top with ginger beer Glass: Copper Mug Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Old Fashioned
2 oz Rye Whiskey 3 dashes Angostura Bitters 1 bar spoon Simple Syrup Preparation: Stir and strain over fresh ice Glass: Old fashioned Glass Garnish: Orange Peel
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Old Pal
1 oz Rye Whiskey 1 oz Dry Vermouth 1 oz Campari Preparation: Stir the ingredients over ice strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Lemon Twist
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Paloma
2 oz Tequila One half Lime Chilled Grapefruit Soda Preparation: - Muddle Lime in Highball glass - Rim with salt and add ice - Build the drink over the ice and stir gently Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Paper Airplane
3/4 oz Bourbon (Elijah Craig 12 years) 3/4 oz Aperol 3/4 oz Amaro Nonino 3/4 oz Lemon Juice Preparation: Combine in a shaker with ice. Chill and double strain Glass: Cocktail glass Garnish: Lemon Twist
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Pimm's Cup
2 oz Pimm's No. 1 1/2 oz Lime Juice 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup 1/2 oz Gin Soda Water Preparation: - Muddle Cucumber and Simple Syrup in Tin - Add remaining ingredients, shake with ice, and fine strain into the glass - Top with Soda Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Cucumber Slice and Mint Sprig
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Piña Colada
1 oz White Rum 1 oz Cream of Coconut 3 oz Pineapple Juice Preparation: Shake all ingredients with rushed ice or blend until smooth Glass: Hurricane Glass Garnish: pineapple wedge and cherry
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Ramos Gin Fizz (aka New Orleans Fizz)
1.5 oz Dry Vermouth 5 drops of Orange Flower Water 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Lime Juice 1 egg white 1 oz Heavy Cream 1 oz Simple Syrup Soda Water 2 drops of Vanilla Extract (optional) Preperation: - Vigorously shake all ingredients except soda Water and strain into glass without ice. - Top with soda Water Glass: Highball glass Garnish: Grated Nutmeg
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Rob Roy
2oz Blended Scotch Whiskey 1oz Sweet Vermouth 1 dash Angostura Bitters Preparation: Stir ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Cherry
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Rusty Nail
2 oz Blended Scotch Whisky 1 oz Drambuie Preparation: Stir with ice and strain into an ice filled glass Glass: Old fashioned Glass Garnish: Lemon Twist
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Sazerac
2oz Sazerac Rye Whisky 5 dashes Peychaud's Bitters Splash of Absinthe One Sugar Cube Preperation: - Add ice and water to your serving glass to chill - In a separate mixing glass, add the sugar cube and bitters along with a small splash of water - Muddle until the sugar is dissolved, then fill the glass with ice and whiskey - Stir to chill - Discard the ice water in the serving glass - Season the glass by adding a bit of absinthe roll the glass to coat the Liqueur - Discard any excess - Strain the contents of the mixing glass into the serving glass - Express the oils of the lemon peel and discard Glass: lowball glass Garnish: Lemon Peel
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Screwdriver
2 oz Vodka 4 oz Orange Juice Preparation: Serve over ice Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Orange Slice
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Sea Breeze
2 oz Vodka 4 oz Cranberry Juice 2 oz Grapefruit Juice Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge
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Sex on the Beach
2oz Vodka 4oz Cranberry Juice 2oz Grapefruit Juice Preparation: Shake all Ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with ice Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Lime Wedge Note: Bay Breeze - same ingredients except swap Cranberry Juice for pineapple juice
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Singapore Sling
2 oz Gin 3/4 oz Cherry Heering 2 tsp Benedictine 2 tsp Cointreau 2oz pineapple Juice 3/4 oz Lime Juice 2 dashes Grenadine 1 dash Angostura Bitters Soda Water Preparation: - Shake all ingredients except soda Water with ice and strain into glass filled with ice - Top with Soda Water Glass: Hurricane Glass Garnish: Cherry, Pineapple, Slice, and Orange
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Tequila Sunrise
1.5 oz Tequila 3 oz Orange Juice 1/2 oz Grenadine Preparation: - Pour Tequila and orange juice into an ice filled glass - add Grenadine but do not stir to create the "sunrise" effect Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Orange Slice and Cherry
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Tom Collins
2 oz Old Tom or London Dry Gin 1 oz Lemon Juice 1 tsp Simple Syrup 3 oz Soda Water Preparation: - Building all ingredients except soda Water and strain into glass filled with ice - Too with soda Water Glass: Highball Glass Garnish: Slice Lemon and Cherry
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Vesper
3 measures London Dry Gin 1 measure Vodka (preferably grain) 1/2 measure Lillet Blanc Preparation - shake all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass Glass: cocktail glass Garnish: Lemon Peel
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Vieux Care
1oz Rye Whiskey 1oz Cognac 1oz Sweet Vermouth 1/4 oz Bénédicitine 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Preparation: - Stir ingredients with ice and strain Glass: Old fashioned Glass Garnish: Lemon Peel
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Whiskey Sour
2 oz Bourbon or Rye Whiskey 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 3/4 Simple Syrup Preparation: Shake and Strain into an ice - filled glass Glass: Old Fashioned Glass Garnish: Cherry, Half Orange Wheel
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White Lady
1 oz Gin 1 oz Cointreau 1oz Lemon Juice Preparation: Shake all ingredients and strain Glass: Cocktail Glass Garnish: Cherry
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White Russian
1.5 Vodka 3/4 Kahlúa Liqueur Heavy Cream Preparation: - Pour Vodka and Kahlúa into ice filled glass - Fill with cream and stir in slowly Glass: Lowball Glass
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Zombie
1. 5 oz Gold Puerto Rico Rum 1. 5 oz Aged Jamaican Rum 1 oz Lemon Hart 151 3/4 oz Lime Juice 1/2 oz Don's Mix (white Grapefruit Juice, combined with one part cinnamon infused Syrup) 1/2 oz Falernum 1 tsp Grenadine 1/8 Pernod 1 dash Angostura Bitters 6 oz Crushed Ice Preparation: Blend of all ingredients Glass: Highball glass Garnish: Mint Sprig
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Manhattan
2 oz Rye Whiskey 1 oz Sweet Vermouth 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Preparation Stir all ingredients with ice and strain Glass Cocktail Glass Garnish Cherry
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Perfect Manhattan
2 oz Rye Whiskey 1 oz Vermouth (.5 dry / .5 sweet) 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Preparation Stir all ingredients with ice and strain Glass Cocktail Glass Garnish Cherry
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What is the amount of oz in an American pint glass
16
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What is the average oz for a single shot of Liqour
1.5 oz
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How many oz are in a wine bottle
750 ml = 25 oz
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How many oz are in a champagne flute
6 to sometimes 7 fluid oz
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Where does Angostura Bitters originate
Trinidad and Tobago
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What is the two parts of the brewing process
1. The brewer must derive the wort, a sugar rich liquid, from malted grain 2. Fermenting the wort
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What is Wort
The liquid extracted from the mashing process during the brewing of beer or whisky. Wort contains the sugars that will be fermented by the brewing yeast to produce alcohol.
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What are hops
A flower that adds flavor and bitterness, and has been both preservative and antiseptic qualities that prohibit bacterial growth
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What are typically the raw materials used in the brewing process
Water Yeast A starch source Hops
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What is the cereal grain of choice for most beers
Barley
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How long is barley steeped in water to promote germination of the grain
Two days typically
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What is green malt
grain softened by steeping in water and allowed to germinate but not yet subjected to drying
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What determines the length and degree of roasting the malt to make beer
The style of beer desired
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If you were making a poster style beer, what would be the degree of roasting needed
Heavy roasted black malts
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If you were making a pale malt style beer (pale ale), what would be the degree of roasting needed
Malt would be dried at low temperatures and very light color
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Once the grain to make beer is malted, the malt is grounded or cracked in a mill to produce what?
Grist
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Wort that is cooled at a lower temperature is typically destined to become what
A lager beer
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What style of beer when making it uses a top fermenting yeast ( saccharomyces cerevisiae) that is added to the wort? Also what does this do to the beer
Ale beers - top fermenting yeast prefer warmer temperatures and results in fruity and richly flavored beers
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How long does ale fermentation usually take
Less than a week
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What style of beer when making it uses a bottom fermenting yeast (saccharomyes pastorianus) that is added to the wort? Also what does this do to the beer
Lagers - creates a more delicate, cleaner beer - bottom fermenting yeast, tends to clump together at the bottom of the vessel, ferment slower, and at lower temperatures
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What is the yeast uses for ale
Sacchaomyces Cerevisiae
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Is ale beer top or bottom fermented
Top
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What is the yeast used to make lagers
Saccharomyces Pastorianus
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Are lager beers top or bottom fermented
Bottom fermented
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What country is known for Lambic Beers
Belgium
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How are lambic beers fermented
In open top containers with native wild yeast (brettanomyces bruxellenis and brettanomyces lambicus)
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Are lambics typically blended before release
Yes
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Gueze is a lambic style of beer that is blended with what
One year old lambic with beers that have been aged for 2 or 3 years - beer is then refermented with aged hops in the bottle, giving the beer sparkle
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Mars is a lambic style of beer that is blended with what
A mild lambic produced by reusing the malt from a previous lambic fermentation
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Faro is a lambic style of beer that is blended with what
A mixture of lambic and lighter brewed beer, Belgian candy sugar is added for sweetness
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Kriek is a form of what type of Lambric
Fruit Lambric
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What is the added fruit to the Kriek style of Lambric
Morello Cherries (sour)
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What style of lambic is Framboise
Fruit lambic
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What is the added fruit to the framboise style of lambric
Raspberries
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What temperature should lagers be served
48 - 52 degrees
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What temperature should lighter ales and draught bitter beers be served
54-57 degees
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What temperature would you serve full bodied red wines
59-64 degrees
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What temperature would you serve light reds
50 - 55 degrees
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What temperature would you serve a young light red
55 degrees
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What temperature would you serve delicate and lighter white wines
45 - 50 degrees
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What temperature would you serve heavier white wines
50 - 55 degrees
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What temperature would you serve heavier sweet white wines
43-47 degrees
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What temperature would you serve rosé
45 - 50 degrees
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What temperature would you serve sparkling wine
45 - 50 degrees
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What temperature would you serve dried sherries and dried madeiras
43-47 degrees
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What temperature do you serve sweet madeiras, Ruby and vintage port
64-68 degrees
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What temperature do you serve tawny port
54 - 61 degrees
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What temperature do you serve mineral water
43 - 47 degrees
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What do you offer the guest when they ask for mineral water
Lemons
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Do you offer Ice when the guest ask for mineral water
No, because ice cubes are usually made from tap water
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What is fermented rice is commonly known as what
Sake
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What is Yamada Nishiki
The type of rice used to make Sake
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Is rice used to make Sake the same as the rice you eat
No
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What is done to the rice grain to prepare it for the sake fermentation process
It is milled or polished to remove some of the protein laden outer husk of the rice grain
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What is shinpaku
The pure strarchy heart of the rice grain - this produces the best Sake
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How is Sake labeled
According to the degree to which it has been milled (seimaibuai)
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Provides the produced prints "semaibuai" on the label, and uses only water, rice and koji, the milling percentage of this style of Sake may be higher than 70%
Junmai
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In this style of sake it has a maximum % of rice grain of 70, it uses a slight amount of brewers alcohol (pure distillate) is added to the Sake before pressing
Honjozo
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This style of sake has a maximum percentage of rice grain of 60% and will be considered honjozo in style when brewer alcohol is added. If no distilled alcohol is added, what is the style of this Sake
Ginjo
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This type of sake will have a maximum percentage of rice at 50%. This type of sake will be honjozo in style, with brewers alcohol added. If no distilled alcohol is added, it will be labeled
Daiginjo
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What is koji - kin
A green powdery mold - the mold grows on the steamed rice
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How long does the koji - kin grow on the rice
2 days
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What is koji
The steamed rice upon which the mold is cultivated
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What is Moto
- also known as the starter After the koji is created. The addition of yeast, rice and water added to the koji creates the moto
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How long does the moto period last
2 weeks
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How many stages does the moto go through and creates what
3 successive stages, creating the moromi (fermenting mash)
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After the final addition has been made to the moto, how long does the same ferment
Up to 45 days
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After fermentation what is the usual alcohol content
20%
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What usually is done to lower the alcohol content of sake after fermentation
Water is added, lowering the level to around 17%
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What tasting profiles can Sake reach
Bone Dry to Sweet
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What is the Sake Value Meter
It is a measure of the sakes specific gravity or density in contrast to that of water
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What does a negative value indicate from a Sake Value Meter
Sweetness
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What does positive values indicate on the Sake Value Meter
Dryness
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What does zero mean on the Sake Value Meter
Neutral
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Nihonshudo is the Japanese term for what
Sake Value Meter
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Sake is typically served best at what temperature
Room temperature
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Is it good to heat up Sake
It can disrupt the delicate nature of premium Sake but also mask flaws in lower quality sakes
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Do you serve sake out of the bottle
No it it's traditionally decanted
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What is a tokkuri
A ceramic, narrow neck flask that Sake is decanted before it is served
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What is the Sake poured in from the tokkuri
Ochoko ( a small cylindrical vessel) The more ceremonial Sakazuki cups
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Is Sake meant to be aged
No, it is meant to be consumed shortly after it is bottled
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What special style of sake is Namazake
Unpasteurized
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What special style of sake is Nigori Sake
Unfiltered
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What special style of sake is Taruzake
Sake aged in wooden barrels
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What special style of sake is Jizake
Sake from a smaller kura (brewery)
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What special style of sake is Genshu Sake
Undiluted Sake
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Where does the name alcohol come from
Arab thinkers - derived from the Arabic word "al-koh'l" - a cosmetic powder purified through distillation
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Modern spirits are generally distilled in what two ways
Rudimentary pot still Continuous Still (Coffey, Column, or patent still)
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What type of Still: - the fermented liquor (the wash) is placed into a closed vessel and heat is applied directly to the vessel, vaporizing the ethyl alcohol, a certain amount of water, and congeners - the vapors travel up through the vessel and into a condensing coil - the vapors will be cooled, condensed into and collected in a separate vessel
Simple pot still
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What do you call volatile molecules, such as esters, other alcohols, and aldehydes, which contribute to the flavor of off flavor of a spirit
Congeners
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What type of Still: - has two columns ( the analyzer and the rectifier) and uses steam, rather than direct heat, to vaporize the alcohol - in this Still, the alcohol is condensed in a purer fashion, stripping the liquor of excess congeners and creating a higher - alcohol spirit
Continuous Still (Coffey, Column, or patent still)
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What are the name of the two columns used in continuous Still
The Analyzer The Rectifier
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After distillation of spirits, what color is the spirit
It is colorless
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How do brown spirits such as brandy and Scotch whisky gain their color and character
By aging in oak casks
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Alcoholic content of all alcoholic beverages in the EU and the US, whether fermented or distilled is stated as a percentage of alcohol by volume at what temperature
20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit)
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What is the range of abv for liqueurs
15-30%
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What is the range of abv for spirits such as Vodka and Gin
40-50%
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What is the range of ABV for Whiskey, brandy, and Rum
There is a much wider range for these spirits - some ask strength whiskies - those that are not diluted with water prior to bottling - can reach over 60% abv
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What is the bestselling spirit in the United States
Vodka
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Where was Vodka created
Poland and Russia
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The word "Vodka" derives from where and means what
It is derived from the Russian word for water "vody"
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What are some possible bases for for Vodka
Potatoes Rye Grapes Beets Molasses
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Vodka is usually made in what type of Still
Continuous Still
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What is vodka filtered with to make the spirit ultra clean
Charcoal
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True or False Vodka only goes through one distillation
False - actually the more distillation a Vodka undergoes, the stronger and purer the final spirit will be - and it is suggested the less likely it's abuse will result in a hangover
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Which form of vodka has the most amount of character? Eastern Europe and Russian vodka or Western Europe and American vodka
Eastern Europe and Russian Vodka
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The EU and the US mandate any spirit labeled vodka must be what type of flavor
Neutral
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What is then minimum abv for Vodka for the EU
37.5%
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If vodka isn't made from these two bases, an EU producer must state the products used in fermentation on the label
Potatoes or Grain
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Stolichnaya Ikon These are two quality producers of vodka from what country
Russia
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Chopin Belvedere These are two top producers from what country
Poland
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Grey Goose Is a top producer of Vodka from what country
France
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What is the distilled base for Chopin Vodka
Potato
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What is type of Still is used to make Grey Goose
Pot still
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What is the distilled base for belvedere
Rye
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What is the distilled base for grey goose
Wheat
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What is the best selling premium vodka in the United States
Grey Goose
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What is the distilled base for Titos Handmade Vodka
Corn
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What is the distilled base for Ketel One
Wheat
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Is Smirnoff vodka made in Russia
No, it hasn't been made in Russia for almost a century
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Ketel One is a Vodka based from what country
Holland
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What is Acquavit
A Scandinavian Liqour - a clear spirit fermented from potato or grain - flavored with caraway root and other aromatics
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What style is Gin usually made in
London Dry style
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How do you produce Gin
A neutral grain spirit is flavored with a range of botanicals (juniper berries are the most important component) and redistilled
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What is London Dry Gin
The most common modern style of Gin - it employs a wide proprietary blend of botanical flavorings, and can therefore be subtly or startlingly distinct in character
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What are some of the botanical flavorings found in London Dry Gin
Generally contains noticeable citrus and spice elements, derived from: Oranges Lemon peel Anise Cardamom Coriander Nutmeg Angelica Root And other aromatic substances
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Beefeater Tanqueray Bombay Sapphire Gordon's Boodles These are top producers of what type of Spirit
London Dry Gins
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Where was Gin created
Holland in the 16th Century
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Who was Dr. Sylvius de Bouve
A Dutch doctor who developed the first crude Gin as a medicinal oil known as Genever
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What is the base Gin for a Tom Collins Cocktail
Old Tom Gin
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Old Tom Gin refers to what animal and why
19th century slang for black cat - due to a wooden plague that hung outside of a pub and was shaped like a head of a cat
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Where is Old Tom's Gin from
England
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What is the flavor profile for Old Tom Gin
Lightly sweet Gin
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What is the proper spelling of Whiskey when referencing Scotch
Whisky (not whiskey)
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Whiskey is a distilled product of what
Fermented Grains Unmalted and malted: Barley Maize Rye Oats Wheat
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Who was Rev. Elijah Craig
He distilled Kentucky's first whiskey in 1789
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The style of whiskey Rev. Elijah Craig pioneered became known as
Bourbon Whiskey
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What is the minimum amount of corn required to make Bourbon Whiskey
51%
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What is Bourbon whiskey aged I
Charred new oak cask
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If bourbon whiskey is aged for at least two years and made without any added coloring or flavoring, it maybe labeled as
Straight Bourbon
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If bourbon whiskey is aged less than 4 years what must the distilled do
Also state the length of aging on the bottle
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Where is Bourbon County located and how much of Bourbon Whiskey production is done there
Kentucky and 95%
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Can Bourbon Whiskey be made outside of Kentucky
Yes, it can legally be produced anywhere in the United States
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Where does the famous Bourbon Whiskey made by Jack Daniels and George Dickel get made at
Tennessee
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What are the requirements for Tennessee whiskey
- Must be filtered with maple charcoal prior to aging | - must be manufactured in the state of Tennessee
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What are the similarities between Kentucky Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey
Both are made with at least 51% corn and aged in charred oak barrels
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What is a sour mash whiskey
A portion of spent mash is incorporated into a newly fermenting mash - Tennessee whiskey ( Jack Daniels) uses this style o
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What is Rye Whiskey
- Distilled from a minimum 51% Rye | - aged in new charred oak barrels for a minimum of two years
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What is Corn Whiskey
- Produced from a minimum of 80% Corn | - Maybe unaged or aged in used of uncharred new barrels
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What type of cask are used to make Scotch Whisky
Used Bourbon and Sherry cask - creates a more subtle interaction between wood and spirit
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These five categories of Scotch: * Single Malt Scotch Whisky * Single Grain Scotch Whisky * Blended Malt Scotch Whisky * Blended Grain Scotch Whisky * Blended Scotch Whiskey Where created when
2009 Scotch Whisky Regulations
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This form of Scotch is distilled from malted barley in a pot still at a single distillery - From 2012 onward, this form of Scotch can only be bottled in Scotland
Single Malt Scotch Whisky
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This form of Scotch is produced at a single distillery, from unmalted barley, wheat, or corn
Single Grain Whisky
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This form of Scotch is produced from a blend of malt whiskies
Blended Malt Scotch Whisky
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This form of Scotch is produced from two or more grain whiskies
Blended Grain Scotch Whisky
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What is Blended Whisky
A mixture of Malt and grain whiskies produced at a number of different distilleries
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This regulation made the following requirements for Scotch Whisky - all whisky producers are to provide an indication of the category on the label - can no longer use the term "Pure Malt" ( a synonym for blended malt whiskies) - all Scotch whisky must be produced in Scotland - distilled twice or more - aged for at least 3 years
2009 Scotch Whisky Regulations
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How long is single malt scotch generally aged
10 years
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Highland Lowland Speyside Islay Campbeltown The islands These are the six regions of production in what country
Scotland
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Single malt Whisky is usually aged for
10 years
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What is the largest production region in Scotland
Highland
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Oban Glenmorangie Dalwhinnie Dalmore Are all top distilleries for what region in Scotland
Highland
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What is the flavor profile for Lowland Scotch
- This the lightest and least smoky | - great as a aperitif
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Glenkinchie Auchentoshan Bladnoch These are top distilleries located in what region of Scotland
Lowlands
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Speyside use to be a former subzone of what region in Scotland
Highland
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Glenlivet Glenfiddich Macallan These are all top distilleries for what region in Scotland
Speyside
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What is the flavor profile for Scotch from Speyside
Milder and fruity character
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What is the major source of water in Speyside, Scotland
The River Spey
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How many distilleries are housed in Campbeltown
3 Glen Scotia Glengyle Springbank
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What is the flavor profile for Scotch from the islands
Peatiness and roasted seaweed character
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Skye Jura Mull Arran Orkney These are all Whisky producing islands for what country
Scotland
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Highland Park is a highly regarded producer from what island in Scotland
Orkney
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Talisker is a highly regarded producer from what island in Scotland
Skye
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What is the flavor profile for islay
They produce the most peaty, smoky style of Scotch Whisky
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Ardbeg Lagavulin Laphroaig These are the top producing distilleries where in Scotland
Islay
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What has been the most recent trend in the production of Scotch Whisky
The advent of Wood finished styling - this means a developing Whisky will be transferred to a different cask for the last two or three years of its aging period Example - will be transferred from its cask to another that held port, Sherry, Madeira, Burgundy or Sauternes
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Name some producers who are doing the recent trend of transferring the Whisky to different cask
Glenmorangie and Balvenie
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What type of style does the transferring Whisky to a different cask create
A softer and fruiter style
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Who has produced whiskey longer Ireland or Scotland
Ireland
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Name some famous Irish distilleries
- Old Bushmills - Cooley - New Middleton (maker of Jamison)
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What is the origin of moonshine
By the Scottish who heated their barely at night
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What is the usual aging for Scotch
7 years
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What is the usual aging for Irish whiskey
Minimum 3 years
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Why does Irish whiskey not have that smokey character like Scotch
Due to the none use of peats in their fires
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Suntory is a famous producer of whiskey from what country
Japan
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What does eau de vie mean
Water of life
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What is the source material for brandy
Wine
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What are some delicate aromas of Brandy
Flowers Fruit Subtle Oak Spice
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What is the European Unions definition of Brandy
- Brandy is a distillation of wine - has a minimum abv of 36% - has a minimum oak aging period of six months
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What are the two delimited regions in south west France that produce Brandy
Cognac Armagnac
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Where is Cognac AOC located in France
Northeast of Bordeaux
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Grand Champange Petite Champagne Borderies Fins Bois Bons Bois Bois Á Terroirs (Order is based on quality) These are the six regions of what area in France
Cognac AOC
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What is the northern most region of Cognac
Bois á Terriors
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The town of Cognac sets in what region of Cognac AOC
Borderies
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Does Champagne represent sparkling wine in Cognac
No, but the soil
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What is the preferred soil for Cognac
Chalk
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What areas in Cognac have the highest percentage of soft chalk
Grand Champagne Petite Champagne
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What type of soil do they have in the outer appellations of Cognac
Hard Limestone Clay
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What is the base grape for Cognac
Ugni Blanc
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What are some of the secondary grapes of Cognac
Folle Branche Colombard
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What type of Still is used to make Cognac
Cognac is distilled twice in copper Charentais Pot Still
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In reference to Cognac what is "brouillis"
The first distillation of Cognac - produces a spirit of 28-32% alcohol - many batches of "brouillis" are returned to the boiler to be distilled again, to extract the "soul" of Cognac
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I'm reference to Cognac what is Bonne Chauffe
The second distillation of Cognac - the bonne chauffe is divided into several parts: - the tête (heads) - coeur (heart) - secondes (second cuts) - queue (tails)
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How is Cognac aged in and where is the oak from
In oak cask from the Limousin and Tronçais Forest
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What does water and caramel do to Cognac
Adds strength and color prior to bottling
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What does VS mean in reference to Cognac
Very Special - indicates it's been ages for two years
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What does VSOP mean in reference to Cognac
" Very Special or Superior, Old Pale" - indicates at least 4 years in cask
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What does XO mean in reference to Cognac
Extra Old - indicates at least 6 years in a cask - in 2018 the minimum requirement will change to 10 years
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What is the requirement of Cognac named after one of the six regions
100% of the eau-de-vie originated from the named area
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What is fine champagne
Wine that is distilled from Grand Champagne and Petit Champagne regions - Grand Champagne must make up at least 50% of the blend
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Where is Armagnac AOC located
Southwest France
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Haut - Armagnac Bas - Armagnac Armagnac - Ténarèze These are the three regions for what AOC
Armagnac
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Folle Branche (Picpoul) Ugni Blanc Colombard Baco Blanc These are the main grapes for what spirit
Armagnac
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What is significant about the grape Baco Blanc
It's the only hybrid grape authorized in any french AOP
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What is the main type of Still used in Armagnac
- One distillation in a cooper continuous Still | - in Armagnac may be distilled twice in a Charentais pot still
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What is a toki
The master of saké. Equivalent to a brew master

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