Keeping And Serving Beer

Question 1

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

What is the three tier system in the U.S. And the reason for its existence.

Answer 1

The three-tier system of alcohol distribution is the system for distributing alcoholic beverages set up in the United States after the repeal of Prohibition

Question 2

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

What are the three tiers in the system?

Answer 2

The basic structure of the system is that producers can sell their products only to wholesale distributors who then sell to retailers, and only retailers may sell to consumers.

Question 3

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

Who are producers? (4)

Answer 3

Producers include brewers, wine makers, distillers and importers.

Question 4

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

What is the alcoholic beverage control jurisdictions?

Answer 4

Alcoholic beverage control states, generally called control states, are eighteen states in the United States. In these states, part or all of the distribution tier, and sometimes also the retailing tier, are operated by the state government itself (or by contractors operating under its authority) rather than by independent private entities.

Question 5

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

What is the only state with a privately operated retailing and distribution system that does not require any form of three-tier system?

Answer 5

Washington - retailers may purchase alcoholic beverages directly from producers, may negotiate volume discounts, and may warehouse their inventory themselves. However, the three-tier system remains a de facto reality in Washington despite the law

Question 6

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

What is the most prevalent exception in the three tier system?

Answer 6

A brewpub, which is simultaneously a producer and retailer, and has no requirement to sell to a distributor.

Question 7

A. Purchasing and Accepting Beer:

Some states allow what entity to have a part in two of the tiers?

Answer 7

Small breweries act as their own distributor, for example. Many states permit wineries to sell bottles of wine on-site to customers.

Question 8

B. Serving Alcohol

How is alcohol absorbed into the human body?

Answer 8

Alcohol is absorbed from all parts of the gastrointestinal tract largely by simple diffusion into the blood.

Question 9

B. Serving Alcohol

Specifically, what two parts of the gastrointestinal tract absorb alcohol and how much each?

Answer 9

1. In a fasting individual, it is generally agreed that 10% to 20% of a dose of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach (the volume of alcohol affects the absorption).
2. 75% to 80% is absorbed from the small intestine because of the larger surface area.

Question 10

B. Serving Alcohol

The difference between a fasted individual and a non-fasted individual

Answer 10

The peak blood alcohol concentrations are achieved in fasting people within 0.5 to 2.0 hours, (average 0.75 - 1.35 hours depending upon dose and time of last meal) while non-fasting people exhibit peak alcohol concentrations within 1.0, and in extreme cases up to as much as 4.0 hours (average 1.06 - 2.12 hours).

Question 11

B. Serving Alcohol

1. What part of the body is solely used to eliminate alcohol from our system?
2. What is the other ways we eliminate alcohol?

Answer 11

1. The liver is responsible for the elimination - through metabolism - of 95% of ingested alcohol from the body.
2. The remainder 5% of the alcohol is eliminated through excretion of alcohol in breath, urine, sweat, feces, milk and saliva.

Question 12

B. Serving Alcohol

What are the metabolic pathways in its oxidation of alcohol?

Answer 12

Acetaldehyde to acetic acid to carbon dioxide and water.

Question 13

B. Serving Alcohol

A person will eliminate how much alcohol per hour?

Answer 13

.5 oz (15 ml) of alcohol per hour

Question 14

B. Serving Alcohol

How stages of intoxication are there?

Answer 14

7

Question 15

B. Serving Alcohol

0.01 - 0.05 BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 15

Subclinical:

Behavior nearly normal by ordinary observation

Question 16

B. Serving Alcohol

0.03 - 0.12 BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 16

Euphoria:

Mild euphoria, sociability, talkitiveness
Increased self-confidence; decreased inhibitions
Diminution of attention, judgment and control
Beginning of sensory-motor impairment
Loss of efficiency in finer performance tests

Question 17

B. Serving Alcohol

0.09 - 0.25 BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 17

Excitement:

Emotional instability; loss of critical judgment
Impairment of perception, memory and comprehension
Decreased sensitory response; increased reaction time
Reduced visual acuity; peripheral vision and glare recovery
Sensory-motor incoordination; impaired balance
Drowsiness

Question 18

B. Serving Alcohol

0.18 - 0.30 BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 18

Confusion:

Disorientation, mental confusion; dizziness
Exaggerated emotional states
Disturbances of vision and of perception of color, form, motion and dimensions
Increased pain threshold
Increased muscular incoordination; staggering gait; slurred speech
Apathy, lethargy

Question 19

B. Serving Alcohol

0.25 - 0.40 BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 19

Stupor:

General inertia; approaching loss of motor functions
Markedly decreased response to stimuli
Marked muscular incoordination; inability to stand or walk
Vomiting; incontinence
Impaired consciousness; sleep or stupor

Question 20

B. Serving Alcohol

0.35 - 0.50 BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 20

Coma:

Complete unconsciousness
Depressed or abolished reflexes
Subnormal body temperature
Incontinence
Impairment of circulation and respiration
Possible death

Question 21

B. Serving Alcohol

0.45+ BAC is what stage and what clinical symptoms are exhibited?

Answer 21

Death:

Death from respiratory arrest