Liquor Facts

Question 0

Who are the four main producers of whiskey?

Answer 0

America, Canada, Ireland , and Scotland

Question 1

What are the four steps in making liquor. (The distillation process)

Answer 1

Mashing
Fermentation
Distillation
Aging

Question 2

What are the three main TYPES of whiskey?

Answer 2

Straight
Blended
Malt

Question 3

What classifies whiskey as a bourbon?

Answer 3

A 51% corn content.

Question 4

Tennessee whiskey has an extra step in its distillation process, what is it?

Answer 4

Leeching (filter the whiskey through a charcoal filter made from the Tennessee highland maple tree drop by drop)

Question 5

Who is the oldest whiskey distiller in the world?

Answer 5

Bushmills

Question 6

Irish whiskey must be distilled _____ times and aged for at least _____ years by law.

Answer 6

3 times and 3 years . A.k.a. The 3&3 law.

Question 7

Scotch is a Scottish whiskey that uses one extra step in its creation. What is that Step?

Answer 7

Smoking.

Question 8

What is rum made from?

Answer 8

Sugarcane byproducts and molasses.

Question 9

Tequila must be made where to keep its name?

Answer 9

Tequila Mexico. Anywhere else and it’s a mescal.

Question 10

Does vodka have to be aged?

Answer 10

Nah.

Question 11

Where was gin invented?

Answer 11

Holland.

Question 12

What are the three most popular gins and where are they made?

Answer 12

Bombay
Beefeater
Tanqueray
And they are all made in London.

Question 13

Does gin have to be made in London to be named a London dry Gin?

Answer 13

Nahh…

Question 14

What is the equation / method for making champagne ?

Answer 14

Sugar+yeast=alcohol+co2

Question 15

Cognac is a Brandy that is made where?

Answer 15

Cognac France….

Question 16

What are the three grades of cognac?

Answer 16

VS-very special
VSOP- very special old pale
XO- xtra old

Question 17

What are three substitutes for galliano?

Answer 17

Valentino
Florentino
Neopolitan

Question 18

Four steps in making whiskey are________.

Answer 18

Mashing
Fermenting
Distilling
Aging

Question 19

The three steps in making vodka are______.

Answer 19

Mash
Ferment
Distill

Question 20

What is soda and lemon called?

Answer 20

Press

Question 21

What is soda and lime called?

Answer 21

Rickey

Question 22

Which cordials taste like almonds?

Answer 22

Creme de almond & Creme de noyeaux

Question 23

This cordial/liqueur tastes like hazelnuts and is from Italy?

Answer 23

Frangelico

Question 24

This is a melon flavored liqueur from Mexico?

Answer 24

Midori

Question 25

This is a raspberry flavored liqueur from France that is sometimes used in dirty La waters?

Answer 25

Chambord

Question 26

This yellow Italian liqueur tastes like licorice?

Answer 26

Galliano

Question 27

What makes whiskey and bourbon different?

Answer 27

Bourbon contains 51% corn content.

Question 28

Captain Morgan and parrot bay rum come from what US territory?

Answer 28

Puerto Rico.

Question 29

What country would you need to visit to see how Malibu rum is made?

Answer 29

Canada

Question 30

What does it mean if you bruise a Martini?

Answer 30

You let the ice melt in the shaker or you shook the shit out of it and shattered the ice and now have watered Down the liquor.

Question 31

How old do you need to be to drink in the U.S.?

Answer 31

21

Question 32

What are the three things you do not discuss behind the bar?

Answer 32

Social issues Politics Religion

Question 33

What's the difference between a rum and coke and a Cuba libre?

Answer 33

The lime garnish.

Question 34

What does A.b.c. Stand for?

Answer 34

Alcoholic beverage control.

Question 35

Rumplminze is 100 proof , what is the % of alcohol in that?

Answer 35

50%

Question 36

What is the term for serving alcohol at room temperature?

Answer 36

Neat

Question 37

What does it mean to serve a drink "straight up"?

Answer 37

Chilled not on ice | Usually shaken in a shaker

Question 38

What does it mean to order a drink on the rocks?

Answer 38

Served on ice.

Question 39

This red syrup is made from the pulp of pomegranates?

Answer 39

Grenadine.

Question 40

This popular mixing ingredient is reconstituted lemon juice with sugar and bar foam added?

Answer 40

Sweet and sour.

Question 41

What are your five substitutes for cream?

Answer 41

Ice cream, milk, half and half, whipping cream, heavy cream

Question 42

Triple sec and blue curacao are both orange flavored liqueurs used in drink recipes. Name three more orange flavored liqueurs .(these are the more expensive ones)

Answer 42

Grand Marnier , Cointreau, Gran tores

Question 43

What is tequila called then it is not made in tequila Mexico?

Answer 43

Mescal.

Question 44

What is your legal blood alcohol limit?

Answer 44

.08%

Question 45

What are your four dram laws?

Answer 45

It is illegal to transfer liquor from one bottle to another even if it's the same brand.(no marrying bottles) It is illegal to serve alcohol to a minor It is illegal to hold bets or gamble with customers It is illegal to serve someone who is already obviously drunk

Question 46

What are four forms of identification you can use to verify if someone is of the legal drinking age?

Answer 46

Drivers license State ID Active military license Passport