ABC Bartending School Test
What is the garnish for all tonic drinks? - answerLime Wedge
What is the flavor of Southern Comfort and is it a liquor or liqueur? - answerWhiskey
and Peaches. Liqueur
What is the difference between call brands and the speed rack? - answerSpeed rack
has less expensive brands
What is a flag? - answerOrange Wedge and Cherry
How many times do you shake a drink? - answer3-5
Why do you shake a drink before adding carbonated drinks? - answerShaking
carbonated drinks causes them to lose their flavor
What do you call the place that the bartender makes the drinks? - answerBartender
Station
What is Vermouth and what are the two types? - answerFortified Wine, Sweet/Dry
Name the four liqueurs that taste like orange - answerCointreau, Blue Curacao, Grand
Marnier, Triple Sec
What is the difference between a Cuba Libra and a Rum and Coke? - answerCuba
Libra is garnished with a Lime Wedge, rum and coke has no garnishes
What drinks do you muddle the fruit and bitters in? - answerOld Fashioned, Mojito, and
Mint Julep
What does on the rocks mean? - answerComes with ice
How do you chill a glass? - answerLet ice and water sit in the glass then pour our before
pouring the actual drink into the glass
What does "perfect" mean in a martini? - answerHas both sweet and dry vermouth in it
Name the order of the speed rack - answerVodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec,
Whisky
Orange juice, Cranberry Juice, Sour Mix, Pineapple Juice, Cream, Grapefruit Juice
What is the difference between liquor and liqueur? - answerLiquor - 80 proof and above
Liqueur - Under 80 proof
, What does throw away mean? - answerMeans to coat a glass then literally throw away
such as in a dry maritini
What does "to float" mean? - answerTo pour in the drink after the drink has been mixed
and poured into a glass
What are the counts 1/2, 1, 1 1/2, & 2? - answer3 secs, 6 secs, 9 secs, 12 secs
What does it mean to make a drink "served up"? - answerComes with no ice
How do you properly pour brandy? - answerPour 1/2 ounce and test it by tipping the
glass and having the liquid stop at the lip of the glass
Draft beer has a shelf life of how long? - answer30 days
Name the 3 groups that still wines are divided into: - answerRed
White
Rose (Pink)
What "fermented substance" is beer made from? - answerFermented grains
What "fermented substance" is wine made from? - answerFruits and yeast
If stored properly, bottles or canned beer has a shelf life of how long? - answer6 months
What is another name for sparkling wine? - answerChampagne
In layered drinks, what liqueur do you use first? - answerThe lowest proof
What is the "50%" rule? - answerDo not serve someone another drink until their
previous drink is halfway empty
Why is beer bottles in dark bottles? - answerTo protect it from the sunlight so the flavor
stays fresh
Which liqueurs are the only ones that are 80 proof out of the 4 orange flavored liqueurs?
- answerCointreau and Grand Marnier
What ingredient is rum made from? - answerFermented Sugar cane
What does proof mean when referring to the alcohol and how do you calculate it? -
answerPercentage of alcohol in the bottle. Proof divided by 2 equals percentage of
alcohol.
What is the garnish for all tonic drinks? - answerLime Wedge
What is the flavor of Southern Comfort and is it a liquor or liqueur? - answerWhiskey
and Peaches. Liqueur
What is the difference between call brands and the speed rack? - answerSpeed rack
has less expensive brands
What is a flag? - answerOrange Wedge and Cherry
How many times do you shake a drink? - answer3-5
Why do you shake a drink before adding carbonated drinks? - answerShaking
carbonated drinks causes them to lose their flavor
What do you call the place that the bartender makes the drinks? - answerBartender
Station
What is Vermouth and what are the two types? - answerFortified Wine, Sweet/Dry
Name the four liqueurs that taste like orange - answerCointreau, Blue Curacao, Grand
Marnier, Triple Sec
What is the difference between a Cuba Libra and a Rum and Coke? - answerCuba
Libra is garnished with a Lime Wedge, rum and coke has no garnishes
What drinks do you muddle the fruit and bitters in? - answerOld Fashioned, Mojito, and
Mint Julep
What does on the rocks mean? - answerComes with ice
How do you chill a glass? - answerLet ice and water sit in the glass then pour our before
pouring the actual drink into the glass
What does "perfect" mean in a martini? - answerHas both sweet and dry vermouth in it
Name the order of the speed rack - answerVodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec,
Whisky
Orange juice, Cranberry Juice, Sour Mix, Pineapple Juice, Cream, Grapefruit Juice
What is the difference between liquor and liqueur? - answerLiquor - 80 proof and above
Liqueur - Under 80 proof
, What does throw away mean? - answerMeans to coat a glass then literally throw away
such as in a dry maritini
What does "to float" mean? - answerTo pour in the drink after the drink has been mixed
and poured into a glass
What are the counts 1/2, 1, 1 1/2, & 2? - answer3 secs, 6 secs, 9 secs, 12 secs
What does it mean to make a drink "served up"? - answerComes with no ice
How do you properly pour brandy? - answerPour 1/2 ounce and test it by tipping the
glass and having the liquid stop at the lip of the glass
Draft beer has a shelf life of how long? - answer30 days
Name the 3 groups that still wines are divided into: - answerRed
White
Rose (Pink)
What "fermented substance" is beer made from? - answerFermented grains
What "fermented substance" is wine made from? - answerFruits and yeast
If stored properly, bottles or canned beer has a shelf life of how long? - answer6 months
What is another name for sparkling wine? - answerChampagne
In layered drinks, what liqueur do you use first? - answerThe lowest proof
What is the "50%" rule? - answerDo not serve someone another drink until their
previous drink is halfway empty
Why is beer bottles in dark bottles? - answerTo protect it from the sunlight so the flavor
stays fresh
Which liqueurs are the only ones that are 80 proof out of the 4 orange flavored liqueurs?
- answerCointreau and Grand Marnier
What ingredient is rum made from? - answerFermented Sugar cane
What does proof mean when referring to the alcohol and how do you calculate it? -
answerPercentage of alcohol in the bottle. Proof divided by 2 equals percentage of
alcohol.
