BARTENDING PRACTICE EXAMS 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Screw Driver - ✔✔1 oz Vodka, OJ
No garnish
Small rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔Sea Breeze - ✔✔1 oz Vodka, 1/2 cranberry + 1/2 grape juice
No garnish
Small rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔Sombrero - ✔✔1 oz Kahlua, cream
No garnish
Small rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔Whiskey Sour - ✔✔1 oz Whiskey, sour mix
Flag garnish
Small/large rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔What is marrying liquor? - ✔✔Pouring liquor from one bottle to another.
✔✔What do you after you empty a liquor bottle? - ✔✔Scratch off the tax stamp.
✔✔What's the 50% rule? - ✔✔You cannot serve another drink to a customer until their
last drink is half empty.
✔✔Mimosa - ✔✔1/4 filled with OJ
Fill with champagne
Pour and serve
✔✔How do you serve brandy? - ✔✔Tilt the brandy glass to the side
Pour to the rim
Heat in the palm of your hand just above room temperature
✔✔What's sweet with a higher alcohol content of 16-23%? - ✔✔Fortified wines
✔✔Champagne is another name for __________. - ✔✔Sparkling wine
✔✔Wine is made from ___________. - ✔✔Fermented grapes
, ✔✔The 3 main beer distributors are: - ✔✔Coors, Millers, and Anheiser Bush
✔✔Draft beer has a shelf life of _________. - ✔✔30 days
✔✔Bottle/canned beer has a shelf life of ________. - ✔✔6 months
✔✔Dark bottle protect beer from ______ so it stays _________. - ✔✔Sunlight ; fresh
✔✔B-52 (layered) - ✔✔1/2 oz Kahlua
1/2 oz Baileys
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
✔✔Jäger Bomb - ✔✔1 shot glass of Jagermeister
Half glass of energy drink
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
✔✔Lemon Drop - ✔✔1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Triple. Sec
Splash of Sour Mix
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
Garnish: lemon Wedge/sugar rim
✔✔Royal Flush - ✔✔1/2 oz Crown. Royal
1/2 oz Peach Schnapps
Splash of Cranberry
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
✔✔In layered drinks, what goes on the bottom? - ✔✔Lower proof, because it's heavier.
✔✔Brandy Alexander - ✔✔1/2 oz Brandy
1/2 oz Brown C.D. Cacao
2 oz Cream
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Martini/Cocktail glass
Garnish: Nutmeg
✔✔Grasshopper - ✔✔1/2 oz Creme De Menthe
1/2 oz White C.D. Cacao
2 oz Cream
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Screw Driver - ✔✔1 oz Vodka, OJ
No garnish
Small rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔Sea Breeze - ✔✔1 oz Vodka, 1/2 cranberry + 1/2 grape juice
No garnish
Small rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔Sombrero - ✔✔1 oz Kahlua, cream
No garnish
Small rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔Whiskey Sour - ✔✔1 oz Whiskey, sour mix
Flag garnish
Small/large rocks glass with ice
Pour and serve
✔✔What is marrying liquor? - ✔✔Pouring liquor from one bottle to another.
✔✔What do you after you empty a liquor bottle? - ✔✔Scratch off the tax stamp.
✔✔What's the 50% rule? - ✔✔You cannot serve another drink to a customer until their
last drink is half empty.
✔✔Mimosa - ✔✔1/4 filled with OJ
Fill with champagne
Pour and serve
✔✔How do you serve brandy? - ✔✔Tilt the brandy glass to the side
Pour to the rim
Heat in the palm of your hand just above room temperature
✔✔What's sweet with a higher alcohol content of 16-23%? - ✔✔Fortified wines
✔✔Champagne is another name for __________. - ✔✔Sparkling wine
✔✔Wine is made from ___________. - ✔✔Fermented grapes
, ✔✔The 3 main beer distributors are: - ✔✔Coors, Millers, and Anheiser Bush
✔✔Draft beer has a shelf life of _________. - ✔✔30 days
✔✔Bottle/canned beer has a shelf life of ________. - ✔✔6 months
✔✔Dark bottle protect beer from ______ so it stays _________. - ✔✔Sunlight ; fresh
✔✔B-52 (layered) - ✔✔1/2 oz Kahlua
1/2 oz Baileys
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
✔✔Jäger Bomb - ✔✔1 shot glass of Jagermeister
Half glass of energy drink
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
✔✔Lemon Drop - ✔✔1/2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz Triple. Sec
Splash of Sour Mix
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
Garnish: lemon Wedge/sugar rim
✔✔Royal Flush - ✔✔1/2 oz Crown. Royal
1/2 oz Peach Schnapps
Splash of Cranberry
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Oversized shot/small rocks
✔✔In layered drinks, what goes on the bottom? - ✔✔Lower proof, because it's heavier.
✔✔Brandy Alexander - ✔✔1/2 oz Brandy
1/2 oz Brown C.D. Cacao
2 oz Cream
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
Martini/Cocktail glass
Garnish: Nutmeg
✔✔Grasshopper - ✔✔1/2 oz Creme De Menthe
1/2 oz White C.D. Cacao
2 oz Cream
Prepared in tin with ice, strained
