Bartending 101 Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Build Correct Answer A bar term meaning to make a drink - starting with ice and then 'building' the drink by adding the other ingredients (i.e. alcohol, juice, garnish, etc). Bar Spoon Correct Answer long mixing spoon which often has a lemon zester or something similar on the other end. Bitters Correct Answer a herbal alcoholic blend which is meant to be added to other cocktails to enhance flavor (e.g a Manhattan is rye, sweet vermouth and a couple dashes of bitters). Angostura Bitters is one of the most popular brands and was first invented by a German physician for stomach maladies in 1824. Blend Correct Answer To mix up ingredients and ice in an electric blender. Depending on where you live, these could be called frozen drinks or blended drinks. Call Drink Correct Answer Refers to when the customer orders a drink by giving both the specific name of the liquor and the name of the mixer. E.g. Tanqueray Ten and Tonic, Bacardi and Coke. Chaser Correct Answer In bar terms, anything that is consumed quickly after a shooter or straight (neat) shot of alcohol. Meant to ease the strength of the original shooter and / or to mask its taste. Chill Correct Answer To chill a glass add ice and then water to any glass and let sit for a minute or two (while mixing the drink in a shaker). Pour out the contents of the glass and strain the drink into the chilled glass. This bar terminology is often used for martinis. Cocktail Correct Answer A mix of alcohol and / or liqueurs combined with a mixer (like soda or juice) and often shaken. Cooler Correct Answer An alcoholic-based bottled beverage offered in a variety of different alcohols - vodka, rum, wine - which comes in a variety of flavors. (E.g. Smirnoff Ice, Wild berry cooler, Mike's Hard Lemonade). Dash Correct Answer A few drops or a very small amount of an ingredient. Dirty Correct Answer Adding olive juice to a martini which makes it a Dirty Martini. The more olive juice, the dirtier the martini. It's a dirty bar terms. Dry Correct Answer Very little vermouth added to a martini. Extra dry martini is a drop of scotch swirled around the martini glass and then poured out before adding the gin.