Bartending School Exam Questions
Verified Marking Scheme New Update
Speed Rack - Answers -✔✔ rail usually connected to the bar sink, usually contains
house brands of liquor.
Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec
86 - Answers -✔✔ "out of stock"
Well - Answers -✔✔ "house"
Call - Answers -✔✔ moderate price & quality liquor
Premium - Answers -✔✔ highest price & quality liquor
Rocks - Answers -✔✔ served over ice
GILT - Answers -✔✔ Glass, Ice, Liquor, Topping
Up - Answers -✔✔ Chilled & strained (martinis & most shots)
Neat - Answers -✔✔ liquor poured straight from the bottle as is (shots of whiskey, gold
tequilas, & brandy/Cognac)
Proof - Answers -✔✔ Double the alcohol content
Liqueur - Answers -✔✔ Liquor flavored with things like cream, sugar, herbs, and more
Cordials - Answers -✔✔ liqueurs sipped after dinner "cordially" (Grand Marnier,
Sambuca, B & B)
Schnapps - Answers -✔✔ liqueurs with food-like flavors, often used for making
cocktails & shots
Jigger - Answers -✔✔ tin measuring cup
1/2 oz., 3/4 oz., 1 oz., 1 1/2 oz.
Grenadine - Answers -✔✔ cherry-like syrup made from the pomegranate fruit
Lime Juice - Answers -✔✔ lime syrup (non-alcoholic)
Bitters - Answers -✔✔ herbal cocktail seasoning
, Simple Syrup - Answers -✔✔ dissolved sugar water
Agave Nectar - Answers -✔✔ sweetener made from the blue agave plant
Triple Sec - Answers -✔✔ dry orange liqueur made from orange peels (Curacao)
pour in 1/2 oz. increments
Vermouth - Answers -✔✔ wine infused with herbs (aperitif wine)
Service Bar - Answers -✔✔ areas where the servers pick up drinks from bar
C - Answers -✔✔ Coke
D - Answers -✔✔ Diet Coke
L - Answers -✔✔ Lemon & Lime (7 UP or Sprite)
G - Answers -✔✔ Ginger Ale
Q - Answers -✔✔ Quinine (tonic)
T - Answers -✔✔ Tonic
S - Answers -✔✔ Soda or seltzer water
W - Answers -✔✔ Water
1 - Answers -✔✔ Misc. (ex. Red Bull)
OJ - Answers -✔✔ Orange Juice
GJ - Answers -✔✔ Grapefruit Juice
CJ - Answers -✔✔ Cranberry Juice
SM - Answers -✔✔ Sweet & Sour Mix
P - Answers -✔✔ Pineapple Juice
Club Soda - Answers -✔✔ Carbonated water aka seltzer, club, or just "soda"
Tonic Water - Answers -✔✔ Carbonated water with salt, sugar, citrus, & quinine
Always served with a lime
Verified Marking Scheme New Update
Speed Rack - Answers -✔✔ rail usually connected to the bar sink, usually contains
house brands of liquor.
Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec
86 - Answers -✔✔ "out of stock"
Well - Answers -✔✔ "house"
Call - Answers -✔✔ moderate price & quality liquor
Premium - Answers -✔✔ highest price & quality liquor
Rocks - Answers -✔✔ served over ice
GILT - Answers -✔✔ Glass, Ice, Liquor, Topping
Up - Answers -✔✔ Chilled & strained (martinis & most shots)
Neat - Answers -✔✔ liquor poured straight from the bottle as is (shots of whiskey, gold
tequilas, & brandy/Cognac)
Proof - Answers -✔✔ Double the alcohol content
Liqueur - Answers -✔✔ Liquor flavored with things like cream, sugar, herbs, and more
Cordials - Answers -✔✔ liqueurs sipped after dinner "cordially" (Grand Marnier,
Sambuca, B & B)
Schnapps - Answers -✔✔ liqueurs with food-like flavors, often used for making
cocktails & shots
Jigger - Answers -✔✔ tin measuring cup
1/2 oz., 3/4 oz., 1 oz., 1 1/2 oz.
Grenadine - Answers -✔✔ cherry-like syrup made from the pomegranate fruit
Lime Juice - Answers -✔✔ lime syrup (non-alcoholic)
Bitters - Answers -✔✔ herbal cocktail seasoning
, Simple Syrup - Answers -✔✔ dissolved sugar water
Agave Nectar - Answers -✔✔ sweetener made from the blue agave plant
Triple Sec - Answers -✔✔ dry orange liqueur made from orange peels (Curacao)
pour in 1/2 oz. increments
Vermouth - Answers -✔✔ wine infused with herbs (aperitif wine)
Service Bar - Answers -✔✔ areas where the servers pick up drinks from bar
C - Answers -✔✔ Coke
D - Answers -✔✔ Diet Coke
L - Answers -✔✔ Lemon & Lime (7 UP or Sprite)
G - Answers -✔✔ Ginger Ale
Q - Answers -✔✔ Quinine (tonic)
T - Answers -✔✔ Tonic
S - Answers -✔✔ Soda or seltzer water
W - Answers -✔✔ Water
1 - Answers -✔✔ Misc. (ex. Red Bull)
OJ - Answers -✔✔ Orange Juice
GJ - Answers -✔✔ Grapefruit Juice
CJ - Answers -✔✔ Cranberry Juice
SM - Answers -✔✔ Sweet & Sour Mix
P - Answers -✔✔ Pineapple Juice
Club Soda - Answers -✔✔ Carbonated water aka seltzer, club, or just "soda"
Tonic Water - Answers -✔✔ Carbonated water with salt, sugar, citrus, & quinine
Always served with a lime
