COLUMBIA BARTENDING AGENCY FINAL PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Intoxication Factor: Rate of Consumption - ✔✔The body only metabolizes ~1
standard drink/hour
✔✔Intoxication Factor: ABV/Proof of Drink - ✔✔Higher ABV/Proof results in higher BAC
✔✔Intoxication Factor: Medication/Drugs in System - ✔✔Does not alter BAC but may
mask or exacerbate effects of alcohol through drug interaction
✔✔What is the Dram Shop Act? - ✔✔A statute that enforces civil liability for dangerous
acts performed by intoxicated customers due to negligence by a serving party
✔✔What are the four visible cues of intoxication? - ✔✔Inhibition, Judgement, Reaction
Time, Coordination (in this order)
✔✔What are spirits? - ✔✔Spirits, aka hard liquors, are the foundation of most cocktails
and require 3 factors:
1) distilled in alcoholic beverages
2) no added sugars
3) contain at least 40% ABV
✔✔What are the five main spirits? - ✔✔vodka, gin, rum, agave, whisky
✔✔What is the main ingredient of vodka? - ✔✔neutral grain (potatoes, fruits, sugar)
✔✔What is the main ingredient of gin? - ✔✔neutral grain
✔✔What are the four categories of gin? - ✔✔London Dry
Old Tom
Plymouth
Genever
✔✔Speed Rack - ✔✔Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Whiskey, Bourbon
✔✔How is rum made? - ✔✔made from sugarcane or sugarcane by-product (molasses)
that is fermented and distilled before an aging process
✔✔What spirits require aging processes? - ✔✔Rum, agave, tequila
✔✔What are the two kinds of agave spirits? - ✔✔mezcal and tequila
✔✔What is mezcal? - ✔✔mezcal broadly encompasses any agave-based spirit
, it is roasted in earthen pits with lava rocks in clay pots
✔✔What is the relation between tequila and mezcal? - ✔✔Tequila is a type of mezcal,
but not all mezcal is tequila
✔✔What is tequila? - ✔✔Tequila is a type of mezcal made from blue agave
it is steamed in above-ground ovens in copper pot stills
✔✔What are the flavor profiles of mezcal vs tequila? - ✔✔Mezcal - smoky, earthy, floral
Tequila - sweet, fruity, toasty
✔✔What are the four ages/classifications of mezcal? - ✔✔Joven/Blanco/Abacado
Reposado
Añejo
Extra añejo
✔✔What are the four ages/classifications of tequila? - ✔✔Blanco/Silver/Plato
Reposado
Añejo
Extra añejo
✔✔What is the main ingredient of whiskey? - ✔✔neutral grain
✔✔What countries spell whiskey with an "e"? - ✔✔Irish and American
✔✔What are the five kinds of whisky? - ✔✔Irish
Scotch
Japanese
Canadian
American (bourbon, tennesee, rye)
✔✔What is a modifier? - ✔✔alcoholic liquids
used in addition to a cocktail's base spirit to add flavor
✔✔What are the four kinds of modifiers? - ✔✔Liqueurs
Disgestivos and Aperitivos
Fortified and Aromatized Wines
Bitters
✔✔What are liqueurs? - ✔✔a spirit with added flavor and sweetener (infusions)
~25% ABV (as low as 15%)
✔✔What are digestivos/aperitivos? - ✔✔bittersweet and complex liqueurs that stimulate
appetite or digestion, made from wine, brandy or neutral grains w/ fruits, herbs or roots
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Intoxication Factor: Rate of Consumption - ✔✔The body only metabolizes ~1
standard drink/hour
✔✔Intoxication Factor: ABV/Proof of Drink - ✔✔Higher ABV/Proof results in higher BAC
✔✔Intoxication Factor: Medication/Drugs in System - ✔✔Does not alter BAC but may
mask or exacerbate effects of alcohol through drug interaction
✔✔What is the Dram Shop Act? - ✔✔A statute that enforces civil liability for dangerous
acts performed by intoxicated customers due to negligence by a serving party
✔✔What are the four visible cues of intoxication? - ✔✔Inhibition, Judgement, Reaction
Time, Coordination (in this order)
✔✔What are spirits? - ✔✔Spirits, aka hard liquors, are the foundation of most cocktails
and require 3 factors:
1) distilled in alcoholic beverages
2) no added sugars
3) contain at least 40% ABV
✔✔What are the five main spirits? - ✔✔vodka, gin, rum, agave, whisky
✔✔What is the main ingredient of vodka? - ✔✔neutral grain (potatoes, fruits, sugar)
✔✔What is the main ingredient of gin? - ✔✔neutral grain
✔✔What are the four categories of gin? - ✔✔London Dry
Old Tom
Plymouth
Genever
✔✔Speed Rack - ✔✔Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Whiskey, Bourbon
✔✔How is rum made? - ✔✔made from sugarcane or sugarcane by-product (molasses)
that is fermented and distilled before an aging process
✔✔What spirits require aging processes? - ✔✔Rum, agave, tequila
✔✔What are the two kinds of agave spirits? - ✔✔mezcal and tequila
✔✔What is mezcal? - ✔✔mezcal broadly encompasses any agave-based spirit
, it is roasted in earthen pits with lava rocks in clay pots
✔✔What is the relation between tequila and mezcal? - ✔✔Tequila is a type of mezcal,
but not all mezcal is tequila
✔✔What is tequila? - ✔✔Tequila is a type of mezcal made from blue agave
it is steamed in above-ground ovens in copper pot stills
✔✔What are the flavor profiles of mezcal vs tequila? - ✔✔Mezcal - smoky, earthy, floral
Tequila - sweet, fruity, toasty
✔✔What are the four ages/classifications of mezcal? - ✔✔Joven/Blanco/Abacado
Reposado
Añejo
Extra añejo
✔✔What are the four ages/classifications of tequila? - ✔✔Blanco/Silver/Plato
Reposado
Añejo
Extra añejo
✔✔What is the main ingredient of whiskey? - ✔✔neutral grain
✔✔What countries spell whiskey with an "e"? - ✔✔Irish and American
✔✔What are the five kinds of whisky? - ✔✔Irish
Scotch
Japanese
Canadian
American (bourbon, tennesee, rye)
✔✔What is a modifier? - ✔✔alcoholic liquids
used in addition to a cocktail's base spirit to add flavor
✔✔What are the four kinds of modifiers? - ✔✔Liqueurs
Disgestivos and Aperitivos
Fortified and Aromatized Wines
Bitters
✔✔What are liqueurs? - ✔✔a spirit with added flavor and sweetener (infusions)
~25% ABV (as low as 15%)
✔✔What are digestivos/aperitivos? - ✔✔bittersweet and complex liqueurs that stimulate
appetite or digestion, made from wine, brandy or neutral grains w/ fruits, herbs or roots
