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What are two kinds of cocktails?
Ans: Built and Shaken
What is a cocktail?
Ans: Any drink that includes alcohol
What are the two qualities that make a good bartender?
Ans: Confidence and Creativity
How are built drinkers made?
Ans: By pouring the components over ice in the glass it will be served in
How are shaken drinks made?
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Ans: By pouring the components into a shaking tin with ice, shaking, then
straining into the serving glass
What is a hard liquor?
Ans: distilled spirit with > 40% ABV and no added sugars
*if it is missing one of these three qualities, it is a liqueur
What is a wash line?
Ans: the location that the cocktail fills up to in a particular glass
*accurate placement of the wash line will help give you confidence that
you successfully included all of the ingredients and volumes
*consistency of the wash line ensures you are serving the same amount of
liquid to each customer when they order the same drink
What is the base unit for measuring out ingredients in a cocktail?
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Ans: a fluid ounce
*synonymous with "part" - i.e. 2 oz. gin and 1oz lime juice in a recipe can
be treated as 2 parts gin and 1 part lime
How many mL is 1 fluid oz?
Ans: 30 mL
How many bar spoons equate 1 oz?
Ans: 8 bar spoons
How many dashes equate 1 oz?
Ans: 36 dashes
How many drops equate 1 oz?
Ans: 600 drops
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What are the two options for measuring out ounceage?
Ans: jigger and pour top
What is the measurement trick when pouring from a pour top?
Ans: When fully inverted, "One-one-thou-sand" = 1 oz
*each syllable equates to a quarter on an ounce
What are the two ways of expressing the amount of alcohol in a
substance?
Ans: ABV and Proof
What is ABV?
Ans: Alcohol by Volume
- indicates the percent of the substance that is alcohol per each unit of
volume
Columbia Bartending Agency Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
What are two kinds of cocktails?
Ans: Built and Shaken
What is a cocktail?
Ans: Any drink that includes alcohol
What are the two qualities that make a good bartender?
Ans: Confidence and Creativity
How are built drinkers made?
Ans: By pouring the components over ice in the glass it will be served in
How are shaken drinks made?
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Ans: By pouring the components into a shaking tin with ice, shaking, then
straining into the serving glass
What is a hard liquor?
Ans: distilled spirit with > 40% ABV and no added sugars
*if it is missing one of these three qualities, it is a liqueur
What is a wash line?
Ans: the location that the cocktail fills up to in a particular glass
*accurate placement of the wash line will help give you confidence that
you successfully included all of the ingredients and volumes
*consistency of the wash line ensures you are serving the same amount of
liquid to each customer when they order the same drink
What is the base unit for measuring out ingredients in a cocktail?
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Ans: a fluid ounce
*synonymous with "part" - i.e. 2 oz. gin and 1oz lime juice in a recipe can
be treated as 2 parts gin and 1 part lime
How many mL is 1 fluid oz?
Ans: 30 mL
How many bar spoons equate 1 oz?
Ans: 8 bar spoons
How many dashes equate 1 oz?
Ans: 36 dashes
How many drops equate 1 oz?
Ans: 600 drops
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What are the two options for measuring out ounceage?
Ans: jigger and pour top
What is the measurement trick when pouring from a pour top?
Ans: When fully inverted, "One-one-thou-sand" = 1 oz
*each syllable equates to a quarter on an ounce
What are the two ways of expressing the amount of alcohol in a
substance?
Ans: ABV and Proof
What is ABV?
Ans: Alcohol by Volume
- indicates the percent of the substance that is alcohol per each unit of
volume
