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ABC Bartending School Test Questions and
Answers
What is the garnish for all tonic drinks?
Ans: Lime Wedge
What is the flavor of Southern Comfort and is it a liquor or
liqueur?
Ans: Whiskey and Peaches. Liqueur
What is the difference between call brands and the speed rack?
Ans: Speed rack has less expensive brands
What is a flag?
Ans: Orange Wedge and Cherry
How many times do you shake a drink?
Ans: 3-5
Why do you shake a drink before adding carbonated drinks?
Ans: Shaking carbonated drinks causes them to lose their flavor
What do you call the place that the bartender makes the drinks?
Ans: Bartender Station
What is Vermouth and what are the two types?
Ans: Fortified Wine, Sweet/Dry
Name the four liqueurs that taste like orange
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Ans: Cointreau, Blue Curacao, Grand Marnier, Triple Sec
What is the difference between a Cuba Libra and a Rum and Coke?
Ans: Cuba Libra is garnished with a Lime Wedge, rum and coke has no
garnishes
What drinks do you muddle the fruit and bitters in?
Ans: Old Fashioned, Mojito, and Mint Julep
What does on the rocks mean?
Ans: Comes with ice
How do you chill a glass?
Ans: Let ice and water sit in the glass then pour our before pouring the
actual drink into the glass
What does "perfect" mean in a martini?
Ans: Has both sweet and dry vermouth in it
Name the order of the speed rack
Ans: Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Whisky
Orange juice, Cranberry Juice, Sour Mix, Pineapple Juice, Cream,
Grapefruit Juice
What is the difference between liquor and liqueur?
Ans: Liquor - 80 proof and above
Liqueur - Under 80 proof
What does throw away mean?
Ans: Means to coat a glass then literally throw away such as in a dry
maritini
What does "to float" mean?
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ABC Bartending School Test Questions and
Answers
What is the garnish for all tonic drinks?
Ans: Lime Wedge
What is the flavor of Southern Comfort and is it a liquor or
liqueur?
Ans: Whiskey and Peaches. Liqueur
What is the difference between call brands and the speed rack?
Ans: Speed rack has less expensive brands
What is a flag?
Ans: Orange Wedge and Cherry
How many times do you shake a drink?
Ans: 3-5
Why do you shake a drink before adding carbonated drinks?
Ans: Shaking carbonated drinks causes them to lose their flavor
What do you call the place that the bartender makes the drinks?
Ans: Bartender Station
What is Vermouth and what are the two types?
Ans: Fortified Wine, Sweet/Dry
Name the four liqueurs that taste like orange
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Ans: Cointreau, Blue Curacao, Grand Marnier, Triple Sec
What is the difference between a Cuba Libra and a Rum and Coke?
Ans: Cuba Libra is garnished with a Lime Wedge, rum and coke has no
garnishes
What drinks do you muddle the fruit and bitters in?
Ans: Old Fashioned, Mojito, and Mint Julep
What does on the rocks mean?
Ans: Comes with ice
How do you chill a glass?
Ans: Let ice and water sit in the glass then pour our before pouring the
actual drink into the glass
What does "perfect" mean in a martini?
Ans: Has both sweet and dry vermouth in it
Name the order of the speed rack
Ans: Vodka, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Triple Sec, Whisky
Orange juice, Cranberry Juice, Sour Mix, Pineapple Juice, Cream,
Grapefruit Juice
What is the difference between liquor and liqueur?
Ans: Liquor - 80 proof and above
Liqueur - Under 80 proof
What does throw away mean?
Ans: Means to coat a glass then literally throw away such as in a dry
maritini
What does "to float" mean?
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