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? 2 | Page 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? 3 | Page 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