COLUMBIA BARTENDING AGENCY EXAM
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What are two kinds of cocktails? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Built and Shaken
What is a cocktail? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Any drink
that includes alcohol
What are the two qualities that make a good
bartender? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Confidence and
Creativity
How are built drinkers made? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ By
pouring the components over ice in the glass it will be
served in
How are shaken drinks made? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
By pouring the components into a shaking tin with ice,
shaking, then straining into the serving glass
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What is a hard liquor? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 30
mL
How many bar spoons equate 1 oz? - .....ANSWER
...✔✔ 8 bar spoons
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How many dashes equate 1 oz? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
36 dashes
How many drops equate 1 oz? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
600 drops
What are the two options for measuring out ounceage?
- .....ANSWER ...✔✔ jigger and pour top
What is the measurement trick when pouring from a
pour top? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 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? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ ABV and
Proof
What is ABV? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Alcohol by Volume
- indicates the percent of the substance that is alcohol
per each unit of volume
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What is Proof? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Proof is
expressed as a number equal to twice the ABV
percentage
Bartenders should monitor the number of
_________________ their customers have consumed -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ standard drinks
What is a standard drink? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
contains 14 grams (.5 oz) of pure ethanol
What is the standard drink ratio between liquor-beer-
wine - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ 1.5oz of 40% ABV liquor =
12oz of 5% ABV beer = 5oz of 12% ABV wine
How is intoxication measured? - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Blood-Alcohol Content indicates the amount of alcohol in
the bloodstream as a percentage
(BAC of 0.01 indicates that .01% of your blood's volume
is alcohol)
What is the US legal limit that results in a DUI? -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ BAC of 0.08%
(Utah is .05%)