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66 Cards in this Set
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Fizzy drinks are generally best served in which type of glass? |
Tall and thin |
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Which of the following will dilute the slowest? |
Cubed ice filled to above the rim of the glass |
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Gin must contain flavour from which botanical? |
Juniper Berry |
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What is most commonly used to make Tonic slightly bitter? |
Quinine |
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What order should an aperol spritz be made in? |
Prosecco, aperol soda |
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Where should a bartender hold a stemmed glass? |
The stem |
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What are the ingredients in a rusty nail? |
Scotch whisky and drambuie |
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Which of these are found in a ‘paloma’ |
Tequila, lime and grapefruit juice |
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Which of these reactions occurs when shaking a drink but not when stirring a drink? |
Adding air |
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What guide do we give for the basic ratio of a sour? |
4 parts spirit, 2 parts sour, 1 part sweet |
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Which three ingredients make up a daiquiri? |
Rum, lime, sugar |
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When making a whiskey sour, which of the following should be added to the shaker first? |
Egg white |
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Shaking without ice is known as what? |
Dry shaking |
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A cocktail served without ice is known as what? |
Straight up |
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As well as bourbon, lemon and sugar which of these can also be found in a classic whiskey sour? |
Bitters and egg white |
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What piece of equipment is used to press the juice out of limes when making making a mojito? |
Muddler |
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Which of these can be found in a mojito? |
Rum, lime, sugar, mint and soda |
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To make a mojito into a royal mojito you would… |
Use champagne instead of soda |
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A _____ stir is a good stir |
Quiet |
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What drink consists of just bitters, sugar and whiskey |
Old Fashioned |
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What is the ratio of sugar to water in a ‘simple’ sugar syrup |
1:1 |
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What is it called when we spray absinthe into the glass for a sazerac? |
A rinse |
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What bitters is used in a sazerac? |
Peychaud |
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Which of these varieties of Cognac are aged for a minimum of 4 years? |
Vsop |
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What method did we use to make the bloody mary? |
Throw |
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When tasting multiple spirits what is it best to smell in between each one to reset the palate? |
Your own skin |
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Which of these is the best way to taste ‘aromatic bitters’? |
Put a dash on your palm, rub your hands together and smell |
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Which of these cocktails has four of the five basic flavours? |
Margarita |
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What flavour is cointreau? |
Orange |
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What ABV% is cointreau? |
40% |
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When making multiple drinks at the same time, which of these should be finished last? |
Crushed ice drinks |
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What flavour is missing from the following; Sweet, salt, bitter, sour and … |
Umami |
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What is the best way to slow down the flow of liquid from a pour spout? |
Place your finger over the air hole |
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A clover club is a gin sour with what flavour added? |
Raspberry |
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What are the three ingredients in a Negroni? |
Gin, campari, vermouth |
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What drink consists of vodka, chambord and pineapple juice? |
French martini |
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What mixer is used in the Moscow mule? |
Ginger beer |
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In which order should a B52 be layered? |
Kahlua, baileys, cointreau |
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A martinez has a barspoon of what? |
Maraschino liqueur |
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What rum is used for the float on a dark n stormy? |
Goslings |
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What is Pisco made from? |
Grapes |
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What drink consists of Gin, chartreuse, maraschino and lime juice |
Last word |
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Put these liquids in order of weight from lightest to heaviest; Sugar Syrup, Water, Vodka |
Vodka, Water, Sugar Syrup |
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When heating a botanical at high temperature what flavours are most likely to disappear first? |
Delicate Floral |
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What similarity in process and consequently flavour is most dominant when comparing Anejo Tequila to Irish Whiskey? |
Ageing |
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In general which of these temperatures would be most suitable for brewing tea? |
70°c |
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When making a flavoured syrup which of the following is generally the best order of operation? |
Infusion - Filtering - Sweetening |
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Which of these best describes Lapsang Souchong tea? |
Smokey |
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Which of the following would be best for carbonation? |
A cold, clear liquid with low TDS |
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What Temperature is best for filtering out the smaller solid particles from a liquid? |
1ºc |
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What advice is given about creating your own Scotch whisky cocktails? |
Design the drink based on one specific Scotch |
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Which of these best describes Glenfiddich 12? |
Apparent sweetness with autumn fruits |
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Which of the following is most similar in flavour to Vanilla? |
Tonka |
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What gas is best used with a cream whipper to make bitters? |
N2o |
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Which of these provides the bitter and astringent backbone to bitters, amari and liqueur such as Angostura, Campari and Suze? |
Gentian |
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What gas is best used with a cream whipper to make a foam? |
N2o |
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Which of these can cause your foam to be too ‘loose’ or ‘thin’ or ‘lose its shape too quickly’? |
Not enough Gelatine |
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Which of these is generally perceived as the most sour? |
Lemon |
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Which of the following best describes Rhum Agricole? |
Fresh and grassy |
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Does Lillet Blanc contain quinine? |
Yes |
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Where is the best place to store banana leaves after opening? |
Freezer |
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Which of these calculations shows the amount of pure alcohol going into a drink? |
Volume x ABV% = Volume of Pure Alcohol |
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What common ingredient is the main ingredient in both quinquina and tonic water? |
Cinchona |
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What does “headspace” mean? |
The remaining empty space in a bottle of liquid. |
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Which of these will produce the clearest ice? |
Freezing Directionally |
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When making milk punch, what is needed to make the milk curdle? |
Citrus |
