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Tools
To keep drink recipes consistent, a bartender uses this specific double-sided metal tool to accurately measure out ounces of liquor before pouring them into a shaker.
What is a Jigger
What is the purpose of refrigeration & cooling equipment?
These equipment keep beverages and ingredients fresh by maintaining the proper temperature.
What does ABV stand for?
What is Alcohol By Volume
What does non-alcoholic drinks do to your body?
What is hydration (or providing nutrients/refreshment)?
While virtually flavorless, the clean, refreshing taste of this beverage comes from tiny trace amounts of minerals like calcium and magnesium.
What is Water
When a guest orders a bottle of wine, a bartender uses this spiraled tool to safely pierce and extract the cork without leaving pieces in the bottle.
What is a Corkscrew
This automated piece of equipment produces ice cubes continuously to keep the bar stocked throughout service.
What is an Ice Machine?
Unlike non-alcoholic drinks, beverages in this category are intended only for adults of legal drinking age because they contain this specific chemical compound.
What is ethanol
A tired guest asks for a freshly brewed beverage made from roasted beans
What is Coffee?
This Beverage has a velvety and slightly sweet due to its natural lactose sugars.
What is Milk?
When making a Mojito, a bartender uses this heavy handheld tool to press fresh mint leaves and lime wedges at the bottom of a glass to release their natural oils and juices.
What is a muddler
Bartenders rely on this processing appliance to mix liquid ingredients while crushing ice for smoothies, mocktails, and frozen cocktails.
What is a Blender?
This type of Alcoholic Beverage is produced by fermenting barley, hops, yeast, and water.
What is Beer?
A customer at a fast-casual restaurant orders a fizzy and sweet beverage to go with their meal. Because it contains gas bubbles injected under pressure, it falls into this specific non-alcoholic category.
What are Carbonated Beverages (or Soft Drinks)?
A bartender crafts a drink with a vibrant, complex balance of sweet fruit syrups, tart citrus, fresh herbs, and a fizzy soda finish, delivering all the flavor layers of a cocktail, but without the taste of alcohol
What is a Mocktail
After shaking a cocktail over ice, a bartender places this specialized tool over the rim of the shaker to hold back the ice cubes while pouring the liquid into a martini glass.
What is a strainer
As an expert Bartender, a new bartender asks you which kind of shaker he should use as a beginner.
What is a Cobbler?
This alcoholic beverage category usually ranges from 9% to 15% ABV. Commonly found at tastings & social gatherings
What is Wine?
During a busy brunch service, a guest orders a mimosa base for a child at the table. To achieve the right acidity, balance, and natural vitamins, the bartender must use this specific non-alcoholic beverage made directly by pressing raw produce
What is a fruit juice
A customer notes a pleasant balance of sweetness from fermented grains paired with a distinct, crisp bitterness.
What is Beer?
A bartender wants to add a fancy of garnish of lemon skin on an Old Fashioned They pull out a small, sharp, short-bladed knife to quickly slice whole limes into uniform wheels and notch citrus wedges to fit neatly onto drink rims.
What is a paring knife
During a fast-paced Friday night shift, a bartender finishes washing delicate cocktail glasses. Instead of grabbing a cloth towel to dry them fast, which risks transferring bacteria or leaving lint, they set them on this specialized sanitation piece to air-dry hygienically.
What is a Glass Drying Rack
While a spirit (liquor) is a distilled beverage with 35%–50%+ ABV, this beverage specifically starts as a spirit but is sweetened and flavored with fruits, herbs, spices, cream, or nuts.
What is a Liqueur?
The designated driver for a group wants to be included in the groups drinking. Yet wants a drink that looks alcoholic but is not.
What is a Mocktail?
Served as an after-dinner drink, this beverage delivers an intensely sweet, syrupy texture infused with concentrated flavors like coffee, hazelnut, or orange.
What is a Liqueur?