Cicerone pronounced sis-UH rohn.
Cicerones need to know about: beer, beer storage sales and service, style and culture, taste and flavor of the beer, brewing materials and processes, the installation of beer with food.
Cicerone.org offers three levels of certification: certified beer server, certified cicerone, master cicerone.
Cicerone Certification Program run by Ray Daniels, a veteran of the U.S. beer industry and the President of the Institute for craft beer.
Cicerone Certification Program began offering certification in 2008. That’s because it has given more than 8800 certified beer server certification and certified cicerone 335 certificate. Only four have gained certification master cicerone, although there are attempts of 24. Latest just announced this month.
Source: Cicerone.org.
most of us don t put much thought into our beer selections than what’s on sale at the local liquor stores or what’s available on tap at our favorite happy hour. Then again, most of us aren t certified cicerones name similar to a wine sommelier, but for a beer.
until recently, only about 330 people have passed the examination to become certified cicerone.
It’s obviously not meant to be something you only do it willy nilly, he said It’s meant … to become the industry standard.
intermediate level Certification is offered by Cicrerone.org. The level of basic, certified beer server, has been given to the 8800, but only four have reached the level of master cicerone. Even qualify to take the examination two days, a high level, you need six years of experience in the industry or recommendations from three separate beer.