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This page presents more than one hundred links, files, books, and courses that can help candidates prepare for Cicerone exams of all levels. As they cannot all be listed on one page, we recommend that you use the drop-down menus below to sort the content to suit your needs if this has not already been done.

Click on each certification level to see essential study resources.


Certified Beer Server Core Resources

Certified Cicerone Core Resources

Advanced Cicerone Core Resources

Master Cicerone Core Resources

Please note that we include links to a number of independently prepared resources such as local classroom courses which the Cicerone Certification Program does not endorse or monitor. Cicerone assumes no responsibility for independent resources and users should take appropriate diligence in assessing them.

To become listed here, check our guidelines for independent training courses.

Cicerone Program Resources Overview

This is an overview of resources recommended by Cicerone for each level of certification.

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The Oxford Companion to Beer

The Oxford Companion to Beer features more than 1,100 A-Z entries written by 166 of the world's most prominent beer experts. Attractively illustrated with over 140 images, the book covers everything from the agricultural makeup of various beers to the technical elements of the brewing process, local effects of brewing on regions around the world, and the social and political implications of sharing a beer.

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BJCP Style Guidelines

The Cicerone® Certification Program uses the BJCP beer style guidelines as the basis for all quantitative style specifications.

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Draught Beer Quality Manual

This manual is the reference for all Cicerone draft-related knowledge and questions.

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Road To Cicerone: Keeping & Serving Beer Course

An advanced course on Keeping & Serving Beer to help candidates prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.

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Road to Cicerone: British and Irish Beer Styles Course

An advanced course on British & Irish beer styles and culture to help candidates prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.

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Road to Cicerone: Brewing Ingredients & Process Course

An advanced course on brewing ingredients and processes to help candidates prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.

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Road To Cicerone: American Beer Styles Course

An advanced course on American beer styles and culture to help candidates prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.

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Road To Cicerone: Belgian Beer Styles Course

An advanced course on Belgian beer styles and culture to help candidates prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.

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Road to Cicerone: German and Czech Beer Styles Course

An advanced course on German beer styles and culture to help candidates prepare for the Certified Cicerone exam.

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Sense of Beer Style

In Sense of Beer Style, Advanced Cicerones® Julia Herz and Jeremy Storton offer beer style information for those who want to lead in beer. Episodes guide you through each style in the 2021 Beer Judge Certification Program style guidelines, along with foundational beer education.

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Pints and Panels® - Visual Beer Educational Content

Pints and Panels, founded by Advanced Cicerone® Em Sauter, specializes in visual educational content that can help people on their journey through the Cicerone Certification Program.

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Malt for Brewers & Distillers Workshop

The Malt for Brewers & Distillers Workshop is a two-day in-person workshop developed and administered by the Craft Maltsters Guild. Designed to cover technical malt knowledge from the field to glass, the course incorporates both lecture and hands-on lab activities on a variety of topics including barley breeding and the North American supply chain, aspects of measuring barley and malt quality, a review of the malting process and technology used, and discussion on malt styles and flavors. Students also have the chance to perform malt hots steeps, think critically about malt certificate of analyses, and perform grist assessments. A tour of a local craft malthouse and discussion with a brewer using craft malt, as well as visits to other relevant sites are also included with the course.

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Mastering Beer & Food Pairing brought to you by Beerology®

Created by Master Cicerone®, Mirella Amato, this online course is an easy to follow, step-by-step guide that will show you how to pair beer with food. The course is divided into short bite-size video lessons that cover both basic and advanced pairing techniques. It has all the information you need to consistently assemble and describe great pairings so that this skill can become second nature. Upon successful completion, participants will receive the Beer & Food Pairing badge, a micro credential that communicates an understanding of beer and food pairing theory and the ability to put it into practice.

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Maridajes de Cerveza y Queso

Algunas sugerencias del equipo de Cicerone para maridar cerveza y queso.

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Sample Master Cicerone Exam Essay Prompts

This document is intended to show the format and different types of essay prompts you can expect on the Master Cicerone exam.

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Calidad de la Cerveza de Barril para Comerciantes Minoristas

Calidad de la Cerveza de Barril para Comerciantes Minoristas es el Draught Beer Quality Manual de la Brewers Association en español. Visita la página de la BA para más información.

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Master Cicerone® Syllabus v6

Master Cicerone® syllabus, version 6. Updated August 6, 2024.

Note: If you are taking the exam after October 1, 2024, study this syllabus.

 

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The Chef's Companion

The indispensable guide to over 5,000 culinary terms.

Even the most international chef sometimes needs help with today’s wildly diverse cooking terminology. Now, there’s an updated and revised edition of Elizabeth Riely’s The Chef’s Companion, which professional chefs and aspiring cooks everywhere can turn to when they need quick access to concise and reliable definitions, pronunciations, correct spelling, accepted usage, and origins of culinary terms. This invaluable guide covers all the terms that chefs might use with customers and kitchen staff–in areas such as cooking techniques, food preparation, herbs and spices, varieties of food, wine, and equipment for the professional kitchen. Over 900 new terms have been added to this edition to provide expanded coverage of areas such as wine, pastry, and ethnic cuisines. The Chef’s Companion: no kitchen is complete without it.

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Pairing Beer & Cheese by Cicerone

Some beer and cheese pairing suggestions from Cicerone staff.

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Sample Master Cicerone® Tasting Exam

This document is intended to show the format of the Master Cicerone tasting exam.

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Master Cicerone Resources

This is an overview of resources recommended for the Master Cicerone® certification level by Cicerone.

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Brewing with Wheat - Stan Hieronymus

The wit and weizen of wheat beers. Author Stan Hieronymus visits the ancestral homes of the world's most interesting styles-Hoegaarden, Kelheim, Leipzig, Berlin and even Portland, Oregon-to sort myth from fact and find out how the beers are made today.

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Brewing Yeast and Fermentation - Christopher Boulton and David Quain

This unique volume provides a definitive overview of modern and traditional brewing fermentation.

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