Cicerone Certification

[wscott823]

Do you guys know anything about the Cicerone cert. Program (or anyone who has it)?

http://www.cicerone.org/

I heard about this the other day when listening to the BN, I was just curious if anyone in distribution or microbrewing could vouch for whether this is a helpful resume item. I wouldn’t want to go through the effort of obtaining it, if it’s about as sought after as a teeball trophy.

 

[Revvy]

Hint hint....look at the similar threads box below.

And these two as well.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/meet-first-woman-cicerone-she-michigan-109994/?highlight=cicerone

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/cicerone-bjcp-styles-training-106828/?highlight=cicerone

ANd you might wanna contact Annette and Her Husband Mike who iirc were the first two. And he's a brewer as well. They have a blog.

http://2cicerones.blogspot.com/

 

[carnevoodoo]

I want to take this test by the end of the year. I'll probably take the first part soonish, and then figure out when and where I'll take the certification. As for the master... well, who knows.

I'm doing it for personal knowledge. I have no interest in the BJCP certification because while it'd be fun to judge beer, I really want to work towards a career in brewing, and I don't think that the BJCP does anything for me. If anything, the Cicerone cert. will look good on a resume. If nobody cares, oh well, but I know that lots of industry people respect the program.

 

[wscott823]

Hint hint....look at the similar threads box below.

Sorry Revvy, didn't use the search engine well enough like a good HBTer. :cross:

Thanks for the links regardless.

 

[maida7]

My understanding is that it is focused on training people who are selling and serving beer to know what the F they are doing.

FYI: Ray Daniels will be in my town (Asheville, NC) next week to teach his course and drink our fine local beers.