Raleigh Times Bar to host Cicerone classes and exam
Midsummer may be a long way off, but there is not time like the present to begin making plans and preparations for The Cicerone Certification Program’s two-day session in eastern North Carolina.
The Raleigh Times Bar is one of the best beer bars in the Southeast, offering great regional craft beers, and an outstanding selection of Belgians. It’s an historical space, putting a new spin on classic bar fare using the freshest ingredients.
Certified Cicerone(tm) Exam – Wed. July 21, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm
This is a great chance to sit for the exam for the second level of the certification program. The exam will be held in a quiet private space on the same block as the bar.
Advanced Courses, Tuesday July 20, 8:30 am to 5 pm
Prior to the exam, program director Ray Daniels will teach Draft Beer Systems & Advanced Beer Service, and and Advanced Beer Styles (German and Belgian). These two courses will help prepare individuals to take the Certified Cicerone exam. This can be taken as a review the day before the exam or as part of a longer-term preparation process.
Advanced Beer Styles begins at 8:30 am
Draft Beer Systems & Beer Service begins at 1 pm
Use these links to register for one or both of the advanced courses.
Advanced Beer Styles German & Belgian
Advanced Draft Systems and Service
Advanced Beer Styles:
- Advanced beer quantitation: gravity, attenuation, BU:GU ratios
- German pale lagers
- German dark lagers
- German wheat beers
- German Rhine ales
- Belgian abbey and trappist ales
- Belgian farmhouse ales
- Belgian lambics & Flanders ales
Draft Systems & Advanced Beer Service:
- Enemies of beer – skunking, oxidation, heat, infection
- Proper handling & dispense: corked & bottle-conditioned beers
- Draft system components, structure & balance
- Draft system operation & maintenance
- Beer glassware
Director Ray Daniels, an accomplished brewing author, beer judge, and homebrewer, will be on hand briefly at the Raleigh Bar on Tuesday evening (around 6 pm) for an informal meet and greet. Stop in and have a beer with Ray.
Online Review Course
Online review classes, highlighting key point relevant to all sections of the exam, are now given periodically. Archived recordings of these are available to review. There is a separate registration fee for the class.
July 20-21, 2010
The Raleigh Times Bar
14 East Hargett Street
Raleigh, NC 97227
Thanks to Katrina from the Raleigh Times bar for passing this along!
