Course Syllabus

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Course Syllabus

February – April 2023

The Certified Cicerone exam covers the following five knowledge areas:

• Keeping and Serving Beer
• Beer Styles
• Beer Flavour and Evaluation
• Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes
• Pairing Beer with Food

Virtual Beer School uses the International English syllabus from the Cicerone Certification Program for reference. All areas are addressed, however, they are not discussed in the order of the syllabus.

Find a weekly breakdown of the topics to be covered below:

Week 1: February 1^st – 7^th = Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes: Ingredients

Week 2: February 8^th – 14^th = Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes: Processes (“Milling” thru “Chilling”)

Week 3: February 15^th – 21^st = Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes: Processes (“Aeration and pitching” thru “Packaging and pasteurisation”) 

Week 4: February 22^nd – 28^th = Beer Styles by Region: England (8 styles)

• Styles include: Ordinary Bitter, Strong Bitter, English IPA, Dark Mild, English Porter, Foreign Extra Stout, Old Ale, English Barleywine

Week 5: March 1^st – 7^th = Beer Flavour and Evaluation

Week 6: March 8^th – 14^th = Beer Styles by Region: Scotland and Ireland (4 styles); Belgium and France (4 styles)

• Styles include: Scottish Light, Scottish Heavy, Scottish Export, Irish Red Ale, Oud Bruin, Belgian Dark Strong Ale, Belgian Pale Ale, Biere de Garde

Week 7: March 15^th – 21^st = Pairing Beer with Food: Vocabulary and Concepts

Week 8: March 22^nd – 28^th = Pairing Beer with Food: Interactions; Creating a pairing; Designing a meal; Classic pairings; Cooking with beer

Week 9: March 29^th – April 4th = Beer Styles by Region: Germany and Austria (10 styles)

• Styles include: Vienna Lager, Festbier, Munich Dunkel, Schwarzbier, Rauchbier, Dunkles Bock, Eisbock, Dunkles Weissbier, Weizenbock, Altbier

Week 10: April 5^th – 11^th = Keeping and Serving Beer: Purchasing and accepting beer; Draught system principles, components, and design

Week 11: April 12^th – 18^th = Keeping and Serving Beer: Draught system troubleshooting and maintenance; Other draught service practices 

Week 12: April 19^th – 25^th = Beer Styles by Region: USA and Other regions (9 styles)

• Styles include: American Lager, Specialty Beers (7), Baltic Porter

Course Review: Tuesday, May 2^nd = Optional