You're spending $79 to take the CBS exam. Make sure you pass it, and actually learn some beer along the way: short video lessons, a quiz after every lesson, and 5 practice tests that are just like the real thing.
The Certified Beer Server is the minimum certification level you need if you work with or sell beer. It makes you more comfortable talking beer with customers, and it helps kick the craft beer door open when you're job hunting or up for a promotion.
Organized like the syllabus: storage and draft systems, glassware and serving, beer styles, flavor and evaluation, ingredients and brewing.
Short video lessons with a written outline and a quick quiz after each one. Hardcore students finish the whole course in a single day.
Five graded multiple-choice practice exams that are just like the real thing, so you walk in knowing you'll pass.
"It helped me smoke the exam like the people of Bamberg smoke their malt over beechwood."
I've helped thousands of students pass the CBS, CC, and AC exams, and I've been teaching beer for over a decade. This course applies the same study techniques I used to pass the NY bar exam: learn only what's tested, at the right depth, then drill it until it sticks.
About 40 short videos tracking the CBS syllabus, lessons on what to expect on the test and how to study effectively, a written outline and short quiz for every lesson, and 5 full practice exams.
The CBS exam costs $79 to take. The course virtually guarantees you pass on your first try, and it's better AND more affordable than the competition.
The Certified Cicerone® Course is much more robust; the CC exam is a different beast. If you're planning to take the CC exam, go straight to that course: the full CBS course is included with it for free. The CBS course alone will not prepare you for the CC exam.
Anyone planning to take the CBS exam who wants to pass, beer lovers who want to learn, folks breaking into the beer industry or going for a promotion, wine somms and cocktail folks expanding their skills, and anyone who loves one of those people and needs a gift idea.
No. Beer Scholar is fully independent. Cicerone®, Certified Cicerone®, and Advanced Cicerone® are registered trademarks of the Craft Beer Institute. We prepare you for their exams; we don't administer them.
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