You & Me & Beer Makes Three
In the last post, I wrote about my second attempt at the Advanced Cicerone exam in Texas in October 2016. I had a couple of options after getting a 78 overall on my first attempt and choose to go to Dallas to retake the written only. In hindsight, I should have taken both the written/oral … Read more
The thing about failing the Advanced Cicerone the first time is I at least knew what to expect the second, third and fourth time. With a 75 on tasting (the minimum passing tasting score) and 78 overall (two points short), I felt confident that I could do it. It was just a matter of time. … Read more
In July of 2013, at the Beer Bloggers Conference in Boston, I met Ray Daniels for the first time. He is the founder of the Cicerone® program and was our speaker the next morning. Over beers during the Night of Many Bottles, I introduced myself and told him I was studying for the level two … Read more
It’s cool when you can point to a day on the calendar and say “my life changed that day.” For me, that day was October 20, 2012. It was a crisp fall day at my neighborhood craft beer festival, the Tennessee Beer Festival in Donelson, TN. The massive oak trees on the lawn of Two … Read more
It was an a-ha moment for me, and not the kind where everything goes black and white, and you’re running from thugs with a pipe wrench. My moment came when I was drinking a glass of wine and was picking out flavors and aromas like never before. I never thought much of wine; it seemed … Read more
