Exam-aligned paths
Cicerone® certification tracks follow their public syllabi. The BJCP Beer, Mead, and Cider tracks target the online, open-book entrance exams that screen candidates before separate in-person judging exams.
Cicerone® and BJCP online entrance-exam prep
Study beer with a track built for the exam in front of you.
Beer Study Buddy turns the syllabus into approachable practice lanes, targeted style review, and progress tracking so each session matches your current goal.
Learning Tracks
Cicerone Certification Program
Certified Beer ServerEntry-level service, style, flavor, ingredient, brewing, and pairing fundamentals. Certified Cicerone®Balanced review across service, styles, flavor, ingredients, brewing, and pairing. Advanced Cicerone®Deeper prompts emphasizing diagnosis, comparison, process, and service decisions.Beer Judge Certification Program
BJCP Beer Judge Entrance ExamOpen-book entrance exam prep: ethics, scoresheets, Categories 1–26, sensory evaluation, and brewing. BJCP Mead Judge Entrance ExamOpen-book entrance exam prep: ethics, 2015 M1–M4 styles, honey, balance, process, and faults. BJCP Cider Judge Entrance ExamOpen-book entrance exam prep: ethics, 2025 C1–C4 styles, fruit, balance, production, and faults.Original Study Guides
Practical articles that connect syllabus structure, BJCP style reference, and real service decisions.
Profile Study Settings
How to Set Your Profile Study Preference for Exam Scope
Use your Beer Study Buddy profile setting to keep syllabus topics, quizzes, BJCP style detail, statistics, and examples aligned with your current exam.
Cicerone Exam Prep
How to Build a Cicerone® Study Plan
A practical way to turn the Cicerone® syllabus into weekly study blocks, review habits, and measurable practice sessions.
BJCP Style Review
A BJCP Beer Style Study Method for Cicerone® Candidates
How to study BJCP beer style pages for sensory recall, exam alignment, commercial examples, and practical service context.
Why Beer Study Buddy
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Approachable study sessions
Practice starts with focused prompts and clear explanations, then scales into deeper comparison, service, flavor, brewing, and pairing work.
Targeted progress
Your profile keeps category performance visible so weak spots turn into the next best study session.
Study Coverage
Focused reference pages and practice lanes for the areas learners search for most while preparing for beer credentials.
Cicerone® and BJCP certification exams
Review Cicerone® topics across service and beer knowledge, or prepare for the online BJCP Beer, Mead, and Cider Judge entrance exams through judging-focused study. These tracks do not prepare candidates for the in-person judging or Written Proficiency exams.
Craft beer styles
Browse BJCP 2021 beer style profiles with Cicerone® exam alignment, sensory descriptors, vital statistics, commercial examples, and style-family context.
Beer and food pairing
Practice pairing principles for intensity, contrast, resonance, carbonation, bitterness, acidity, sweetness, fat, heat, preparation method, and flavor bridges.
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