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Advanced Cicerone® · Keeping and Serving Beer

Examine bottle

Syllabus Path

Examine bottles for flakes, neck rings, leakage, damaged glass, rust, dried beer, cork or cap defects, and unusual haze or sediment. Use visual and package clues to decide whether to serve, replace, or escalate the bottle.

  1. I. Keeping and Serving Beer
  2. G. Serving bottled beer
  3. 2. Examine bottle

Exam Focus

  • Explain examine bottle as a service topic within Serving bottled beer.
  • Inspect fill level, closure, glass, leakage, bulging, sediment, date code, and signs of heat, light, or unintended refermentation.
  • Decide whether to serve, chill further, handle cautiously, or reject a bottle before opening creates a quality or safety problem.

Core knowledge

  • Examine bottles for flakes, neck rings, leakage, damaged glass, rust, dried beer, cork or cap defects, and unusual haze or sediment.
  • White snow-like flakes and rings at the liquid line can indicate unstable or old beer.
  • Bottle condition should be checked before the guest receives a flawed or unsafe package.

Study application

Use visual and package clues to decide whether to serve, replace, or escalate the bottle.

Key Terms

White snow-like flakes and rings at the liquid line
White snow-like flakes and rings at the liquid line can indicate unstable or old beer.
Bottle condition
Bottle condition should be checked before the guest receives a flawed or unsafe package.

References

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