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Advanced Cicerone® · Keeping and Serving Beer

Examine bottle

Syllabus Path

Advanced candidates should study examine bottle as part of serving bottled beer, connecting the syllabus heading to beer flavor, dispense quality, safety, and guest experience.

  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.
  • Use specific evidence such as temperature, pressure, package condition, sanitation, equipment state, and observed service symptoms.
  • Apply the topic to beer flavor, dispense quality, safety, and guest experience rather than repeating the heading alone.

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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