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 What is the cicerone certification program? ✔✔A professional certification program that provides independent assessment and certification of knowledge and skills of beer servers Who founded the cicerone certification program? ✔✔Ray Daniels. Owner of craft beer institute, has written about beer for years, senior faculty member at the renowned brewing school Siebel Institute of Technology What year was the cicerone certification program founded? ✔✔Founded in 2007 and started giving exams in 2008. 4 levels of cicerone certification program ✔✔1. Certified Beer Server 2. Certified Cicerone 3. Advanced Cicerone 4. Master Cicerone 5 main areas of knowledge in the cicerone certification program ✔✔1 keeping and serving beer. 2 beer styles. 3 beer flavor and evaluation. 4 beer ingredients and brewing process. 5 pairing beer with food. Three tier system of alcohol distribution ✔✔1 producers/importers. 2 distributors/wholesalers. 3 retailers on site and off site. Producers sell to distributors. Distributors sell to retailers. Retailers sell to customers. 2 types of retailers and 2 examples of each ✔✔On site e.g., tavern or restaurant. Off site e.g., liquor store or grocery store.