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2025 Latest Cicerone Certified Beer Server
Certification Exam With 350 Accurately Answered
Questions/ Beer Server Certification Exam Latest
Practice Guide Questions with Answers
What is the three tier system in the US? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
A brewer or importer can only sell to a wholesaler (i.e.
distributor), who can only sell to a retailer, who can only
sell to a consumer. It requires legal separation between
all of these tiers. In other words, a company can't brew
beer AND own a bar (except where there's a state
exception, like a brewpub).
Brewer/Importer > Wholesaler/Distributor > Retailer >
Consumer
When did the three tier system come about? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 21st Amendment- ended Prohibition in
the US and gave states the authority to regulate alcohol
within their boarders
Why the three tier system? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 1. Makes tax
collection easier for the state
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2. Protect consumers from abuses by companies that
make or sell alcohol
3. Create competition in the market
It is illegal for a person to have ownership interests in
companies that do business in more than one of the tiers.
What are some exceptions to the three tier system? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Depends on the state, but production
breweries that brew beer and sell directly to consumers,
allowing brewpubs to brew beer and sell directly to
consumers.
What is the Federal Excise tax? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A tax
paid by brewers. The amount is taken per barrel.
Generally ranges from $7-$18/barrel, depending on
production totals.
What is state excise tax? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Paid by
wholesaler. Supposed to decrease consumption and raise
money for state programs to deal with harm from alcohol
How do you assess a beers condition and age upon
delivery? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Check the date code.
Packaging dates or best by dates. Check condition of
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container- look for dents or broken containers, signs of
leakage. Check the temp of the beer- should still be cool
when it arrives to retailer
What are the different kinds of date codes -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 1. Traditional consumer date code. 2.
Julian/Ordinal Date codes, brewery specific date codes
What are the effects of alcohol on the body? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Alcohol is a central nervous system
depressant. It affects people in very low concentrations.
Even one drink can results in divided attention and a
narrowing of a person's "attentional field." Alcohol is
absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract by simple diffusion
into the blood, mostly via the small intestine.
Alchohol elimination - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Liver metabolizes
95% of ingested alcohol, remaining alcohol is eliminated
through breath, urine, sweat, feces, milk, and saliva.
Oxidation of alcohol into acetaldehyde, then carbon
dioxide and water. A healthy person can eliminate 1 drink
per hour.
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What are the physical and behavioral indicators that
someone is intoxicated? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Reduced
inhibitions, mild euphoria, talkativeness, increase in self
confidence, loss of efficiency in finer performance test,
begininnings of physical sensory-motor impairment
(Euphoria stage). Above 0.08 BAC, emotional instability,
loss of critical judgement, impaired perception, etc.
Responsible beer serving practices include? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 1. Telling customers the ABV. 2. Serve
high ABV beer in smaller glasses.
Non pasteurized draft beer is good for? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
45-60 days (refrigerated)
Pasteurized draft beer is good for? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 90-
120 days (refrigerated)
Bottled/canned beers are good for? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Up
to 6 months, if stored properly. Hoppier beers will show
age sooner, starting at 3 months (even with refrigeration)
2025 Latest Cicerone Certified Beer Server
Certification Exam With 350 Accurately Answered
Questions/ Beer Server Certification Exam Latest
Practice Guide Questions with Answers
What is the three tier system in the US? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
A brewer or importer can only sell to a wholesaler (i.e.
distributor), who can only sell to a retailer, who can only
sell to a consumer. It requires legal separation between
all of these tiers. In other words, a company can't brew
beer AND own a bar (except where there's a state
exception, like a brewpub).
Brewer/Importer > Wholesaler/Distributor > Retailer >
Consumer
When did the three tier system come about? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 21st Amendment- ended Prohibition in
the US and gave states the authority to regulate alcohol
within their boarders
Why the three tier system? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 1. Makes tax
collection easier for the state
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2. Protect consumers from abuses by companies that
make or sell alcohol
3. Create competition in the market
It is illegal for a person to have ownership interests in
companies that do business in more than one of the tiers.
What are some exceptions to the three tier system? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Depends on the state, but production
breweries that brew beer and sell directly to consumers,
allowing brewpubs to brew beer and sell directly to
consumers.
What is the Federal Excise tax? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A tax
paid by brewers. The amount is taken per barrel.
Generally ranges from $7-$18/barrel, depending on
production totals.
What is state excise tax? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Paid by
wholesaler. Supposed to decrease consumption and raise
money for state programs to deal with harm from alcohol
How do you assess a beers condition and age upon
delivery? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Check the date code.
Packaging dates or best by dates. Check condition of
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container- look for dents or broken containers, signs of
leakage. Check the temp of the beer- should still be cool
when it arrives to retailer
What are the different kinds of date codes -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 1. Traditional consumer date code. 2.
Julian/Ordinal Date codes, brewery specific date codes
What are the effects of alcohol on the body? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ Alcohol is a central nervous system
depressant. It affects people in very low concentrations.
Even one drink can results in divided attention and a
narrowing of a person's "attentional field." Alcohol is
absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract by simple diffusion
into the blood, mostly via the small intestine.
Alchohol elimination - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Liver metabolizes
95% of ingested alcohol, remaining alcohol is eliminated
through breath, urine, sweat, feces, milk, and saliva.
Oxidation of alcohol into acetaldehyde, then carbon
dioxide and water. A healthy person can eliminate 1 drink
per hour.
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What are the physical and behavioral indicators that
someone is intoxicated? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Reduced
inhibitions, mild euphoria, talkativeness, increase in self
confidence, loss of efficiency in finer performance test,
begininnings of physical sensory-motor impairment
(Euphoria stage). Above 0.08 BAC, emotional instability,
loss of critical judgement, impaired perception, etc.
Responsible beer serving practices include? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ 1. Telling customers the ABV. 2. Serve
high ABV beer in smaller glasses.
Non pasteurized draft beer is good for? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
45-60 days (refrigerated)
Pasteurized draft beer is good for? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 90-
120 days (refrigerated)
Bottled/canned beers are good for? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Up
to 6 months, if stored properly. Hoppier beers will show
age sooner, starting at 3 months (even with refrigeration)
