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Beer Education & Certification

Every great beer
begins in the dirt.

Nose raw barley. Chew crystal malt. Trace a hop cone's lupulin glands — before you ever crack a textbook.

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Grain Bill.

Click any card to dive into the curriculum, meet your instructor, and preview the technique.

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Foundational

The Grain Bill

Malts, Sugars & Fermentables

6 hrs · 8 modules·1,247 enrolled
$89
Hands rubbing fresh hop cones over a stainless steel bowl, releasing lupulin powder
Intermediate

Hop Science

Bitterness, Aroma & Dry-Hopping

5 hrs · 6 modules·934 enrolled
$79
Stainless mash tun thermometer reading 154°F surrounded by steaming grain porridge
Intermediate

Mash & Lauter

Conversion, Efficiency & Wort Quality

7 hrs · 9 modules·712 enrolled
$99
Yeast starter flask on a stir plate in a brewery lab with warm amber light
Advanced

Fermentation Science

Yeast, Esters & Off-Flavors

8 hrs · 10 modules·589 enrolled
$119
Row of beer glasses in different styles from pale gold to deep black on a wooden bar
Foundational

Beer Styles Deep Dive

History, Taxonomy & Sensory Benchmarks

10 hrs · 12 modules·1,891 enrolled
$109
Bartender pulling a craft beer tap with a row of illuminated tap handles in the background
Foundational

Tap List Mastery

Service, Sales & Storytelling

4 hrs · 5 modules·2,143 enrolled
$59
The Malt Philosophy

Beer is not brewed in the kettle. It is grown in a field, harvested by hand, and understood through the nose before the palate. The brewer who knows their grain never guesses at their flavor.

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Certification Tracks

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Path.

Bundles save up to 25% vs. individual modules. Every track includes a certificate on completion.

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Exam-Ready in 90 Days

Cicerone Certification Path

Certified Beer Server → Certified Cicerone

For: Assistant brewers & serious enthusiasts

  • Grain Bill Fundamentals
  • Hop Science
  • Fermentation Science
  • Beer Styles Deep Dive
  • + 2 more included
$329$396

4 modules · 30 hrs

Craft bar with illuminated tap handles and a bartender explaining a beer to a customer
Bar Certification

Craft Bar Operator

From tap list to bottom line

For: Bar owners, managers & floor staff

  • Tap List Mastery
  • Beer Styles Deep Dive
  • Food pairing workshop
  • Staff training templates
$149$168

2 modules · 14 hrs

Home brewery setup with carboys, airlocks, and grain bags on a garage workbench
Process Certificate

Homebrewer Science

The Saturday boil — understood

For: Homebrewers who want the why

  • Grain Bill Fundamentals
  • Mash & Lauter
  • Fermentation Science
  • Recipe formulation workshop
$219$267

3 modules · 20 hrs

Full brewery lineup showing malt bags, hop bales, and fermentation vessels in one frame
Master Certificate

Complete Curriculum

All 6 modules + all 3 tracks

For: The serious student of the grain

  • All 6 course modules
  • All 3 certification tracks
  • Live cohort sessions (quarterly)
  • Instructor office hours
  • + 2 more included
$449$604

6 modules · 44 hrs

The Instructors

Taught by brewers
still brewing.

Rosa Delgado standing in a sun-drenched malt house surrounded by burlap grain sacks

7 yrs floor malting

The Grain Bill

Rosa Delgado

Head Maltster & Cicerone Certified

Sonoran Grain Co., Tucson AZ

"Hold a handful of two-row malt. Smell it. That's where your beer lives — before the mash tun, before the boil."

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from the grain up.

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