Cicerone Certification Program
Internationally known beer expert Ray Daniels is the founder and director of the Cicerone Certification Program—the standard for beer sommeliers—and a member of the senior faculty of the Siebel Institute of Technology, America’s oldest brewing school. He is a veteran author, beer educator and event promoter whose work has touched brewers and beer lovers in dozens of countries. In 2007, Daniels began development of the Cicerone program, which launched in 2008 and has grown to be the global leader in beer server certification. To date, more than 45,000 individuals have been certified at the first level and more than 1,500 have achieved the title of Certified Cicerone.