Yesterday’s beer word of the day was lactobacillus (as in those gross beer lines in Milwaukee). Today’s is Cicerone. And the two are related. I was going to wait a few weeks before writing about the Cicerone Certification Program Ray Daniels is launching. But in the wake of the Milwaukee story, and comments that followed … Read more
Salt sommelier? Water sommelier? These job descriptions make beer sommelier seem like less of a stretch, don’t you think? The Los Angeles Times has a story about how the food business is booming, “and with it, there’s a boom in jobs you’ve never heard of.” Consider the specialty Christina Perozzi has carved out for herself. … Read more
Depending on what you drink and where you eat you might have thought sommelier refers to a mythical character in a fantasy restaurant world. But there seems to be no way these days for a small-batch beer drinker to avoid the concept, and perhaps the physical reality, of a person – whatever you call him … Read more
This New York Post features Aviram Turgeman, New York’s first beer sommelier. Cheers to Cafe D’Alsace for showcasing beer as much as wine. “I love beer, and we had a lot of great beers at L’Express (the bistro on Park Avenue South he also owns), but no one knew about them,” said owner Simon Oren. … Read more
Sun setting over field of barley at Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery [Begin disclosure] I once owned the domain name beerterroir.com. Like a dozen other urls I paid rent on it a few years before I let it disappear into a distant corner of the internet. It’s available, should you want to claim it. I … Read more