One-on-one sessions · with Advanced Cicerone Matthew Shapiro

1-on-1 coaching for the advanced cicerone® exam

$80 per session. Pick what you need help with.

Private sessions with Matthew Shapiro, who passed the Advanced Cicerone® exam in 2025. Book an hour of oral exam practice, tasting exam practice, or syllabus content tutoring, or get feedback on four practice essays.

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Sessions are provided and billed directly by Matthew
What you can book

Four ways to work with Matthew.

Every session is one-on-one and built around where you are in your prep for the Advanced Cicerone® exam.

01 · Oral

Oral exam practice

Practice answering out loud under pressure and get direct feedback on what you said and how you structured it.

02 · Tasting

Tasting exam practice

Work on your tasting approach and your beer descriptions, with feedback on where you are losing points.

03 · Written

Essay feedback

Get honest, specific feedback on your practice essays and on how to show the graders what you know. $80 covers feedback on four essays.

04 · Knowledge

Syllabus content tutoring

Stuck on part of the syllabus? Spend the hour on the topics that are giving you trouble.

Pricing & booking

Book time with Matthew.

1-on-1 session for the Advanced Cicerone® exam
$80
per one-hour session
Oral exam practice · tasting exam practice · syllabus content tutoring
Essay feedback is $80 for feedback on four essays
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Sessions are provided and billed directly by Matthew Shapiro. Want a session before online booking opens? Send us a note and we'll connect you with Matthew.

Rescheduling or cancellations must be made at least 24 hours before your scheduled session.

Matthew Shapiro, Advanced Cicerone
Your coach

Meet Matthew Shapiro.

Matthew Shapiro is a beer educator and homebrewer who passed the Advanced Cicerone® exam in 2025 after working through the Beer Scholar courses for the CC and AC levels. He has worked in a commercial brewery, completed the Micro Matic Dispense Specialist Program, and studied beer and food pairing with Master Cicerone Mirella Amato. Matthew hosts beer dinners and tasting events and publishes study references on his blog, Bottledregs.com.

Not a "numbers person," he still memorized every vital stat for the exam, and he'll show you how to do it, too! His AC sessions are built to save you time by making exam material approachable and memorable.

Advanced Cicerone®HomebrewerMicro Matic Dispense Specialist

Looking for the full program? The Beer Scholar Course for the Advanced Cicerone® Exam covers the written, tasting, and oral portions, with a community of AC candidates on Skool and practice exams in the Study Lab.

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