I’ve been on lock-down studying for the Cicerone exam, which I sat for on February 12. More to come on that experience.

For now, I’ll say that I was pretty happy last night while I put all my study materials back in the bookshelf. Not because I knocked the exam out of the park and know that I get to move on. (In fact, the opposite: I already know that I have to retake at least one part of the exam.) I was happy because I’m going to take a break from studying at least while I wait the 6 weeks that it will take to receive my results. Since Thanksgiving, I’ve been studying 30-45 minutes every day; the past two weeks, it’s been more like 2-4 hours every day. I’m going to use this new free time to post one blog entry a week for the next four weeks.

Upcoming entries on:

• Vladimir Nabokov’s Pnin and a Russian Imperial Stout

• Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and a Double IPA

• Studying for the Cicerone Exam

• Taking the Cicerone Exam

• How I’m going to prepare to retake the tasting portion of the Cicerone Exam

• A brew day at Combustion Brewery: making a beer for International Women’s Day with a bunch of awesome women in craft beer

• My new role at BrewDog coordinating brewery tours and beer schools

Look for entries every Wednesday at 4pm.