Beer apps

[Pudge]

What are your favorite beer apps?

One really handy beer app is Pubquest. There is also of course Pubquest.com. Think of Mapquest only for beer. It is an absolute must if traveling.

[Beer-lord]

I recently downloaded Pubquest but haven't been out of my area to try it out yet.
I also have Untapped and Pintley but don't really use those either.

[BlackDuck]

I use Untappd quite a bit.


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[LouieMacGoo]

MicroCaps Game app also has info about breweries and where to find them. Great time killer and good info about local breweries for the states that are available.

http://microcapsgame.com/

[Crazy Climber]

I use Untappd, and Next Glass. Coincidentally, the latter apparently recently bought the former, so some of their functionality might soon be joining together.

Untappd is a "social" app. You rate beers, can attach photos and tag a location to your rating, and can "friend" other people and comment on their check-ins, etc. That part is too "Facebook-y" for my taste, but I like the fact that you can search for tons of beers, see how well-regarded they are by a large user base, see what beers are available near you, which breweries are near you (nice when traveling), etc. It also gives recommendations of local beers based on the beers that you rate highly, and your current location.

Next Glass is to beer & wine as Pandora is to music. They take beers and analyze their chemical makeup. When you rate beers (and wines), it will give you recommendations of other beers you might like based on having a similar composition, with a predicted numerical rating of how much you'll like them. The downside is that their database of tested beers is smaller than what you'd see at a typical user rating site BeerAdvocate, RateBeer or Untappd.

I've tried BeerMapper, but the interface is clunky and I don't think it does a good job at all of making recommendations.

Not an app, but one cool website I like is http://www.beergraphs.com. It uses the raw data from Untappd, applies its own rating system, and allows you to search for beers by style, brewery, city, state, region, and make comparisons within style, etc. The search page is here: http://www.beergraphs.com/leaderboards/

[Kealia]

+ 1 to Untappd. I use it less for the social aspect and more to keep track of what I tried and what I thought about it. It's been really helpful for beer events, tastings, etc. so I don't sample something I've already tried and disliked. With the large number of beers available here, and it's getting bigger by the week it seems, it really helps to not waste money on beers that I've previously tried.

[MrBandGuy]

That's exactly how I use it, Kaelia. Last year, I ordered Double Bastard at a beer festival. When I went to check in, turns out I had ordered it a year to the day before! Luckily, I enjoyed it both times.