untappd
the first is the badge - earning feature, which the untappd community loves to participate in. every two months untappd lets its community
will untappd be rebranded under next glass? no, untappd will remain it’s own company with the brand you’ve come to know and love .
this is a place to share untappd news, pictures of beers, questions on badges, and common camaraderie of your favorite app, untappd .
will this affect 3rd party developers using the untappd api? there are currently no plans to changes, limit, or restrict access to the untappd api .
use this thread to talk about anything you want, untappd related or not .
untappd tracks the beers you drink, photos and ratings in a simple format .
thumbing through untappd beer reviews can be infuriating for lts head brewer brandon schulz .
downloading, analyzing, and visualizing your untappd beer drinking check - in history .
finally analyze, visualize, and map these data with untappd _ analysis. ipynb
now this is a merger i can get behind. @ untappd & @ nextglass # beer
in february of this year, untappd merged with next glass, a wine and beer identification and recommendation app, and untappd now operates as a next glass unit. this also allowed both avola and mather to quit their full - time jobs to focus solely on untappd .
enjoying a nice night out on the town? thanks for taking untappd along .
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who will be in charge of untappd? the original founders, tim & greg, will continue to lead the vision of untappd, as well as continue to directly design and develop it .
badge illustrations by leighton hubbell | © 2014 untappd llc. simple theme. powered by blogger .
millions of beer drinkers around the globe rely on untappd to rate, review and share beer recommendations .
make sure the bot knows how you are, running! profile should bring up your untappd profile .
geocode all the breweries whose beer you' ve checked - in with geocode _ untappd _ breweries. ipynb
we saw a tremendous turn out from untappd users celebrating the first annual international stout day. untappd launched a special edition badge for their craft beer community to unlock by checking in to any style stout on november 3rd. with nearly 5, 000 people unlocking the badge, untappd users definitely showed their love for the dark stuff .
not sure where to grab a pint? untappd shows you popular bars and venues nearby and what’s on tap .
it' s cold outside - warm up with 5 different winter beers. happy holidays from untappd !
become part of untappd’s “mile high club”. no, it’s not the same as that other one .
hoppy holidays and merry christmas from all of us at untappd. having anything special to celebrate? !
thank you untappd for creating such a great resource for those who enjoy reminiscing about their passion for trying new beers .
so he takes brewing very seriously. untappd won' t help him reach the upper echelon of the brewing world .
s to change. for years and years. just tell us in our face. call yourself us untappd or change .
drinking socially - ep. 18: bravo & amp; history of the altbier | drinking socially - the official untappd podcast
untappd is a free app for android and apple mobile devices. the network can also be accessed through a computer web browser .
overall i enjoy untappd and recommend it to everyone. with some minor tweaks it could rival the big boy social media apps .
a southern california native, tim mather is the design side of the untappd team. while pondering various app ideas, the idea behind untappd was born - a melding of technology and a recently discovered love for all things beer. having majored in graphic design at brooks institute and having worked with many high profile clients, tim set about creating the front end of what became untappd .
i have changed rating due to untappd actually making effort to amend fake ratings recently. lets hope they keep up the good work .
there seem to be two schools of thought with untappd: that it is used as a checklist or like food review site yelp .
download the details of those check - ins (beer, brewery, and venue details) with download _ untappd _ details. ipynb
this sense of community, whether you had friends using the app or not, is really what propelled untappd to millions of users .
launched in the fall of 2010, untappd arrived as thousands of new brewers and their many thousands more new beers would hit the market. today, untappd has 3. 2 million users who rely on it to keep track of an even more crowded craft beer market .
discover and share beer, breweries and bars with your friends. for support, make sure to head over to @ untappd _ support !
perhaps the single greatest feature that enabled untappd to retain new users was its three - pronged social feed within the app. while most social apps rely on your own personal social network for an app to be valuable, untappd bypassed this need by adding a global and nearby feed .
a very special thanks to you for helping clean things up around here. this one' s for you, untappd super user !
wishing you the best in 2012! may many great beers come your way. cheers and happy new year from the untappd team .
a four out of five bottle caps review of grand rounds brew pub' s alien candy peanut butter milk stout on popular app, untappd .
while brainstorming about industries conducive to social networking, cofounder tim mather thought beer would be ideal, so he and business partner greg avola formed untappd .
please share your untappd wishlists here or wishlist beers that you' ve checked off. you never know, someone might make your wish come true !
grand rounds head brewer steve finnie avoids reviews. the brewpub doesn' t even post its beers on untappd. app users can, and do .
eventually the bump from the article wore off and it was up to the untappd team to find ways to drive growth. since avola and mather still had full - time day jobs, they had to be smart about where they allocated time. they relied on solid community building to continue untappd’s growth .
untappd' s api is nearly useless due to its limited functionality and conservative rate limits, so this project uses the selenium browser automation python package to automate the google chrome browser to collect your untappd check - in history. you will also need a google maps timezone api key to get the venues' timezones .
i had a strict rule where i was not going to do untappd stuff at work, so time management outside of work became the biggest thing .
it wasn' t just keeping up with the app' s rapid growth. both untappd founders still had their full - time careers and families to support .
looking for the untappd team? you’ll likely find us at our favorite places: west 4th / jane in santa monica and the pony bar in nyc .
looking for the untappd team? you’ll likely find us at our favorite places: west 4th / jane in santa monica and rattle n hum in nyc .
untappd is a social networking service that allows its users to check into beers as they drink them, and share these check - ins and their locations with their friends. untappd also includes funcationality that allows users to rate the beer they are consuming, earn badges, share pictures of their beers, and automatically suggest similar beverages .
get the check - in venue' s timezone (so you know when you drank it, local time) with get _ untappd _ venue _ timezone. ipynb
like foursquare, untappd users can earn badges when they check in. badges are milestones of usage of the app, and the number of badges in different locations varies .
my fellow beerlovers. i am photogenetic drinker who is looking for new friends on untappd. most friends i’ve added don’t even check in, let alone toast or comment .
living in the craft beer haven of new york city, greg is the backend developer for untappd. after experiencing rare vos for the first time, he instantly fell in love with craft beer. while some people enjoy reading books or watching movies, greg' s passion is to code. with that being said, after tim and greg came up with the idea of untappd, greg had a working prototype the next day. being able to combine his passion for development and craft beer allowed untappd to be born .
untappd works like foursquare, a location - based mobile social - networking application that allows users to
check in
to a physical place and share their location with friends .
untappd is a new way to socially share and explore the world of beer with your friends and the world. curious what your friends are drinking or where they' re hanging out? just check their profile where you can toast and comment on their beers! untappd will offer you beer recommendations based on what you and your friends have been enjoying, so you’ll have no reason to not try something new! as additional encouragement, untappd allows you to earn a number of cool badges for completing a variety of different criteria .
as users build a taste profile from their history of check - ins and beers they’ve rated, untappd will recommend new beers for the user to try in their current location .
we strive to build the best features with a great focus on our community and their desires. this has become increasingly difficult to accomplish due to time constraints. as you may not know, for the last five years we have been building untappd on a part time basis, maintaining full time jobs outside of untappd to support ourselves and our families. this has lead to slower than desired feature releases and as untappd continues to grow in popularity, the variety of hats our two man team has to wear has become more difficult .
untappd, a popular mobile app that allows consumers to rate and review the beers they drink, today announced it has merged with next glass, a wine and beer recommendation platform .
originally posted by dietpepsican originally posted by gregwilsonstl how many badges does it take before you get a banner on untappd? zero. happens as soon as you go to the website :
that’s when they decided to combine check - ins, their love of beer, and their tech expertise to build untappd. forty - eight hours later they had a working prototype .
' free' untappd app - discover and share great beers, breweries, and venues with your friends, while earning untappd badges for exploring beers of different styles and countries. discover nearby venues, events, and beers that you' ll love with the untappd app available on itunes and google play. keep track of the beers you like and create lists for later. get alerts when your favorite verified venues add new beers. find new venues with great beers, anywhere in the world. follow your friends and see what beers they' re enjoying
since we first released untappd, over five years ago, it’s been a project of passion and it’s been our desire to bring our users the best possible beer based social platform available. from private beta to nearly 3, 000, 000 users worldwide, watching untappd grow has been an amazing rollercoaster of ups, downs, late nights, and of course great beers .
i’ll try to use a beer’s overall rating on untappd to inform a purchase on occasion, but so many trend towards 3. 5, i rarely find it to be largely helpful .
you' ve seen badges on untappd; now you can create one for your own business! design your own badge for your customers to earn when they check in to your venue .
why this one? table beer has long existed as the perfect companion to a meal. now that it' s a recognized style on untappd, it deserves the badge treatment as well !
but untappd doesn' t have a way of letting you know if someone is just some average man reviewing a beer, or if it' s a woman with extensive, certified knowledge .
put it, “i love untappd for two reasons: remembering new beers that i’ve tried so i can purchase them later and the recommended beers they give me that they think i’ll enjoy. ”
let the green beer flow freely and the pinching begin - unless you' re wearing some green of course! happy st. patrick' s day from all of us at untappd !
as the tipping point that brought untappd’s initial flood of traffic. the article wasn’t the result of a concerted pr effort. rather, it was sparked merely by one journalist’s love for the app .
a shared interest in technology and beer brought greg avola and tim mather together on twitter, but long hours and late nights helped make their mobile beer app, untappd, the hit it is today .
woah! you’ve had at least five beers that the untappd founders have had. that’s tough since we like a wide variety of beers. obviously you’re just trying to be cool like us !
i had a strict rule where i was not going to do untappd stuff at work, so time management outside of work became the biggest thing that we used to work on ,
he said .
among the first initiatives was the recently launched untappd for business, which allows bars and restaurants who pay for the service to share and update beer lists in the app and receive data and analytics on customer demographics .
a part - time gig for both mather and avola, untappd monetized the venture through geo - targeted promotions, like beer festival advertisments, and “badges” — achievements that users could unlock as they used the app .
apps that do well solve a specific problem and are so enjoyable for the user that they can’t help but talk about it. untappd focused on creating a highly valuable app for a specific niche: beer drinkers .
untappd then gave breweries the ability to “claim” their brewery, similar to yelp. this move helped foster an on - and offline community. breweries began placing signs at their bars encouraging patrons to check in on untappd and rate them. with breweries able to directly communicate with beer fans, the community grew, adding more value and interest for beer drinkers. this claim - a - brewery feature was great for user acquisition and for retention .
for the beer lover who shuns facebook but feels the need to connect with his or her kind, there is a solution: untappd app for mobile devices. it' s like sharing a virtual pint with your friends .
what these people are doing — and there are a lot of them; untappd hit over 1 million users in 2014, according to the duo who created it — is much more than just raving or ranting about beer .
avola logged plenty of late nights, but with his supportive wife and a boss that was a
huge untappd
fan, the app continued to grow — largely by word of mouth, since there was no marketing budget .
your friends’ individual ratings, which you might see in your untappd feed or other social media, probably won’t have much impact on your choices either. let’s be honest here. most of us are only going to remember the most scathing and most glowing reviews, but even the memory of those will quickly fade. has anyone ever avoided a beer because joe only gave it one star on untappd? i can say with complete certainty that i never have .
he puts the magnitude of properly reviewing beers into perspective by explaining how there are dozens of defined beer styles recognized by the beer judge certification program and brewers association. utilizing untappd reviews of those styles can go only so far .
that’s right, untappd has surpassed 1, 000, 000 users and we couldn’t be happier. the past 3 + years have been a whirlwind of code, servers, and beer. from our humble beginnings, we were ecstatic when we passed 1, 000 users, and now to be able to say that we’ve grown to over a million. it’s an amazing feeling and we have all of you to thank for using untappd to log all of your beers !
untappd isn’t the only beer - tracking app that employs this type of system. beermenus incorporates a 1 to 5 star beer rating system, and taphunter simplifies things even further with only three choices: great, drinkable and not good .
originally posted by dietpepsican originally posted by dietpepsican originally posted by gregwilsonstl how many badges does it take before you get a banner on untappd? zero. happens as soon as you go to the website: nothing wrong with that czechvar .
untappd merged with fellow alcohol app next glass last month. in doing so, the folks behind the beer app promised to deliver new features and updates on the regular. today' s news is certainly a nice start to the partnership .
can i work for untappd? we will be hiring a couple new team members in the near future, but have no determined exactly what we will be hiring for. once we do, we will be sure to let everyone know .
once i realized that i didn’t function well within the 0 – 5 rating system in untappd, i began to overcompensate. although i wasn’t consciously aware of it, i began to develop a system to smooth out some of my inconsistencies .
the thing that i strongly dislike about untappd is how difficult it is to find other users, both present and future. i find a lot of frustration with the interface. compared to twitter or facebook untappd’s user interface strongly lacks “user friendly” features. they have all of the right categories but finding them and using them and going back and forth between them can be annoying - sometimes to the point that i give up and close the program and either start over or just move on .
arwen lehman of the craft brewjas beer club has been using the app for nearly a year to connect with breweries and fellow beer enthusiasts across the world. through untappd, lehman has increased exposure of the club and met new friends in the process .
wow! can you believe it? it' s been one year since the launch of untappd. we couldn' t have done it without our community, so cheers to you! here' s to another year of # drinkingsocially !
how about addressing your alcoholism or simply tapout from untappd? the app’s singular most important feature is the rating system. what the [ email protected ] # is the point of checking beers in, if you don’t contribute to the rating pool? bozo
what happens to supporter accounts? untappd supporter accounts will remain and function just as they have, but now that our team will be working full time on the product, we will be able to add even better features and benefits to the supporter accounts .
we also recommend that you make sure to download a fun, interactive app called' untappd' before the tour. this cool little app will enhance your craft beer taste - testing experiences on the tour and whenever you sample craft beers during your travels .
avola lives in new york city and mather in los angeles, so they connected via twitter. when the minds of the two techie hops - heads met, it was a match made in virtual hops heaven. a short while later, untappd was born .
i love walking into a bar, seeing someone i don' t know checking their beer into untappd and sharing with friends ,
he said .
that shows me we did something right and created something people will want to engage with for awhile .
untappd 3. 3. 0 has been released. this update includes knowing if a beer is on your lists, updated facebook sharing, and a number of other improvements and fixes. see the full list of changes on our product blog and be sure to update today .
so, the big question is, what does this mean for untappd? it’s simple - nothing but good things. untappd will remain an independent entity (albeit a subsidiary of next glass), with tim mather (ceo) and greg avola (cto) continuing to steer the vision of the product. with the resources provided by next glass, we will be able to transition into full time roles within untappd as well as hire on more staff to speed up our feature development and make the platform even better for the community. this means you will get new updates, cool features, and even more badges, faster. there will be no rebranding, name changing, or abrupt pivots. we will continue just as we have, building a world class social community for beer drinkers - only at a much quicker pace .
by this stage of the game, i’m sure that most beer drinkers are aware of the beer tracking app untappd. this app allows you to log, rate and share beers that you are drinking. like a social media platform, it allows you to follow friends; you can see what they have logged in and “toast” or comment on their selections. however, as with most addicting apps, there’s a gamesmanship aspect to untappd, allowing you to earn badges based on what beers you log, where you log them from and when you log them .
the thing i like about this app is that one can write in depth reviews. as someone who enjoys craft beer - and takes that seriously - i like the potential for bonding with other craft beer lovers. the key word being “potential”. the thing that i strongly dislike about untappd is how difficult it is to find other users, both present and future. i find a lot of frustration with the interface. compared to twitter or facebook untappd’s user interface strongly lacks “user friendly” features. they have all of the right categories but finding them and using them and going back and forth between them can be annoying - sometimes to the point that i give up and close the program and either start over or just move on. overall i enjoy untappd and recommend it to everyone. with some minor tweaks it could rival the big boy social media apps .
in the grand scheme of things, i don’t believe that the average ratings of a beer will end up mattering very much to casual craft beer consumers. it is doubtful that very many people are looking up the untappd averages of every beer on the bar’s tap list before they order .
this week our minds are blown by any ipa, a clear ipa from springdale beer and against the grain, look at the updates in the untappd 3. 2. 9 release, cover the latest sponsored badges, learn about the history of the belgian style dubbel, and much more .
our mobile and web applications allow users to share, discovery and engage each other within the world of beer. known as
the foursquare for beer, ” user can check - in to what they’re drinking and where and share with their friends on untappd, twitter, facebook, & foursquare .
discover and share great beers, breweries, and venues with your friends, while earning badges for exploring beers of different styles and countries. discover nearby venues, events, and beers that you' ll love keep track of the beers you like and create lists for later get alerts when your favorite verified venues add new beers find new venues with great beers, anywhere in the world follow your friends and see what beers they' re enjoying for help and support, visit urltoken twitter: urltoken facebook: urltoken instagram: http: / / instagram / untappd untappd reminds you to please drink responsibly .
other social network applications are broad - based, such as facebook and twitter, where our app is a guide for beer seekers and drinkers ,
avola says .
we believe that drinking beer was a social action but never put in an online sense, and hence untappd was born .
my wife and i joined untappd in 2016 but we recently had a discussion about the places we' ve been before joining and would cross off states / venues even if they weren' t
checked in
. i assumed it was probably frowned upon but wanted to get everyone' s opinion .
over the years, we have explored a variety of options to allow us to transition to full time on untappd, but there was never a viable solution. after many discussions and exploring many different directions, we are excited to announce a strategic merger between untappd and next glass, a fellow alcohol based start up. it was evident very early on in our discussions that we shared similar goals and ideals for our respective apps and together we could achieve great things. unlike other mergers happening in the beer world recently, this merger brings together two like - minded start ups set on disrupting the beer industry for the better .
untappd this beer - tracking app got a big upgrade in 2016, adding the ability to scan a bar code on a beer bottle so users can add its details to a log. it also lets people hail an uber from inside the app so they can get to a particular bar or pub responsibly and safely .
one major problem i have had with untappd ratings tends to occur on high - volume drinking days. drinking many different beers back - to - back can make it very difficult to remain objective while deciding on how many stars a given brew deserves (a concept that is already skewed by the users own palate. )
i love the ability of untappd as a way to log beers that you and your friends have drank. it’s great when i drink a beer and a couple of days later a friend of mine is able to see it and say “hey man i’ve been trying to find that, how was it? ? ” .
untappd is billed as a social media platform for beer lovers. those who use it can
like
a brewery, review beers on a five - point scale, write tasting notes on reviews, follow others on the platform, comment on reviews, and even toast them via a little shaker pint glass icon .
anyway, i' m hoping that someone from untappd sees this, and can assist me with getting my ip unbanned. i get why this feature is enabled on their site, but i obviously wasn' t attempting to do anything malicious. the website apparently just thought i was a bit too active for their liking .
one of the first things you see when you check a beer into untappd is its current average rating. i realized early in my usage of the app, that these averages were often affecting my ratings. if i loved a beer that the general public seemed to consider average, i might subconsciously lower my own rating .
back in 2008 greg avola was building his own twitter clone and needed some design help. he turned to twitter (of all places) to ask for help. shortly after he sent the tweet, tim mather responded. the two hit it off and worked on a few freelance projects before teaming up to build untappd .
this adjustment toward the center most likely stems from a lack of confidence in my own palate. those other people must have been tasting something i wasn’t! my insecure brain would play it safe and adjust my score a bit closer to the average, even though most untappd users are just as untrained and subjective as i am .
i don’t care about how ‘everyone’ rates beers on untappd. i do sometimes care about how friends rate beers — either because i know we like similar things or different things. i rate beers on untappd for my own information. it helps me remember what to try again and what to avoid. although my ratings of repeat samplings sometimes change, i rarely go from not liking a beer to liking a beer in a repeat tasting. i tend to rate relative to a budweiser being 2. 5 — something i find acceptable but far from great. i’ll buy beer for enjoyment (rather than sampling) that i’ve previously rated 4. 0 or higher .
by framing untappd as the “foursquare of beer” in the early years, the team piggy - backed off the increasingly ubiquitous behavior of checking in that foursquare made popular. they didn’t have to educate the market and change anyone’s behavior. uptappd let beer drinkers combine their existing behaviors of checking in and searching for the next great beer .
as users began to check in to new beers, they compiled a list of vetted beers for themselves and their friends. if they found a hidden gem, they didn’t have to commit the beer to memory or make a note to remember the beer later. they simply had to open untappd and check in to the beer .
to the average beer drinker, a can of coors light is acceptable and a bottle of blue moon is treating yourself. but to a true beer enthusiast, those two beers just aren’t options. beer enthusiasts are on a mission to find their next favorite beer. it’s this neverending search that is the backbone for untappd’s marketing success .
from there, the untappd team was hit with crushing traffic. as the app grew, every thursday to saturday was a technical battle. the team was constantly fighting app crashes and worked vigorously to keep their infrastructure in step with their traffic. but when they finally resolved these technical issues, what they had was an app with market fit .
don’t get me wrong. just because i’ve stopped rating beers, doesn’t mean that i don’t enjoy using untappd. for a forgetful guy like myself, this app is a convenient way to have my drinking history at my fingertips, and the ability to see what people are checking in nearby has definitely led to last minute changes to my drinking agenda .
additionally, untappd’s recommendation feature was cited by several users i interviewed as a reason why they love the app. as the recommendation algorithm has become more refined, users have discovered more beers that are relevant to their tastes. these recommendations not only add value in themselves, they encourage users to keep checking in to provide the app with better data for the algorithm .
july' s project is now underway! the theme (decided on discord) is fruity sours. these should fit nicely with the warmer weather typically experienced in the northern hemisphere but are also enjoyable if it' s your winter! the official untappd podcast episode 6 has some information about this group of styles and episode 17 has information about the flanders red, specifically .
i' m going to the omaha beer fest tomorrow evening, so i decided to create a list of all the beers for the event to share with some friends that i' m going with. i had nearly finished adding all of the beers to my list, when my ip was banned by untappd. com, and i started seeing the screen shot above .
while you’re out, enjoying your off - centered brews, be sure to check - in on untappd and you’ll be rewarded! check - in any one (1) of the dogfish head beers listed below between july 1st and september 4th to unlock the “off - center your summer! ” badge. keep enjoying dogfish all summer long and you can earn up to 3 levels .
founded more than five years ago by tim mather and greg avola, untappd has, over the years, developed a reputation as the go - to check - in app for beer fans. with a user base of nearly 3 million drinkers, the company has been able to grow both its reach and its database by crowdsourcing product information from users who share and rate the beers they are drinking .
the badge system in untappd can be a fun thing to play with. since some badges require multiple check - ins of the same beer, i try to check in every beer i drink, even if it isn’t the first time i’m drinking it. you never know when it will earn you a new badge! these multiple check - ins, however, came with their own set of problems .
the untappd app has always been great for craft beer fans, letting aficionados keep track of beers they have tried and those they have yet to sample. the app can recommend beers based on someone’s previous choices and includes a social angle to see where friends are and what they’re drinking. it’s fun, easy to use and free on ios and android, though the new uber features haven’t arrived for android users yet .
personally i have my own mental scale i apply to the untappd ratings 0 - 1. 5 bad – don’t want it again 2 not horrible, not good 2. 5 - 3 – a beer is ok, but nothing special, solid middle of the road. 3. 5 - 4 – solid offering, decent flavour / nose 4. 5 - 5 – would buy again in a heartbeat and would recommend to anyone
hey folks, i' d like a little help from the greater untappd community. y employer just signed us up for our very own verified venue / local badges and it' s fallen on me to design it. he wants it to be more than just our logo but unfortunately the only local badges within 75 miles (aka the furthest i can search) is just the bars logo over a stock untappd background. so in order to get a little inspiration, i' m wondering if you guys might be willing to share any local badges in your area (especially if they' re something unique / more than just a logo). preferably, if you share a screenshot of how it looks when you open the badge info page so that i can get an idea of what it looks like on a smaller screen. thanks in advance !
our app aims to educate and stimulate beer drinkers to allow them to keep track of what they had, recommend beers based on their style, and has the social element that brings it all together ,
avola says .
our goal at this time is to get untappd the best - quality product out there for beer, and we plan on talking with our users and breweries and venues on how we can get there .
“our focus has always been on leveraging our science and machine learning to build amazing tools for consumers, breweries, retailers, and bars, ” kurt taylor, the founder and ceo of next glass said in a statement. “together with untappd, we have created a powerful combination that will provide millions of consumers and businesses around the world with an unprecedented experience when it comes to sharing, socializing, and learning about all things beer. ”
if untappd or apps like it would develop a more comprehensive description and rating system, would anyone use it? probably not. chances are that you went to the brewery to socialize with friends. taking five minutes to check in every single beer you drink would quickly become an annoyance to you and those around you. it’s much more fun to talk about the beer with your cohorts than it would be to answer a lengthy in - app survey .
similar to other insanely successful startups like slack, the untappd team didn’t invest in marketing. for the entirety of the company’s history, it’s just been avola, the backend developer, and mather, the front - end designer. no vp of marketing or director of communications to help them get the word out. no venture capitalist calling in favors. just the two of them, their love of beer, and their connection to the beer - drinking community .
i seldom drink the same beer twice (unless i’m forced into buying a 4 - pack in lieu of singles) and had been saving a bottle / can of most everything i’ve tried in the last 5 years. as a result, my garage has nearly 650 bottles / cans stored on shelves built in between the empty bays between the studs. i get a lot of compliments from passerby, and it’s a great conversation starter. however, i can’t take it with me, and i can no longer remember all 650 + of what i’ve tried. untappd has solved that for me. but, much to my wife’s chagrin, i still bring bottles / cans back with me from every trip (9 cans and a bomber after 4 days in tx this past weekend) and the suds shrine continues to grow. thank you untappd for creating such a great resource for those who enjoy reminiscing about their passion for trying new beers .
moving forward, i will continue to check - in beers with untappd on a regular basis. the rating system is not essential to my enjoyment of the app, and i am actually happier without it. when i feel the need to discuss a beer at length, i will simply write tasting notes or a complete description. in those formats, it is much easier to convey my thoughts, my feelings or even the impact that a rainy day had on my overall experience .
being a community driven platform that has relied heavily on word of mouth to grow, we owe everything to you. without the dedication of beer lovers around the world checking in as they enjoy a brew, we wouldn’t be where we are today. that said, it is our goal to continue to build the best possible products for you. thank you for your support over the years and for your continued support as we take the next, exciting step into the future of untappd .
i actually enjoy many of untappd’s features quite a bit and will continue to use them in the future. the problem simply lies within the “good - or - bad” rating system and my inability to properly function within it. beer is a complex, nuanced and, sometimes, polarizing thing. to boil it down to a simple 0 to 5 ratings is often too vague to describe the experience that any given beer provides (even if you factor in the allotted 140 - character comment space) .
it' s a thing we' ve built from the ground up, and from the very beginning been very humble about it, and all of sudden now we' re getting the opportunity to give it the attention it deserves ,
said avola .
to now be able to go to work and say i' m the cto of untappd, and it' s not just a side project, it' s a real full - time job, is a dream come true .
when you' re ready to head out for the evening, you can hail a ride from uber inside the app by selecting the venue you want to visit. after you select the option, destination info is automatically sent to the transportation app. other new features include friends lists to keep your feed tidy, support for 3d touch, the ability to tag friends in comments and more. the truckload of new stuff is only available in the ios app for now, but untappd says the features will make it to android soon enough .
as untapped approaches its six - year anniversary, the app is continuing to enjoy considerable success. the app has more than 2. 8 million registered users who have combined for more than 250 million beer check - ins. what do those numbers look like in practice? avola shared that at 8pm est this past new year’s eve, the app reported 1, 100 check - ins per minute. by leveraging existing behaviors, understanding an audience’s needs, and delivering value that encourages engagement, untappd has built a dedicated community of millions of users .
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for a while there, i had noticed a recurring motif in my untappd usage while logging these repeat beers. you can see the rating that you gave the beer last time, and it turns out that i very seldom agree with my own assessments. don’t get me wrong; these differences of opinion were not huge. i never felt that a beer i previously rated as a 3. 5 actually deserved five stars or that a 4 - star beer was actually a 2 - star. however, discrepancies ranging from half to three - quarters of a star were not uncommon .
interesting thoughts. i think apps like untappd end up being whatever the user wants them to be. i like to use the good / great system. if i thought it was good, it gets 4 stars, great gets 5. if i didn’t like it or didn’t think it memorable, i won’t rate. of course, as you said, a beer experience can be highly variable for an individual, so ultimately the ratings just serve as reminder that i enjoyed a beer. thanks for sharing. hopefully we’ll all be more present with our beer drinking and life living .
if you' re a dedicated beer geek, chances are you' re using the app untappd to track your libations. for the unfamiliar, the mobile software allows you to log and rate beers while following what and where your friends are drinking. with a new update to the ios version, the app is getting a load of new features. first, there' s a new barcode scanner that' ll make searching for beers you' re drinking a breeze. rather than having to manually search, all you' ll have to do is point your phone' s camera at the barcode on a bottle or can .
so true. i stopped using untappd for many of the reasons you mentioned. i still track my beers though, but i carry a little pocket notebook for handwritten notes. this takes the one - upman - badge - checkin competition out of it, but still allows me to nerd out a bit. plus, i don’t have to stare into my phone instead of interacting with the people around. if i taste a beer i really enjoy, i pull out the notebook and write down why; same for one that really hits me the wrong way. i have a nice little collection of notebooks now that i can reference if i want to go back and remember a specific brewery or roadtrip .
while the system and execution are both flawed in many ways, the core issue is that beer was brewed to be enjoyed. as we’ve stated before, the ratings don’t matter. put down your phone and engage with your friends, co - workers, the world around you. stop obsessing over the badges, the check - ins, ticking off every beer on your list, and just enjoy the damn beer. much like restauranteurs (and south park) loathing yelpers, the truth is that breweries often echo the same sentiments regarding those untappd keyboard warriors just as much. so sure jot down a few notes so you can remember the beer, but join us in putting an end to the ratings, put down the phone and just enjoy your beer .
new in 3. 2. 0: search has taken flight! - you may have noticed that our search engine has improved on the older version of the app, to be more typo tolerant and faster, but this new release blows that out of the word with lightening faster searches across all beer / brewery / venue as quickly as you can say beer me! push notification actions and settings on friend check - ins! - you can now toast and comment from the notification tray when you receive a notification on a friend check - in notifications! you can also now choose the distance in which you want to get nearby notifications, in your settings! past events - you can new see yours and venue past events, so you can see what happened in the past, and what you did! check - in improvements: - you now will get warned your are closing an active check - in, so you don' t fat finger and close your active check - in. have google or apple maps? now you choose! - you can now choose which maps app you want to work with in untappd' s app in your settings - as well as easily copy addresses to your clipboard by tapping the address bar. nfc / barcode default options - tired of always choosing barcode - you can set the default scanning option in your settings, to avoid having to double tap. have feedback? let us know feedback @ untappd. com! we are always listening for ways to improve. cheers and happy new year !
i agree with most of what was written. in my case, i use my hbc’s rating system applied to the untappd numeric rating. our hbc uses “dump”, “taster”, “pint”, “pitcher”, and “keg”. so, for a beer to have a 5 in untapped, it would have to be good enough that i would want to buy a keg and have it readily available to me on a daily basis on my home draft system. for a beer that i would likely choose to have a pint of when dropping by my local, i’ll give it a 3. the improvement of 1 / 4 point increments allows some nuance to the rating. if i am “more likely” to have a pint of a beer when at my local, it might get a 3. 5.
untappd is a geosocial networking service and mobile phone application that allows its users to check into beers as they drink them , and share these check-ins and their locations with their friends . untappd includes a functionality that allows users to rate the beer they are consuming , earn badges , share pictures of their beers , review tap lists from nearby venues , see what beers their friends are drinking , and suggests similar beverages . in 2016 , an updated version of the application allowed users to find a beer by scanning its barcode and hail an uber directly to the venue they 'd checked into to reduce dwis . untappd can share checkins with twitter and facebook accounts of its users , and can pull in locations from foursquare . 
untappd is a geosocial networking service and mobile phone application that allows its users to check into beers as they drink them, and share these check-ins and their locations with their friends. untappd includes a functionality that allows users to rate the beer they are consuming, earn badges, share pictures of their beers, review tap lists from nearby venues, see what beers their friends are drinking, and suggests similar beverages. in 2016, an updated version of the application allowed users to find a beer by scanning its barcode and hail an uber directly to the venue they'd checked into to reduce dwis. untappd can share checkins with twitter and facebook accounts of its users, and can pull in locations from foursquare.
untappd is a geosocial networking service and mobile phone application that allows its users to check into beers as they drink them, and share these check-ins and their locations with their friends. untappd includes a functionality that allows users to rate the beer they are consuming, earn badges, share pictures of their beers, review tap lists from nearby venues, see what beers their friends are drinking, and suggests similar beverages. in 2016, an updated version of the application allowed users to find a beer by scanning its barcode and hail an uber directly to the venue they'd checked into to reduce dwis. untappd can share checkins with twitter and facebook accounts of its users, and can pull in locations from foursquare.