Let’s get our Crawl on.
In the Chicago area? Join us on April 18th for the 4th Annual Beer Mapping/CTA Pub Crawl For the past three years we have pulled willing beer lovers through the city of Chicago. We rely on both CTA “EL” Trains and Busses to help us cover the long distances, but we do spend a fair [...]
We Found Our Twitter Account!
We created the @beermapping account back in November of 2008 in order to “squat” on our own domain and we never started using it. Hopefully we will find uses for it in the future, but for now we plan to have it automatically post any blog entries and we plan to update it with interesting [...]
Beer Wars: Episode V The Craft Strikes Back
Do you have any plans yet for April 16th? I’ll wait here while you pretend to check your calendar. Back already? You should get out your sharpie and add “Beer Wars” to Thursday, April 16th. If you’re reading this site then you definitely will enjoy watching the trailers that they have released for the film. [...]
Fo-Fricking-BAB
Or as some politically correct people will say: Fo-Fricking-WaBAB (which doesn’t roll off the tongue as well). Either way, tomorrow is the Sixth Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beer (or probably when you read this, it’s either today or a few days ago). This is an event put on by the Illinois Craft [...]
2nd Annual Beerfly Alleyfight
Doing nothing this weekend? In the Chicago area? Like beer? Like food? Like entertainment? If you answered yes to more than 2 of the questions you just read, you should come check out the 2nd Annual Beerfly Alleyfight. The Beer Mapping Project is a sponsor of this year’s Beerfly Alleyfight and we hope to see [...]
Bird’s Eye View Brew
Microsoft Live Maps recently released the ability for their maps to accept a file type that The Beer Mapping Project produces so we have been experimenting with their map system. We have had the most fun checking out the Bird’s Eye View mode. Do you know what your favorite brewery looks like from a few [...]
We Accept the Nomination!
There is an article in Beer Magazine this month entitled: Beer on the Web (by Brad Ruppert). In that article, Ruppert, describes BeerMapping.com and he declares that “someone should give [us] the Pulitzer Prize”. Well, we are touched by his comment (on page 80 of issue 2 – Jan/Feb 08) and we think if you [...]
Fantasy Beer Draught Wrap Up
The Fantasy Beer Draught finished up Saturday after the GABF awards were announced. I was able to bring my laptop into the convention center so that we could have on the spot reporting that allowed for live results of the medal winners. If you want to check out the medal winning breweries or if you [...]
GABF Fantasy League
You remember those jocks that used to beat you up when they found out that you played Dungeons and Dragons back in middle school? Well, those guys are the same people that are studying statistics and drawing graphs while shuffling their team in Fantasy Football Leagues all across the nation right now. The Managing Associates [...]
No Shirt, No Map, No Beer
Sure, you’re a hit with all the ladies. Your mother thinks you are cute. Your job is wonderful and the future seems bright. But something is still missing in your life. It’s a Beer Mapping Project T-Shirt! Only 16 bucks and all your dreams can come true!* Click this link right here. Hey, look! We [...]