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 [...]
Beer Birthday: Jay Brooks
This is not my typical Beer Mapping Post, but I have been waiting for quite a few months to make it. Today, March 3rd, is Jay Brooks’s birthday. If you are not aware of who Jay is, now is a good time to learn. Jay Brooks is the author of many things. [...]
Breweries I’ve Visited Facebook Application Teaser
Here are some quick images to let you know how the “Breweries I’ve Visited” facebook application is proceeding. Basically, this is going to be a “lighter” version of the main site focusing solely on Breweries and Brewpubs. The goal is to make it a simple yet potentially spreadable application that can easily be [...]
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 [...]
Support Your Local Brewery
We interrupt the normal Beer Mapping Project postings to bring you something that we as beer aficionados should all be concerned with. The Brewers Association has created a new site, with a new goal. A quote from the new site can say it better than I can.
supportyourlocalbrewery.org
“Support Your Local Brewery is a national, [...]
The Session: The Beer Mapping Project’s Expedition
Those of you who happen to be mapping nerds, hopefully you realize that this site is rooted in beer. This post is talking about beer.
Today is the first of hopefully a series of Beer Blogging Fridays. Stan Hieronymus, (that’s Mr. Hieronymus for you), has started off with the first Friday by [...]
Look at All These Maps!
Food Maps
Nicholas Day (Day happens to be the guy who wrote an article on The Beer Mapping Project for the Chicago Reader) recently did a write-up for chow.com about google maps projects that are “mashed up” with the topic of food in mind. Day’s article lists mapping options for chocolate, beer, wine, menus, fastfood [...]