iPhone - it makes calls, too!
There are already a few brewing apps I’ve seen out there – Joshua Baran created a BJCP Style Guidelines app which is great – searchable, elegant, and free! Also, “nurl” has produced a gem of a brewing app called Brew Pal – this is a steal at $0.99. It is really full-featured, well-supported, and is a lot of fun to use on brewdays. In addition to those two apps (which I own), there are a handful of other offerings out there.
My question to the masses – what kind of brewing/beer apps would YOU like to see? Some brewing calculator or utility app? A beer/bar/brewery related app? Ingredient inventory app? I have a couple of ideas in mind, but I’m curious to see if there is a pressing need out there I could address. Email/comment me with your ideas – if I actually develop it and it hits market, I’ll make sure you get credit for the idea and a free copy of the finished program.
I have looked exhaustively for a beer tasting app. Tasting Notes is already in the app store, and does a decent job, but what I really want is a similar app that actually uses the BJCP scoring. I’d love to taste commercial beers and judge them on the same scale that I judge home brews, kinda compare apples to apples.
Nice, that’s one of the ideas I was thinking about. I’m going to try and develop something that could be used by both BJCP judges in the field and casual beer drinkers everywhere. I’ll get to work and let you know how it comes along – would you like to be a beta tester? :)
I have looked exhaustively for a beer tasting app. Tasting Notes is already in the app store, and does a decent job, but what I really want is a similar app that actually uses the BJCP scoring. I’d love to taste commercial beers and judge them on the same scale that I judge home brews, kinda compare apples to apples.
Emily – I have also looked – and failed to find – an app like this. I have started development on a beer scorecard type application. I’m not sure how long it will take to get to market, but I will aim for end of summer, the latest. I will post here when it is released, so I hope you check back!
I have found that there is a lot of truth to this post. My iPhone is becoming one of my biggest tools in the brewing process.