About Beer Suggest

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Beer Suggest is a niche wiki/social community for beer lovers. You can read more about this website in the about section. After you've read what the site is about feel free to register an account. Browse an optimized version of Beer Suggest on your handheld device by going to beersuggest.com/mobile

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About

Beer Suggest is a niche community for beer lovers. The goal of Beer Suggest is to bring together beer enthusiasts to create a mixture of part social network, and part information resource. We hope to help you discover new beers through our personalized suggestions, news, and your friends. Below you will find the features of this website divided into two categories: Standard Features and Member Features. In order to access the Member Features you will need to register for an account.

Standard Features

Beer/Brewery Information

Beer Suggest stores a multitude of information on beers and breweries on the website. On a typical beer details page you will find normal information about the beer such as it's style, abv, photo, and a brief description. You will also find user generated tags, comments, reviews, and food pairings. Additionally you will find other examples of beer of the same style and be able to view other beers brewed by the same brewery. On the brewery pages you will find photos, contact information, maps, news, comments. The brewery page will also list all beers brewed by the brewery in a pleasant visual display.

Beer Places

Beer Suggest makes it simple to find bars, restaurants, home brew shops, and beer stores that are serving great craft beer. You can browse the places directory and drill down by country, state, and city in order to find places near you. Alternatively, you can use the Places Locator. The Places Locator allows you to quickly find beer places near you by specifying a full or partial address and a mile radius. This will give you a listing of all places within the specified radius, and will include how far they are away from the address you entered. Each beer place has it's own details page where you can read/post comments and reviews, get contact information, or browse the nearby area via a map.

Events

A calendar of upcoming beer events can be found in the events section. You can find any upcoming beer festivals, beer dinners, homebrew events, and much more. On the event details page you can get plenty of information about the event, view a map of the area, and see who else is attending the event.

News

In order to stay up to date with all of the latest craft brewery news Beer Suggest provides a news section that pulls stories from hundreds of brewery blogs, beer news sites, and other related sources. Below each story you will find a list of breweries mentioned in the article to help you find news on your favorite breweries.

Search

To help you find what you are looking for on Beer Suggest we provide two types of searching options. You can do a global search using the search box in the top right corner of every page, or use the various advanced search pages. The global search will find all matching beers, breweries, events, news, and users matching your query displaying them all in a tabbed interface. Alternatively you can use the advanced search for beers, breweries, and news to more accurately find exactly what you are searching for.

Mobile Website

In addition to the feature rich version of the Beer Suggest website, we also offer an optimized mobile version located at http://www.beersuggest.com/mobile/. The mobile version is a simplified version of the website to work better on your mobile device. It allows you to look up beers/breweries while on the go. You can read reviews and comments, get food pairings, and check out the top rated beers.

RSS Feeds

Beer Suggest provides thousands of RSS feeds in order to keep you up to date on the latest information. Every beer details page contains a feed for comments and a feed for reviews so that you can keep tabs on the latest reviews/comments on your favorite brew. Every brewery details page contains a feed for all news related to that brewery. In addition to these specific feeds there are also feeds for the latest beer news, upcoming events, and more. To view a list of all available feeds make sure to check out the FAQ.

Member Features

Personalized Suggestions

One of the features that makes Beer Suggest unique, is our ability to give you personalized suggestions. We use an algorithm that takes into account all of your ratings and reviews in order to generate the suggestions. The more beer that you rate and review, the more accurate your suggestions become. In addition to the auto generated suggestions, your suggestions will also show all beer that was recommended to you by your friends.

Wiki-Capabilities

All members have the ability add/edit beers, breweries, events and more. Discovered a great new beer that is not on the website? You can add it using a quick simple form. Found an image for a beer that doesn't currently have one? You have the ability to upload it and see it instantly. Planning an event? You can post it here on the website to let other people know about it. In addition to the wiki-capabilities registered users can also tag beers, add beer-food pairings, leave comments on beers and breweries, and much more.

Friend Feed

On the social side of the website, we provide you with a friend feed to stay up to date on what your friends have been up to on the website. In this feed you will be able to see your friends recent ratings, reviews, comments, and food pairings. It will also alert you when you've received a message from a friend and let you know what events that your friends plan on attending. It provides you with a wealth of information for discovering new beers and breweries.

Statistics

Every user will have their on statistics tab in their profile. Here you can view all of your ratings, reviews and more. Each stats page allows you to sort by any column and to search through your stats to find the one that you were looking for. The user stats area is constantly growing with different ways of looking at your data, so in the future there will be more pages to view. Currently you can view Quick Stats, Ratings, Reviews, Beer Styles, Favorites, and Events Attended. The Quick Stats gives you some quick information about your statistics, such as the number of beers rated, styles tried, etc. The Ratings stats let you view all of the beer you have rated. The Reviews stats lets you view all of the beers that you have reviewed. Beer Styles shows you which beer styles you have tried and which you have rated the highest. Favorites lets you view all of the beer that you have favorite-ed through the website. Events Attended will list all events that you have specified you attended or are going to attend.

Social Media Integration

Connecting your account to other social services like Twitter and Facebook allows you to automatically post messages to these services. They can be configured to post messages whenever you rate a beer, review a beer, or review a place. You specify a template and the message will automatically be posted to any social sites you have configured. Check out the screencast in the FAQ section for more information.

Personalized News

If you want to stay updated on just a few breweries you can create a customized news page. By specifying which breweries you would like to read news about a tab will be created in your profile that will filter news for just those breweries you have chosen.

Beer Cellar

Using the website you can keep track of all of the beers in your cellar. You simply choose a cellar date and add any notes. Your cellar will list all of the beers and their age. You can also add notifications so that you will get an email on a specified date. This way you can cellar it, then forget about it until it's ripe and ready to drink!

Personalized RSS Feeds

We provide you with three feeds that you can use on your personal blog or website. The feeds include your latest beer ratings, your latest beer reviews, and your top 10 rated beers. You can integrate these on your blog or website in order to let your visitors know what beer you have been trying lately, or what your favorite beers are.

Rating and Reviewing

You can rate and review beers that you try to keep a history, and to generate statistics and suggestions for other beer you may enjoy.

Forum

We provide several forums for you to socialize with other users. In the forums you can discuss beer and beer news, talk about homebrewing, or just discuss anything that is on your mind. The forums are a valuable resource for all of your beer related questions.