Now Tapped app

So I was reading this article on crafty pint - http://craftypint.com/news/post/taking-on-the-taps/ and it was talking about a new app / website Now Tapped (http://nowtapped.com/). So I did a bit more research and thought "what a great idea"...

to start using this app...

This is their website homepage -

elegant and simple website...

It is still in its infancy as you can see from its map of venues -

I hate the fact that Melbourne has more venues than Sydney...

But what a great idea! Now users can see whats on in their local(s) and make a call where to meet your friends - or, to see where your favourite brewery is being poured!

A quick look has lead me to find the two places in Balmain are the Welcome and the East Village (two great craft beer institutions) but disappointingly they are "untappd reports" i.e. the pub hasn't signed up but rather someone has "reported in".

For the next upgrade of the website it would be great to search an area (i.e. whats pouring in "Chatswood" and where) and it would be great for the app to have "what's pouring around me using GPS" so that this place guides me to the right place.

I was reading Pete Brown's blog (http://petebrown.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/crap-beer-its-future.html) and not being able to find a great place in Chesterfield (England) and thought - "if this app was in the UK and he had it, then this wouldn't of happened to him" hence the "what's pouring around me" request...

The app was created by someone with a passion for beer and where it is being poured, opposed by someone looking for a quick buck or a company just doing advertising.

I kinda get quite passionate about these things as it is a great use of the internet and the connectivity of people that do things and acts for no profit for themselves... (just for the record I have no affiliation to this)

I have just downloaded the app and will start to utilise, and hopefully you and others will too..