Finding Beer vs BeerFinderBuddy

Finding Beer is a brewery search engine to find the best breweries wherever you travel. With a straightforward color-coded scale and a rich database of breweries and beer styles, it's easy to connect with places that match your preferences. Whether you're exploring local spots or venturing abroad, the app helps you discover breweries making popular hazy IPAs to classic Czech Pilsners. It's a practical tool to guide you to quality beer and great brewery experiences, no matter where you are.

Find craft breweries, taprooms, bars, and bottle shops wherever you go. Beer Finder Buddy puts every great drinking destination near you on a single map. Plan a brewery tour, find a new bottle shop in an unfamiliar city, or just discover what's around the corner you didn't know existed. WHAT YOU GET Discover nearby venues Tap the map to see craft breweries (orange markers) and bars, taprooms, and bottle shops (blue markers) within your search radius. Adjust from 2 miles up to 50 miles. Switch to the list view for a distance-sorted feed you can search by name, city, or state. One-tap actions Tap any venue for its address, hours, phone, website, and beer styles. Hit Directions to open it in Maps, Call to reach them instantly, or Web to visit their site. Track every beer you try Keep a personal log of beers you've sampled, ones you want to try, and where you found them. Rate them 1-5 and add tasting notes. Search a community catalog of thousands of beers powered by Open Food Facts and contributions from other beer fans. Scan a case with AI Open the camera, snap a photo of a fridge, cooler, shelf, or case. Our AI vision model identifies every beer in the image. Pick which to save and log them in seconds. Add anything missing Don't see a beer in the catalog? Add it. Your entry is shared with the community for everyone else to find. Earn rewards for contributing Every sighting earns 5 points. Adding a new beer earns 25. Scanning a case earns 50. A daily check-in earns 1. Redeem points for an ad-free experience: 500 for a week, 2,000 for a month, 10,000 for a year. Privacy-respecting We collect no name, email, or phone number. An anonymous account is created when you first launch. Location is used only to query nearby venues and to attach a location to sightings you create. Photos uploaded for AI scan go to your private cloud folder. PERFECT FOR - Craft beer enthusiasts hunting new releases - Travelers planning brewery tours in unfamiliar cities - Designated drivers needing to find bottle shops on the way home - Beer event-goers tracking what they've tried - Anyone curious what's behind the door of a taproom they've walked past ABOUT THE DATA Brewery information comes from Open Brewery DB, bar and bottle shop data from OpenStreetMap, and beer details from Open Food Facts. Hours and contact info change frequently — confirm with the venue before traveling. ABOUT ADS We show small banner ads on the Map and List screens. No interstitials. No takeover ads. Earn points by using the app and redeem them to remove ads entirely. AGE 17+ The app references alcohol and is intended for users 17 or older. Please drink responsibly — if you've been drinking, do not drive.