I’d love a quick and easy, user-friendly app to track my craft beer journey, remember what I’ve tried (yes I have kids I remember nothing nowadays!), and jot down a few tasting notes, for my personal consumption. Is there an alternative to Untappd that provides this?
I don't know of any alternatives but I think Untappd can still be good for this very reason, anyway--I've spoken to lots of folks both in the industry and who are casual beer fans who don't do public ratings but instead use it to keep these sort of personal beer notes.
I think the quickest way to improve Untappd would be for the app to require a review (of 50+ characters or whatever) with every bottle-cap rating. That would compel people to put more thought into their ratings, and help drinkers use Untappd as they do most other online reviews: They skim through the comments to get a real sense of what people liked or didn't like about a place or product, and get a feel for how many of the bad ratings were simply user error.
I’d love a quick and easy, user-friendly app to track my craft beer journey, remember what I’ve tried (yes I have kids I remember nothing nowadays!), and jot down a few tasting notes, for my personal consumption. Is there an alternative to Untappd that provides this?
I don't know of any alternatives but I think Untappd can still be good for this very reason, anyway--I've spoken to lots of folks both in the industry and who are casual beer fans who don't do public ratings but instead use it to keep these sort of personal beer notes.
Maybe I'll give it a whirl again, and just try to ignore all the ridiculous reviewers :)
I think the quickest way to improve Untappd would be for the app to require a review (of 50+ characters or whatever) with every bottle-cap rating. That would compel people to put more thought into their ratings, and help drinkers use Untappd as they do most other online reviews: They skim through the comments to get a real sense of what people liked or didn't like about a place or product, and get a feel for how many of the bad ratings were simply user error.
Couldn't agree more! Requiring even just a super brief explanation seems like such an easy solution that would really help this issue.