Feel free to share this project in the forums if you think people will be interested. Click the pic above (or the new navigational bar up top!) to visit the new Online Beer Guide page. So what does the new page do? It is very much in “beta-mode” or “under construction” but here is the synopsis:
1) I now post pertinent info on where to BUY these new beers ONLINE when they are released. Keep checking the main page for regular updates on new beer rumors and check the new beer guide page for more info on where to buy the beers closer to or after their release dates.
2) Store-by-store shipping chart for those stores that ship online (middle right link on sidebar)
3) Store-by-store brewery list: Tells you which online retailers specialize in a certain brewery (there may be other stores as well)
4) List of online stores w/ links organized by state (on the lower right sidebar)
5) Separate feed for those posts (those stories will never show up on the main page nor will they show up in the main RSS feed beginning Monday). They have their own feed to which you can subscribe (upper right on right sidebar).
I will have more on this later this week.
I enjoy your site very much as a retailer trying to keep up on new beers. You should also allow retailers that do not sell online to submit when the have beers that you are featuring. We do not sell online, but we have customers 3 hours away that will drive for these hard to get beers. We just got in the Norrebro Old Odense Ale you featured, and carry other hard to get beer like Mikkeller, Nogne, Nils Oscar, De Molen Rasputin, Peche Mortel…people would like to get this info.
Paul Hayden
The Wine and Cheese Place in
St. Louis, Missouri.
http://www.thewineandcheeseplace.blogspot.com
Paul, thanks for the feedback!
For the time being, I am the only one that has ability to publish anything on the site. I hope to be able to allow store owners to publish on the blog though I have to see if we have security features that would enable that to happen.
Until then, I will focus on the online side because there are only a handful of stores that ship which makes it manageable. Though you are welcome to mention your store in comments like these.
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