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I Built a Free Chicago Brewery App and Would Love Your Feedback

Hey there!

I built HopSpin, a free iPhone app for discovering Chicago-area breweries, along with their events, specials, beverages, and releases - and I’d genuinely value feedback from our community.

The goal is simple: make it easier to see what’s happening near your location, or across the city, when you are deciding where to grab a beer or planning an outing. Not just tonight or this week, but as far ahead as breweries have set their schedules.

I’ve also been lucky to have a few early brewery partners share their artwork with me, which I’ve had a blast turning into interactive HopSpin 3D models to explore in the app.

If you'd like to put HopSpin to use, you can download it from Apple's App Store:

https://hopspin.link/ios

Know that I’m building HopSpin independently and would appreciate your ideas, to help me plan its roadmap:

  • What information would make an event or special listing more useful?
  • What would help you choose HopSpin over your usual event- or special-discovery sources?
  • What features outside of events or specials would you like to see added: check-in leaderboard? suggested walks or crawls? personal cellar tracker?

I’m starting with Chicago-area breweries and expanding HopSpin's coverage from there. I’ve also added a few out-of-state brewery friends and partners for anyone planning a trip.

Thanks for taking a look!

u/Boulderado — 6 days ago
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What to Expect at Goose Island Taproom on Black Friday

Hello! I've waited in line for Goose Island BCS releases on Black Friday before, but I've never gone straight to the brewery for a release. I'm super intrigued by the Triple Barrel this year, and I was not lucky enough to get a VIP Prop Day ticket within the 30 seconds they sold out. For anyone who has been to Fulton/Salt Shed for a Chicago-exclusive release (Rare, King Henry, etc.) on Black Friday, I'm curious to know:

  1. What time do people usually start lining up?

  2. Do they sell the exclusive releases any differently than the other variants (lottery, oznr, etc.)?

  3. How quickly do the exclusive variants tend to sell out? (Has anyone gone out to wait on Black Friday and missed out?)

Any tips/advice for the best shot at getting the Triple Barrel release (or even just going to the release at Fulton on BF in general) would be super helpful and greatly appreciated.

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u/CaleMetaBuck — 8 days ago