Upon careful consideration, I realize that the iPhone app "Brew Gene" played a critical role in my decision to become a beer judge. I was at the point where I was first learning there were actually some really tasty beers out there, and this realization was surprising and interesting enough to me to have me hooked on collecting a list of these discoveries.
Since there's "an app for everything," I knew I'd be able to find something to help me catalog and rate the beers I'd tried. My main goal at this point was for me to be able to know what to order the next time I was at a bar with an overwhelming beer list.
Beer Gene fit the bill, and then some. Not only did it allow me to rate the beers I'd had, it also suggested specific beer styles for me to try based upon my ratings. Until that point, I had no clue there were so many different styles in existence. I was overwhelmed in a good way, excited and compelled to try each and every one of them. Shortly after embarking upon this quest, my passion was put together.
Beer Gene is like the Pandora of beer apps--it both records and adds to your list of faves. It also serves as a great rating site: Once you are satisfied that you are indeed a fan of a certain beer category, you can browse other users' reviews of beers from that category to determine which are the ones worth trying. It's fun, enlightening, and easy to use, so whether you're a cicerone, or a total beer newbie, it's an application I highly recommend.
Learn more at http://www.brewgene.com/.
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