Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Beer Wars Ticks Over 5000 Users!

Beer Wars has well and truly evolved into something pretty substantial now, generating excellent worldwide coverage, and returning some great feedback - thank you to all for your support.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Beer Wars Reviewed @ bestfacebookapplications.com

Another excellent review last week on bestfacebookapplications.com. Here's the synopsis:

"Beer Wars Pros:
- It’s super fun!
- Takes advantage of Facebook’s social network by making recommendations of beers to you based on your tastes and what other who share your tastes enjoy
- It looks great in your Facebook profile
- Tons of beers to choose from.

Beer Wars Cons:
I couldn’t find anything wrong with this app! Well done!"

Check out the full review here:
http://www.bestfacebookapplications.com/2007/10/15/beer-wars-facbook-application/

Monday, October 15, 2007

New Features Rolled Out

Beer Wars got way better last week with the rollout of some great new features. Briefely, here they are:

World Ladder - aggregates beer statistics according to country (both origin of brewing, and places of high beer consumption).

Recommendations - Beer Wars dynamically recommends beers which you might also like to try based on your and other users' preferences.

An Improved UI - Tighter branding and a general overhaul following extensive usability testing have combined to create a far better user experience.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Beer Wars Review @ Facebook Profile!

Beer Wars was given the review treatment on 17th Sep at Facebook Profile (http://www.facebookprofile.com/). Check out this excerpt:

(10 votes, average: 4.8 out of 5)

....... The application has thousands of beers from across the globe to choose from, including many from Australia, America and Europe, so you won’t be left dry when searching for your favorite beer. It is picking up users very quickly as well, around 400 already and it has only been released for a day or two. The Developers who are Australian (Hence the dig at you Yanks) also have a website you can go to at
beerwars.org to discuss the application and provide some feedback...........

Final Verdict

Extremely great way to see the most popular beers from among your groups (friends, city, country) and to share your own tastes.

Enjoy!


All in all, very pleasing feedback. Thankyou to all at Facebook Profile.

Monday, September 17, 2007

It's On!

Beer Wars is now well and truly underway, and reached 241 users this morning!

Add Beer Wars to your Facebook now!

The statistics pages are beginning to take shape, and are showing some interesting trends - most notably, a close race on for "favourite beer" between James Boag's Premium Lager (101 votes) and Cascade Draught (93 votes).

Here's the rundown:

Favourite Beer:
1. James Boag's Premium Lager (101 votes)
2. Cascade Draught (93 votes)
3. Cascade Pale Ale (65 votes)
4. Corona Extra (54 votes)
5. Stella Artois (39 votes)

Beer People Are Currently Drinking:
1. Cascade Draught (21 people)
2. Cascade Pale Ale (17 people)
3. Corona Extra (13 people)
4. James Boag's Premium Lager (11 people)
5. Cascade Premium (9 people)


Friday, September 14, 2007

Beer Wars Launches Today, Sep 14 2007

Beer Wars goes live today! Look out Facebook, this will be big.

Add Beer Wars to your Facebook now!

In case you don't already know, Beer Wars is a cool new Facebook app that allows you to nominate:

  • the beer you're drinking at the moment and
  • your top three all-time favourites
Then, look on as word spreads, and thousands.....millions of other beer drinkers the world over go into battle.

View beer preference statistics as they unfold. Find out which are the top listed beers among your friends, your city, your country, and worldwide!

This is a world first. Who knows what the end result will be. Only time can tell....

Your beer needs you. Stand up and represent!!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

There's a war brewing!


Today is awesome. Today an elite crew have convened in an undisclosed location to build Facebook's (and indeed the world's) first ever beer ranking application: BEER WARS.

Here's the pitch:

"Your favorite beer is an important part of who you are – it’s seen you through the good times and the bad. But now your beer needs YOU....

Tout your all-time favourite beer, give props to that new beer you’re enjoying at the moment, or rubbish your least favourite beer. See who else shares your tastes, view beer preference statistics in real time, and find out which beer is the greatest of all beers. People....this is a beer war. Stand by your brew. Be the best that you can be."

This is going live soon, and when it does, it's going to be big. BEER WARS.....STAY TUNED. THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET CRAZY.

- We have all blown off our jobs to make this happen, so if this doesn't go big we are basically screwed.