Beer Tour

Beer Tour Free App

Rated 4.29/5 (333) —  Free Android application by Lightweight Coder

About Beer Tour

Beer Tour downloads your current Old Chicago beer tour status onto your phone. To use this app you must already have an Old Chicago card and have registered it on their website.

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I know it’s been a long time since you have received an update, but hopefully this one should make up for it. This is a complete update to the Beer Tour app, front and back ends, with some more goodies almost complete after a little more testing. I’ve been tinkering with this for awhile, but a couple of users who reached out to me a few weeks ago gave me the push to finish this update. I’ve been using this release for a week now and think I have most of the bugs ironed out, but if you run into anything PLEASE email me so I can work on them.

Included in this update
-Updated for ICS
-Added Android Action Bar
-New Tablet Layouts (side by side display)
-New tab pager with swipe gestures
-New Backend Server (this helped with a lot of the items on this list)
-Mini tour names for each store, no more generic “Cinco #1” names
-Beer Details (Brewer’s description, ABV, categories, styles, etc.) I’m still in the process of populating this data starting with the current Minitour beers.
-Rating sync (this will pull your ratings back down to your phone after a reinstall or to another device if you have multiple. Hopefully no more lost ratings.)
-Updated login page to accommodate newer date picker
-Updated beer history logic (I had a user send in an excellent example of the app horribly determining his current tour beers. This appears to be corrected now.)
-App update notifications

Almost Complete Features
-Custom names for beers, this will allow you to submit Minitour and Rotator beer names for your location.
-Beer comment system
-Personal beer notes
-Picture submission system for bottles and taps
-Rework remaining screens for tablets

Removed for this release (I’m in the process of re-adding these)
-Beer sorting
-Sample data upload
-Ratings for Rotators (this will be reimplemented with the custom names feature)

Features In Progress
-Sharing (Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc...)
-Beer suggestions based on previous ratings

Unfortunately all of this came at a slightly cost. Those of you running Android 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 won’t be able to use this update. Originally the update was slated to support Android 2.1, but it started exhibiting an odd database corruption issue which renders the app useless. As of this update, only Android 2.2 and higher will be supported unless I can find a fix for 2.1 in the future.

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We have added a feedback page under the website link below. Please use this or direct email for suggestions and issues.

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Update to support new Old Chicago World Beer Tour website.

What are users saying about Beer Tour

X70%
by X####:

This used to be a great app. Now you can no longer log in. When you enter your card and birth date it says credentials don't match and fails to log in. However, I can log in online fine and the birthday I supplied matches the card number.

S70%
by S####:

It's a great idea too bad it doesn't work.

X70%
by X####:

WTF!

X70%
by X####:

Works great, would just be nice if you guys kept the beer list updated. There are a lot of beer numbers at the store that are not in the app

Q70%
by Q####:

This looks like a great app. I'll update my post after a couple of weeks of use, but so far I LOVE IT!

D70%
by D####:

I fails to update daily and can be up to a few days before it does. Could add the "money credited to you card" as part of the main.display.

D70%
by D####:

Since I updated the app in late September I've had problems loading it. I assumed it was my phone because I've had other issues with said POS. The previous version worked flawlessly on my phone but the new one takes up to two minutes to load the first screen. I never got that far, losing patience long before it loaded and assuming that it locked up the app. Thus, I have awarded it 4 stars vice 5. I even sent some money because I like the app but mostly because I am attempting to do some Android programming myself and have a good idea of what you go through. If you can't fix the loading issue (it may be OC's server), I recommend a splash screen informing the user that the data is indeed loading and may take a couple of minutes. I hate work-arounds like that but sometimes you just have to compromise. I have informed the waitstaff at my local OC about the app, but next time I'm there, I'll let the manager know about it. If you want OC to pay attention you might have to adopt a bottom-up approach. If most of the store managers want it then you won't have to deal with some genius with an MBA who thinks they know better. Good luck and Cheers!

D70%
by D####:

Was glad to find an app that I could use on my phone. Although I was saddened to see you didn't have my home location listed. Franklin/Cool Springs it's a newer location. Please add so I and others can see our beers and minitours. Thanks.

D70%
by D####:

Love the app. Local Old Chicago even promotes it. They should make it an official app.

D70%
by D####:

Crashes after most recent update or it takes forever to load. Once up it works well. Great touch having mini tour beers labeled! I've used this for awhile now, time to $$$ the dev.

D70%
by D####:

Works great, would just be nice if you guys kept the beer list updated. There are a lot of beer numbers at the store that are not in the app

D70%
by D####:

First it denied my card and had to reinstall. Now it keeps crashing and freezing my phone. Will reninstall one more time then i won't bother with the app or the beer tour ever again.

R70%
by R####:

Best app to use to keep track of your tour hands down!

D70%
by D####:

Missing a lot of beers

D70%
by D####:

Has been running really slow.

D70%
by D####:

Current beer drank wasn't accurate with store.

Q70%
by Q####:

LAME

D70%
by D####:

Make Craftwork pay for this app. They can afford it, especially after they screwed us on the foamer mugs.

P70%
by P####:

Great app!

U70%
by U####:

The app isn't working on my LG optimus after the last update.

P70%
by P####:

Great app

D70%
by D####:

Yeah yeah yeah

D70%
by D####:

Keeps track of my awesome beers

Q70%
by Q####:

This app is great I think it should tell you when the mini tour starts and ends and then it would be 5*

D70%
by D####:

After the latest update, it is fully working again.

D70%
by D####:

Need to fix this app does not describe any beers does not help with mini tours

E70%
by E####:

Great app for tracking your WBT progress. Could be better with brewer's description, as most beers don't have a description and there are ALOT of beers you've never heard of on the tour.

D70%
by D####:

The new update with the Mini Tour information is a great addition. Thank you for this app!

D70%
by D####:

Quit updating. Not sure if it was the last release or what. Miss having it functional.

D70%
by D####:

It's nice having access to my beer list. Would like to see beer filters and a recommend a beer option.

D70%
by D####:

Awesome app for keeping track of your beer tour

D70%
by D####:

I love this app!

D70%
by D####:

Great way to keep track of my tour.

U70%
by U####:

On 5 different phones it no longer updates. Can't sign in.

D70%
by D####:

There are a few OC apps out there. This one is by far the best of them all. It it's unfortunate for both the app creator and the customers of OC that the corporation fails to see both the usefulness and the failed opportunities of supporting this. Seems Old Chicago has lost a lot of its regular customers due to large corporate choices being made without regard to its most loyal fans.

F70%
by F####:

OC has dumped a bunch of money into their new app, but I don't think it's any better than this one. I'd keep using this one if it still worked. It was great and it's a bummer OC wasn't nicer to this dev.

D70%
by D####:

Had this app for awhile, worked great before I switched to my new phone. Entered my new card info and it won't accept it anymore. I know it's valid. Had my gf check hers and it won't refresh instead it force closes. Appears that the developers gave up on this app so don't waste your time or your data!

O70%
by O####:

This looks like a great app. I'll update my post after a couple of weeks of use, but so far I LOVE IT!

D70%
by D####:

App loads up for first time use, then will never open again unless uninstalled and reinstalled. It can be a great app but obviously the creator finished tested it once and then moved on. Such a shame.

D70%
by D####:

Great app just dosent have all of the beers. I can't remember how much I liked each beer and I try to use it as a reference.


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