E’s Note:  Welcome, StumbleUpon!  As it turns out, D and I have been so hard at work on this site, we’ve been neglecting our poor blog.  In fact, I’ve lost the blog a couple of times over the course of development, and was completely surprised that there wasn’t a link to our main page!  The real magic, and what we’re absolutely the most proud of, starts at http://beersurfing.com, http://beersurfing.com/bars, and if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, http://beersurfing.com/map.  We created Beersurfing to help wayward travelers find a drink and excellent company wherever they travel, and we are elated that so many people are enjoying our site.  Thanks, and happy Beersurfing!
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Last week we discovered you can’t hide anything from Google, who managed to index our testing site. We’re not sure how they found it, but personally I like surprises. Don’t get me wrong, we are quite happy that people have been using the site to find a place to drink, but because of this, we’ve unexpectedly been running a live beta of Beersurfing for a few weeks, and it’s all been on our test site! Our traffic is steadily increasing to due to search engine hits for completely obscure breweries (sweet!), so as you can imagine, E’s been under some pressure to finish up work on the site quickly and get it flying. He finished up the last bit of major coding this weekend and opened the site up for beta testing last night. All traffic on the old testing site will now redirect to its corresponding (and correct!) page on Beersurfing.

To create an account, you’ll need to receive an invitation to join from one of the existing members, who are currently beta testing the site to help identify any last-minute bugs. The general public can, however, use the website to search for bars and breweries as much as they like, and are only limited in what they can contribute to the site. Visit the Bars section to find a place to drink among our 11,000+ bars we’ve located for you and get lost in that wonderful state of mind that is beersurfing!

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions or general feedback, send an email or use the feedback link at the top of the page.

Get drunk and be merry!