Posts by Nick
Press Release: Craft Beer Recommendation App Barly Adds Tap List Search For 100,000+ Venues
Los Angeles, California – Barly’s most recent update, released this week, includes a feature called Location Search that lets a user see what beers are on tap and get personalized recommendations at over 100,000 bars, brewery tap rooms, and restaurants worldwide. Location Search marks a major milestone for Barly. Previously, users were provided recommendations only…
Read MoreBarly is live for iOS
We’ve been hard at work since our last post to port your personal bartender from Android over to iOS. Today, we’re incredibly excited to announce that Barly is live for iPhone! We’ve had an awesome group of people helping us test it to get it ready for a public release, and we are so proud…
Read MorePint/Counterpint: No, AB InBev buying craft breweries is not a good thing
A few days ago we posted Barly COO Craig Vermeyen’s take on big brewers acquiring craft breweries. Our Chief Tech Officer, Hunter Knight, adamantly disagrees. We’re glad to keep this debate going. Here’s Hunter’s rebuttal, with Craig’s original post in block quotes: I think AB InBev acquiring craft breweries is a good thing. There, I…
Read MorePint/Counterpint: AB InBev buying craft breweries a good thing?
Here at Barly, part of our love of craft beer expresses itself as spirited debate. Hearing all of the sides of an argument is a great way to learn about a topic, so as part of our effort to educate the world about beer we’re starting a series called Pint/Counterpint. A few days ago our COO, Craig Vermeyen, got into…
Read MoreGet to know a founder: Nick Norton
To finish off our Get to know a founder series, today we’ve got Barly CEO Nick Norton. Nick cut his teeth in running music organizations and nonprofits, and is ecstatic to combine his skills with his love of beer. But we’ll let him say more about that. What excites you about working on Barly? One…
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Get to know a founder: Hunter Knight
When we were struck by the idea for Barly at Waypoint Public House in San Diego about a year ago, the decision to move forward hinged largely on Hunter Knight’s “yeah, I could probably code that.” Wow are we thankful that he was right. Today, take a moment to get the know the man who…
Read MoreGet to know a founder: Craig Vermeyen
Next up in our series of interviews with company founders is chief operating officer Craig Vermeyen. While we work on coding and getting Barly to users, Craig works to keep us all working. He also looks fantastic in a bow tie. Here’s Craig: What excites you about working on Barly? The lack of red tape…
Read MoreGet to know a founder: Mike Weil
Hi there! Welcome to Barly’s Better Beer Blog. We’ll occasionally post fun beer news and educational materials, updates about the app, the company, our team, and stuff like that here. To get us started, here’s an interview with our founding Chief Product Officer, Mike Weil. What excites you about working on Barly? I am excited to…
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