Friends + Beer = Awesomeness 1

Posted by Tim
on Wednesday, September 03
Here at BrewSocial, we've been spending a lot of time figuring out how we can improve one of the most important pages within site: the beer page. We thought that was incredibly important, because well, the site is all about beer after all! A few key things we tried to improve:

- Your friends: Something that we've been working on for some time is the ability to let you know if you're friends have tried a beer or have any opinions on the beers you're looking at. So, you'll now see a new "Your Friends" section if one of your friends has the beer on their list. Things like reviews and ratings will also show up. And don't worry if you're on a page and you don't see the section; it just means that none of your friends have added that beer to their fridge.

- Less cluttered look and feel: We wanted to make the things that are really important really jump out at you. Hence, it should be very easy to change the status of the beer on your shelf and to read the reviews of others. Additionally, we tried to make the picture one of the first things you will see!

- A new area to manage your relationship with the beer: We've created a new area in the top right of the page that should easily let you add the beer to your shelf and rate it. Now you can easily do this in one place!

As always, please either pass along thoughts, comments and suggestions either in the comments section of this blog or to feedback@livingsocial.com. And don't forget to check out the new design and functionality on our other verticals like ReelSocial and TuneSocial.

BrewSocial 2.0!

Posted by adam
on Thursday, July 03
Just a quick little note... those of you who are regular users have probably noticed a few changes to DrinkingSocial over the past few days. Well, we're happy to announce that we've released the 2.0 version of BrewSocial. We've decided to change the application's name to BrewSocial to make it crystal clear that this is all about beer! There are a few kinks that need to be worked out, but we're certain that it's a great step up in helping you manage and display your collections. Make sure to check out the new "home" page and the "manage" tab, which has been significantly updated to allow you to find more info about the activity of your friends (home page) and easily organize your collection (manage tab). As always, please let us know your feedback and pass along requests for future improvements!