What Snooty Beer Should I Drink? [Infographic]
BeerMapper Style Guide Each beer style is color coded, and styles are grouped roughly together by how close nearest neighbors are to each other. Check out the spread of lime-green. Pilsner as a style infiltrates a lot of categories. Conversely, "Belgian light" is a dog's dinner of styles -- not surprisingly, because that category probably encompasses a fair number of distinct beer styles including blonde ales, saisons, tripels and golden ales. Kevin JamiesonAn experimental app designed by a computer scientist can best-guess your beer preferences. Interested in beer, but are somewhat confused by all of the styles and technical jargon that encrusts the current craft movement? Computer science graduate student Kevin Jamieson has created an experimental app that will help you navigate your next encounter at the snooty beer bar. Jamieson studies machine learning, but wanted to construct a practical implementation of a process called active ranking on an iPad, so...