It is not a rating app, a check-in app, or a social network. It’s a reference — the history of the world’s breweries, an original encyclopedia of beer styles, and curated city guides to the pubs, beer gardens, and festivals that reward a journey. The long reads behind it all live in the magazine.
OnlyBeer is independently built and personally curated by The Beer Cartographer. Every fact carries its source. Venue pages show when they were last verified, because nothing kills trust like a beer map full of closed doors.
How we handle data
Structured facts are seeded from open sources (Wikidata, Open Brewery DB, OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors) and enriched from primary sources like brewery and festival websites. All prose is written fresh for OnlyBeer. Saved lists will always be exportable — your data is yours.