You might want to consider getting involved with the Open Beer Database (for the beer listings themselves) rather than become yet another island of beer informa

You might want to consider getting involved with the Open Beer Database (for the beer listings themselves) rather than become yet another island of beer information on the web. "The goal of the Open Beer Database is to centralize basic beer and brewery information. We respect and enjoy all of the beer related communities that have sprung up across the internet, however, our main concern is the non-open nature of these community's databases. The continual duplication of this data will eventually lead to incomplete and/or out-of-date sources for basic beer and brewery data." http://openbeerdb.com/ http://openbeerdb.com/ I'm a BeerAdvocate.com user but I do think that there is room for a more social rating/sharing site that is more focused on questions like: What are my friends drinking/recommending? What do I like? What is available near me? edit - I'd recommend looking the "BeerAdvocate Talk & Site Help " board on BeerAdvocate and picking out the suggestions that are related to social sharing of information and ratings. The site is very much focused on long-form reviews and these types of suggestions are often shot down, but the ideas and opinions should be valuable to you.