For those who just want to find the best beer, there’s an app for that. Whatever your reason to enjoy that nice cool beverage, to be sociable, or just to relax after a hard days work “remember know when to say when” and “drink responsibly”.

iBeer

iBeer is available for both the iPhone and Android. Drink beer on your iPhone. This is clearly the king of all bear apps. iBeer is a simple novelty program that stimulates the appearance of a cold refreshing glass of beer in your hand. This app was developed to be the next best thing when an actual beer is nowhere to be found.

Beer Cloud

Beer Cloud is available for the iPhone. Beer Cloud is a very impressive app for the beer connoisseur. This app includes many great features. With this app you have the ability to locate your favorite beer in your area, pair beers with foods, and even get a full description of any beer by scanning the bar code on the label. Find that perfect beer no matter what the occasion may be.



iBeers Pro

iBeers Pro is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This app puts over 2700 beers at the comfort of your fingertips and lets you sift through the rest to find the perfect beer for you. This app allows you the ability to search a very extensive database of beers from around the world, including where they are made, their ingredients, alcohol content, user rating, and bottle sizes.



Gallagher’s Beer Guide

Gallagher's Beer Guid is available for the iPhone. Do you have more than a like of beer? Maybe an appreciation for it? Gallagher’s Beer Guide is a beer educational guide. This app offers an extensive amount of information on craft beers and their unique styles and distinctive flavors. It includes a notepad for you to keep track of your favorites.



iBrew Master

iBeer is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Have you ever wanted to make your own beer? I know that you have. You like many others are curious as to process of brewing beer. This app was developed for home brewers to manage their brewing process. This app comes complete with recipes, ingredient IDs, timers, metric conversion software and more. If you are interested in the process of making your own brew, this app is for you.



Beer Prophet

Beer Prophet is available for the iPhone & iPad. This app recommends beers that you’re likely to enjoy based on your past preferences. You can continuously update your taste profile by making entries in your personal beer journal of your likes and dislikes of those beers that you have already sampled. With over 5000 beers and growing.

Now that I have provided you with a small list of great beer apps, give them a try and tell me what you think? Did I forget to include a favorite beer app of yours?

Wayne Tempel is a freelance writer who has contributed to many articles on the web. You can follow him on Twitter