Over the last 2-3 months I’ve been playing with hops data from the Beer Maverick website, where they have profiles of hundreds of hops based on aroma/flavor data. This type of data is a natural for a network graph, where we can see the relationships between hops and the aroma characteristics; hops with similar profiles…
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Hop Network, Part 2
I recently posted about developing a hop network using data from the Beer Maverick site. As I slowly add data the network graph can be refreshed and tweaked; eventually I’ll land on a combination of styles, colors, and sizes that optimize the graph for interactive exploration. For the latest rendition, we’re up to 10 hops,…
Developing a Hop Network
In my last post I talked enthusiastically about the Beer Maverick site and their detailed information about hops (> 300 types). That information got me thinking about creating a hop network where each hop would be positioned based on their relationship to each of the nine aroma types identified on the Beer Maverick site. Here’s…
The Search for Beer Data, Part 1
One of the challenges to providing interesting content for this site lies in the scarcity of interesting data sources on the beer industry, especially at the craft beer level. There is certainly data in the beer universe (think Untappd, Beer Advocate, BreweryDB, etc.) but not a lot that is accessible via API or traditional databases….