Avola and Mather have built Untappd into craft beer’s social media platform of choice in their spare time. Though, it isn’t the fact that Avola and Mather have built a platform that is now home to 2+ million users and has catalogued more than 500,000 beers (commercial and homebrewed from across the globe) while being geographically separated - and without any advertising or venture capital dollars - that’s impressive. Untappd co-founder Tim Mather - the company’s CEO and lead designer - is in California. The recommendation features has helped build a fiercely loyal user base of craft beer enthusiasts that topped 1.6 million by the end of 2014.Īvola is the East Coast half of Untappd and is based in New York. Untappd has grown its offerings since its launch five years ago. We want to help users plan their evening, to discover what beers to try.” “We’re focused on real-time and we focus more on the recommendation side. “Now, we see our app as a beer discovery app, rather than just a check-in service,” says Greg Avola, Untappd’s co-founder and chief technology officer. Greg Avola (top) and Tim Mather are Untappd’s co-founders.

Untapped beer app