The Sacramento Beer Week application – Beerhaps – is the creation of craft beer enthusiasts Ryan Tubbs and Chris Haney. During a road trip in July 2011, Tubbs and Haney were inspired to create the app after a craving for Lagunitas made Tubbs wish there was a button on his phone that could help him find one.

Months later, Tubbs and Haney decided to aim their app to the Sacramento Beer Week crowd, confident it will help people find events, beers and establishments throughout the event.

“For people coming into Sacramento, especially for beer week, we think it’s going to be a great way to get people to access different locations that they’ve never been to,” Tubbs said. “They’ll be able to look inside the proprietor’s doors without having to literally step foot in there if they don’t want to. But we’re hoping it entices people to want to.”

Sacramento Beer Week director Dan Scott said he is excited about the app’s potential and the convenience it will provide beer week participants.

“I’m thinking that this is going to be a great tool for people to be able to figure out what they want to do and where they want to go,” Scott said. “Hopefully it will provide a little more fun and make it easier for people to discover new places and new beers.”

After Beer Week, the app will continue to operate, bringing users specials and information on users’ favorite bars and brews.

The Sacramento Beer Week app is available in the app store under the title Beerhaps and is free to download in the iTunes App Store and Android Marketplace.

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