Announcing the Craft Beer New York App: Out November 15

You might say I'm a glutton for punishment. The last three years have been a madcap whirlwind of writing books (have you got your copy of Brewed Awakening yet?!), writing hundreds of articles, getting married and going on an endless, endlessly drunken book tour. Oh, and then I wrote another beer b ook, which I just wrapped up a few weeks ago—more details to come next year. So you'd think I'd want to sit on my rear end, perhaps drink a beer out of pleasure, instead out of journalistic duty (not that there's really a difference, actually).

But no.

Instead, the fine folks at London's Blue Crow Media met with me and said, "Hey, Josh. You live in New York. You like to drink craft beer. You even used to review bars."

I said, "That is very true."

They said, "Would you like to write an iPhone app on the best craft beer bars, breweries and bottle shops in New York?"

"No," I said. Then I thought about it. Nearly every day, people ask me where to get the best beer in New York. Because I grew up in Ohio and have good manners, I tell them. By doing this app, folks would get all my picks and my wildly subjective opinions in one place! "I'll do it," I said."

Thus, for the last three weeks, most of my sober (and not so sober) moments have been reserved for writing up reviews on the city's top spots for craft beer. It's tough, thankless work, and I'm all too happy to do it. The app should drop in November, just in time for the holiday rush. You can follow the app's Twitter feed for news on New York drinking and my very swollen liver, or visit the website.