Not to be confused with previous Free Idea Friday Cold Beer, this would be a website that lists bars, and their beer prices, only. No pictures, no reviews or editorials. No descriptions of the crowd that gathers there and how cool/trendy/hipster/tattooed/townie/gay bar/dance club/meat market/dive/etc it is. Just a list of what beers the bar serves. It would also need to note which are on tap, in bottles, and in cans, and the price of each. It should also list if the bar ever charges a cover charge.
I’m a little up in the air still on if specials should be noted, or if it should just be the maximum price you will ever pay for a given beer at a given bar. I’m also a little up in the air on if it should include other types of drinks they have (cider, wine, cocktails, shots), and if so, do you limit it to what’s on the menu, or whatever they’ll make. I would lean towards including all alcohol that’s listed on the menu (if there is one), and noting specials but not real prominently.
The website should also allow you to search by distance from a given location, by which bars have a particular beer (for instance, Guinness on tap, PBR in a 20 oz can, Fat Tire in a bottle, etc), price for a given beer, and any combination of the above (for instance, find a bar within a mile that has Guinness on tap for $5 or less, doesn’t serve 20oz’s of PBR, and has some kind of hard cider).
I think this would be interesting not only as a great way to find a cheap place to drink with your friends and a handy way to find place that serve any obscure beers you may like, but also for how much you could tell about a place by what beers they have there and the price of each.