Frother
Your palate, mapped.
The brief: the craft beer aisle is fifty cans and a guess. Tell people which one is theirs before they buy it.
where it started
Frother started in 2025 as a craft beer finder for Calgary. This year it got real data behind it: every beer Alberta and BC liquor stores carry, swept weekly. That's 7,770 beers from 365 breweries across 1,275 stores.
A short taste quiz builds your palate. Scan a shelf or a single can and each beer comes back as a safe bet, worth a try, or risky for you. Ask the sommelier anything, by text or out loud, and it shows you where to buy.
how and why
Beer is a warm, after-hours thing, so Frother is too: stout-dark grounds, one amber that glows like a lit tap, and soft, slightly wonky Fraunces headlines that read like a chalkboard menu. The clay drinkers keep it a little ridiculous on purpose.
It's honest in the same voice: when a rating isn't on record it says so, instead of making one up.
