Untappd will not recognize the shortened URL.
If the generator you’re using has an option to shorten the URL, don’t do it. Bring up the URL input functionality and paste the URL into the field. Įdit the URL to remove “b/-” and replace it with “qr/beer.” For example:Ĭopy the edited URL (the one that says “qr/beer”) and switch to your QR generator of choice, whether a website or smartphone app. It doesn’t matter whether you do this on a computer or smartphone. Step 2: Get the URLĪssuming your beer is already on Untappd, visit the web page for your beer using a web browser, not the app. QR codes can store text, URLs, contact information, calendar events, geolocations, and many more bits of information. I’ve been satisfied with TapMedia Ltd’s QR Reader for iPhone, though I’ve not shopped around. (I’ve successfully used and .) Alternatively, there’s an app for that…or a dozen. Simply search the web for “QR generator” and click on something that doesn’t look too suspicious. There is no shortage of free QR code generators. Bottle/keg label with your QR code printed on it.…is what you really should be asking and I’m going to show you how. If you’re interested, but haven’t yet added your homebrew to Untappd, visit, click the link to create a new account, and then click the link in the little yellow box for “ Getting on Untappd: Brewery Guide.” “What? You can make a QR code to check-in to your homebrew on Untappd!? …is something I don’t want to hear you ask. “What? You can add your homebrew to Untappd!?” Happily, Untappd’s barcode scanner plays just as nicely with homemade QR codes. Surely, as an avid homebrewer, though, you want to make it easier for your friends to check-in to your lovingly hand-crafted libations. Just tap the little barcode icon adjacent to the search box (per the current version 3.3.8) to activate the smartphone camera and scan away at the barcode found on most commercially bottled or canned beer. Speaking entirely hypothetically, though, after imbibing and checking-in to a few libations in one sitting, one might one’s ability to dexterously type your latest libation’s clever name all the more challenging … and good luck getting Siri to understand “Huma Lupa Licious!”īlessedly, in an early 2016 app update, Untappd debuted a barcode scanning feature to alleviate the chore of fat-thumbing the beer name into your smartphone. With the advent of the popular beer rating app Untappd, the drinking of beer dove headlong into social media gamification. …is a refrain I imagine myself hearing, though IMHO I haven’t enough. “Dude, why’s there a QR code on your beer?”
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