Brewbound will also host a live-streamed event on Thursday, April 16, at 3 p.m.

Watch the video above, and look for additional video conversations in the coming days and weeks on. In the above video interview with Brewbound, Avola also discusses law changes during the pandemic and whether those will remain in place post-COVID-19, the future of the on-premise and Untappd’s own events business, and the integration of Beer Advocate, which the company acquired in February. “What we’re trying to build are viable products on our platform that not only help during COVID but also help us post COVID, as well,” he added. The new features added to Untappd have been built with the intention of maintaining them in a post-COVID-19 world, Avola said.

Over the last three weeks, Untappd at Home has received 2.5 million check ins, with more than 600,000 users using the feature, Avola added. venues trending at all since middle of March,” Avola said.

“My favorite stat to look at on a Friday or Saturday night is what venues are trending on Untappd from a global perspective, and honestly, over the last three or four weeks, there have been no U.S. The check-ins on Untappd, which collects a rich data set, has shown that consumers are heeding stay-at-home orders, even in states without mandatory directives.

Untappd co-founder Greg Avola and his team got to work, adding the Untappd At Home feature, which allows the app’s users to tag themselves at home and gather virtually, and Greg’s List, a searchable list of breweries, bars, taprooms and restaurants where consumers can buy beer-to-go, pick up beer curbside and purchase gift cards.The company has also launched Untappd TV, where it hosts virtual happy hours. Much like the breweries selling beer curbside and delivering cases to consumers, Untappd has also had to adapt and innovate.

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