VtBeerTrail


**What does your Instant Answer do?**

Provides an overview of craft beer brewers in the State of Vermont, target audience being craft beer fans and those researching craft beer tourist destinations.

**What problem does your Instant Answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?**

Aggregates salient information about all the brewers in the state: site, social media, location, branding & logos, and presents it for an individual brewer.  More information is available if the community feels it's appropriate.

**What is the data source for your Instant Answer? (Provide a link if possible)**

**[The Data](http://vtbeertrail.com/data/vtbrewers.json)**

**Why did you choose this data source?**

I authored both this one true data file as well as the site upon which it depends, **[VT Beer Trail](http://www.vtbeertrail.com)**.

**Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?**

There are certainly deeper beer related resources available, but none that are focused solely on Vermont's craft brewers.

**What are some example queries that trigger this Instant Answer?**

"vermont breweries", "vermont beer", "vermont beer trail", "beer trail in vermont"

**Which communities will this Instant Answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)**

Craft beer fans, beer tourists.

**Is this Instant Answer connected to a DuckDuckHack [Instant Answer idea](https://duck.co/ideas)?**

Not that I am aware.

**Which existing Instant Answers will this one supersede/overlap with?**

N/A

**Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?**

Yes.

The map image you will see in the detail pane of my proposed IA, I find to be the cheesy side of cheesy, but here's why it exists, currently as a placeholder.

Allow me to go backwards one step first.  If I query [crop bistro and brewery location](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=crop+bistro+and+brewery+location), your Places IA properly kicks in and the presentation is fantastic!  Clearly you guys are bringing in two(2) data sources for that presentation: OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Yelp.

The phrase "two data sources" is where I hit my limits.

Ideally to me this proposed IA would incorporate a "real" map in the detail pane, and that is where I would need help, if this is something that can even be exposed to outside contributors!

Here's another thing though, **[The Data File](http://vtbeertrail.com/data/vtbrewers.json)** already has the lat/lon co-ordinates for each brewer's location one needs to send to OSM, so the interim step of asking MapQuest to geo-code a Place seems redundant.

N.B. I have also presented a question within the CSS code comments.

**What are the terms of use for the API? Will DuckDuckGo need specific authorization (e.g. an API key)? Are there any costs associated with API usage?**

Free to use, my contribution.  If there is a specific open source license DDG prefers to work with, I will incorporate that language, however one does that.

**Where did you hear about DuckDuckHack? (For first time contributors)**

I forget :( .  But when I discovered you were located in Paoli, I was sold.

**What does the Instant Answer look like? (Provide a screenshot for new or updated Instant Answers)**

![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/873785/5136935/7a48b820-70fe-11e4-85c4-0becb3a1d92f.png)

## Checklist
Please place an 'X' where appropriate.

[x] Added metadata and attribution information

[x] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory

[x] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines (https://duck.co/duckduckhack/design_styleguide)

[x] Verified that instant answer adheres to code styleguide (https://duck.co/duckduckhack/code_styleguide)

[] Tested cross-browser compatibility

    Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
    - Windows 8
        [] Google Chrome
        [] Firefox
        [] Opera
        [] IE 10

    - Windows 7
        [] Google Chrome
        [] Firefox
        [] Opera
        [] IE 8
        [] IE 9
        [] IE 10

    - Windows XP
        [] IE 7
        [] IE 8

    - Mac OSX
        [] Google Chrome
        [] Firefox
        [] Opera
        [] Safari

    - iOS (iPhone)
        [] Safari Mobile
        [] Google Chrome
        [] Opera

    - iOS (iPad)
        [] Safari Mobile
        [] Google Chrome
        [] Opera

    - Android
        [] Firefox
        [] Native Browser
        [] Google Chrome
        [] Opera
```

I don't have a device lab :(, just my Ubuntu 12.04 work station, running Chrome and it's amazing Dev-Tools emulator.

I went with the on-line service DDG recommends, www.codio.com, because I was not comfortable messing with/upgrading the Perl version running locally.

Once you switch to the 'Places' view you won't need to set the templates and you should be able to remove your custom detail templates.