# BeerMenus Scraper - Craft Beer Prices & Bar Menus (`lulzasaur/beermenus-scraper`) Actor

Scrape craft beer prices and bar/restaurant menus from BeerMenus.com. Get 442K+ beers and 56K+ venues with prices, styles, ABV, brewery, and availability.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/beermenus-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 5 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## BeerMenus Scraper

Scrape craft beer data from [BeerMenus.com](https://www.beermenus.com) -- the largest craft beer menu database with 442,000+ beers and 56,000+ venues.

### Features

- **Search Beers** -- Find beers by name, style, or brewery. Returns name, style, ABV, calories, brewery, location, description, image, and nearby availability with prices.
- **Search Venues** -- Find bars, restaurants, breweries, and beer stores by location or name. Returns venue name, type, beer counts (tap/bottle/can), last updated date, and distance.
- **Both Mode** -- Scrape beers and venues in a single run.
- **Automatic Detail Enrichment** -- Beer search results are enriched with detail page data including full descriptions, brewery info, and where-to-buy listings with prices.
- **Pagination** -- Automatically follows pagination to collect up to 5,000 results.

### Input

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `scrapeType` | string | `beers` | `beers`, `venues`, or `both` |
| `searchQuery` | string | | Beer name, style, brewery, or venue to search. Leave empty to browse all. |
| `location` | string | | City/state/ZIP for venue search (e.g. `Denver`, `Brooklyn, NY`) |
| `maxResults` | integer | `200` | Max results per type (1-5000) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | | Optional proxy (usually not needed) |

### Output -- Beer Search

```json
{
  "type": "beer",
  "name": "Lagunitas IPA",
  "style": "IPA",
  "abv": "6.2%",
  "calories": 220,
  "brewery": "Lagunitas Brewing Company (Heineken)",
  "breweryLocation": "Petaluma, CA",
  "location": "Petaluma, CA",
  "description": "A well-rounded, highly drinkable IPA...",
  "url": "https://www.beermenus.com/beers/143443-lagunitas-ipa",
  "imageUrl": "https://d2sochvv0rudri.cloudfront.net/beer_labels/143443/thumb_lagunitas-ipa-3.jpg",
  "availability": [
    {
      "placeName": "The American Bull Bar and Grill",
      "placeUrl": "https://www.beermenus.com/places/28429-the-american-bull-bar-and-grill",
      "placeType": "Bar",
      "placeAddress": "1819 El Camino Real, Burlingame, CA 94010",
      "distance": "21.2 miles",
      "menuUpdated": "04/24/2026",
      "prices": [
        { "size": "16oz", "servingType": "Draft", "price": "$8" },
        { "size": "64oz", "servingType": "Pitcher", "price": "$28" }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Output -- Venue Search

```json
{
  "type": "venue",
  "name": "Toronado Pub",
  "placeType": "Bar",
  "beerCounts": "Casks: 2 | On Tap: 49 | Bottles: 35 | Cans: 19",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-04-25 17:44:43 -0500",
  "distance": "27.6 miles",
  "address": "547 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117",
  "url": "https://www.beermenus.com/places/1288-toronado-pub",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-25T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Use Cases

- **Beer price comparison** -- Find the cheapest place to buy your favorite craft beer nearby
- **Bar/restaurant discovery** -- Find venues with the best tap lists in any city
- **Brewery market research** -- Track which beers are most widely distributed
- **Menu monitoring** -- Track when venues update their beer menus
- **Data analysis** -- Analyze craft beer trends, pricing, and availability across regions

### Cost

This scraper uses minimal resources. BeerMenus serves lightweight HTML (~33KB per page) with no anti-bot protection, so no proxy is needed. A typical run of 50 beers with detail enrichment takes about 2 minutes.

### Notes

- BeerMenus has 442,640 beers and 56,962 places in their database
- No login or API key required
- Prices and availability are user-reported and may not always be current
- The `availability` field on beer results shows nearby venues based on the server's geolocation (or the proxy's location if using one)

# Actor input Schema

## `scrapeType` (type: `string`):

Choose what to scrape: beers, venues (bars/restaurants), or both.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Search term for beers (name, style, brewery) or venues. Leave empty to browse all.

## `location` (type: `string`):

City, state, or ZIP code to filter venues (e.g. 'Denver', 'Brooklyn, NY', '90210'). Only used for venue search.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to return per type (beers and/or venues).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings. BeerMenus typically works without proxies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "scrapeType": "beers",
  "searchQuery": "IPA",
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "IPA",
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/beermenus-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "IPA",
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/beermenus-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "IPA",
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/beermenus-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/beermenus-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/41fCmJydBdvbLZhPy/builds/G4jghtiLIRYTkkQCH/openapi.json