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The rotating tap list
Draft lines bind to one data table: name, style, ABV, price. New keg on? Edit the row from the walk-in and every board showing that tap updates — no re-typing the whole list.
Solutions · Bars & taprooms
A tap list that updates as fast as your kegs blow.
When the IPA kicks at 9pm, the board should know by 9:01. CanvasRelay runs draft lists, cocktail boards, and happy-hour promos on any TV behind the bar — changed from the phone in your pocket.
Built for a dark room
A tap-list canvas with room for what is pouring now.
The industrial taproom template is a real editable starting point: one identity banner, six structured offer regions, and enough contrast for a bar wall.- Linked names, ABV, prices, and sold-out state
- Happy-hour and event scenes on venue time
- Phone-friendly updates behind the bar
What goes on the screens
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Kicked, not awkward
Flag a keg sold out and the board strikes or dims the line instantly. 'What do you have that's like…' starts from what's actually pouring.
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Happy hour on a clock
The happy-hour board appears at 4 and disappears at 7 on its own — prices and all. Schedule it once; it runs every weekday forever, no staff ritual required.
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Events & game days
Countdown to trivia night, the fight-night promo, the band poster slideshow. A ticker scrolls upcoming events under the tap list without eating menu space.
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Cocktail & bottle boards
A second TV — or a rotating scene on the same one — carries the cocktail menu and the top-shelf list. Templates designed dark, because your bar is.
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Kitchen, if you have one
Food menus run on the same system with the same linked prices. One dashboard for the whole room; QR codes point at online ordering or the review link.
One venue day
Scheduled once. Resolved locally.
Scenes switch using the venue timezone and travel with the cached release, so the daypart logic keeps working offline.
Scheduling details →Venue timelineLocal schedule · active
- Playing nowFull tap list + food menu — every line, prices bound to the data table.
- Daypart 2Happy-hour prices scene flips in automatically; the countdown to trivia starts ticking.
- Daypart 3Back to standard pricing — on the minute, no one touches a remote.
- Daypart 4The IPA keg blows; you flag it from behind the bar and the line dims mid-pour.
- Daypart 5“Kitchen's closed, bar's open till 1” announcement takes over until close.
Keep exploring
Countdowns, QR codes, tickers
Widgets for trivia night countdowns, social QR codes, and scrolling announcements.
Read more →Try the menu photo import
Photograph the tap list and preview it as a board — free, no account.
Read more →How to display a menu on a TV
The three-step guide — design, connect, update from your phone.
Read more →A real venue running CanvasRelay
3 boards, 33+ linked items, sub-minute changes — on cheap Raspberry Pis.
Read more →Questions, answered
01Can bartenders update it mid-shift?+
Yes — invite them with menu-edit rights and they can flag sold-outs and fix a typo without being able to publish redesigns or touch billing. The phone flow is built for thumbs: big toggles, no tiny forms.
02Will it look right in a dark bar?+
The bar templates are designed dark-first with high-contrast type that clears a 10-foot readability check. Set your viewing distance and the editor warns you if anything is too small to read from a stool.
03What TVs does it run on?+
Any TV with HDMI plus a $30 Fire TV Stick, Android box, Raspberry Pi, or mini PC. Mount portrait for a tap list or landscape for a full menu — both are first-class.
04What if the Wi-Fi dies on a Friday night?+
Boards keep playing from the on-device cache — tap list, prices, schedule, everything. Changes you make queue up and land when the connection returns.
Get tonight's tap list on a screen.
Try the editor free — a dark bar-drinks template is built in, and your first live screen costs nothing.
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