diff --git a/web/frontend/app/features/breweries/BREWERY_INDEX_HANDOFF.md b/web/frontend/app/features/breweries/BREWERY_INDEX_HANDOFF.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Brewery index redesign — data gaps
+
+Frontend for the new `/breweries` layout is integrated with real data wherever the API already supports it. These gaps are filled with lorem-ipsum-style filler until the backend catches up:
+
+- **Featured brewery** — no "editorially flagged" concept exists (no field, no endpoint). Currently defaults to the most recently created brewery. Needs a real flag (e.g. `IsFeatured` + an admin toggle, or a rotation query) plus the "week" cadence implied by the "THIS WEEK" badge.
+- **Brewery tagline / one-line note** — `SimplifiedBreweryDto` (used by both `/locations` and `/locations/nearby`) has no description-like field. The nearby list and recently-added cards use filler note text. Needs a short field added to that DTO (or a truncated `Description`).
+- **Founded year, beers listed count, house style** — none of these exist anywhere in the domain (`BreweryPost` has no founding date or style; there's no beer-count aggregate; `Features.Beers` has no query handlers at all yet). Featured card stats are entirely filler.
+- **Total brewery count** — no lightweight count endpoint. CTA copy ("All N partner breweries...") uses a filler number rather than an unbounded fetch just to count rows. Needs something like `GET /api/brewery/count`.
+- **Distance** is computed client-side (Haversine) from the coordinates `/locations/nearby` already returns — no backend change needed there.
+- **Manual location entry** — "Change location" button re-requests browser geolocation only; there's no geocoding/place-search endpoint to resolve a typed address, so free-text entry isn't wired up yet.
diff --git a/web/frontend/app/features/breweries/breweries.server.ts b/web/frontend/app/features/breweries/breweries.server.ts
index cc8a4629..a2db14ce 100644
--- a/web/frontend/app/features/breweries/breweries.server.ts
+++ b/web/frontend/app/features/breweries/breweries.server.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,30 @@ export const getBreweryLocations = async (): Promise<SimplifiedBrewery[]> => {
     return body.payload;
 };
 
+export const getBreweryLocationsNearby = async (
+    latitude: number,
+    longitude: number,
+    rangeInMetres: number,
+): Promise<SimplifiedBrewery[]> => {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({
+        latitude: String(latitude),
+        longitude: String(longitude),
+        rangeInMetres: String(rangeInMetres),
+    });
+
+    const res = await fetchApi(`/api/brewery/locations/nearby?${params}`);
+
+    if (!res.ok) {
+        throw data(`Failed to load nearby breweries (${res.status}).`, {
+            status: res.status,
+            statusText: res.statusText,
+        });
+    }
+
+    const body: ApiResponse<SimplifiedBrewery[]> = await res.json();
+    return body.payload;
+};
+
 export const getBreweryById = async (id: string): Promise<Brewery | null> => {
     const res = await fetchApi(`/api/brewery/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`);