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Brewpitopes is a pipeline that curates bioinformatic B-cell epitope predictions obtained by integrating different state-of-the-art tools. We used additional computational predictors to account for subcellular location, glycosylation status, and surface accessibility of the predicted epitopes. The implementation of these sets of rational filters optimizes\n                    <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>\n                    antibody recognition properties of the candidate epitopes. To validate Brewpitopes, we performed a proteome-wide analysis of SARS-CoV-2 with a particular focus on S protein and its variants of concern. In the S protein, we obtained a fivefold enrichment in terms of predicted neutralization versus the epitopes identified by individual tools. We analyzed epitope landscape changes caused by mutations in the S protein of new viral variants that were linked to observed immune escape evidence in specific strains. 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