The Perfect Pour.
Guided by Franklin.
Find the right bottle. Not the rarest one.
Two hundred and fifty seats. Two hundred and fifty years. America’s native spirit gets a tool worthy of her.
Welcome in. Hear Franklin.
Beta opens June 1. The first 250 testers receive a year of Bourbon Steward — on the house — when the app goes public.
The Perfect Pour, in five.
A guide who isn’t selling.
Franklin reads what’s in your glass, what’s on your shelves, and what you’ve been hunting — then points at what fits you, not what fits a margin. No angle behind the recommendation but yours.
A palate that knows itself.
Your Palate Print sharpens with every pour. The shape starts to show after ten. After fifty, it reads like a fingerprint — and so does what you should reach for next.
Bourbon, in plain English.
A sensory practice, not a status club. The Cut Daily, structured classes, the American Whiskey Industry Brief for serious collectors, and the Slow Pour ritual. Every concept tied back to what shows up in your glass.
Your shelves, captured.
Your Rickhouse holds everything. Each bottle through its real arc — sealed, open, empty, vaulted, gifted. Three devices in sync. When you need the document, the answer’s already there.
Find your people. Pour with them.
Handshakes formalized in-app. Gift a Tasting. Friends pinned privately — no notifications, no follower counts. The hunt list connected to what your friends have spotted. Less alone. More signal.
For the first 250.
A gift of the Steward Year — for your part in finding the perfect pour.
“For the first 250 who pour with us before launch — your Bourbon Steward year is on the house. Every section. Every weekday. Every research call. You poured first; the app sharpens for everyone after you.”
— Franklin
Your Steward Year activates on commercial release. One year, no card on file. Reverts to the free tier after the year unless you subscribe. Full Steward Year terms.
Five things you’ll do in your first week.
Scan a bottle. Fill your Rickhouse.
Snap the label. The app pulls the lineage, the mash bill, the story. Each bottle starts moving through its real arc — sealed, open, empty, vaulted, gifted.
— Your shelves, captured.
Log a Slow Tasting.
Six steps, one pour, no rush. Built around nose, palate, and finish — and the words that go with them. The first lesson in plain English is the one in your own glass.
— Bourbon, in plain English.
Watch your Palate Print sharpen.
Across every pour you log, a pattern emerges. The pattern is yours. Ten pours in, the shape starts to show. Fifty in, it reads like a fingerprint.
— Know what you actually like.
Hear from Franklin when something matters.
Not all the time. When you cross a milestone, when a bottle’s running low, when you’ve found something that fits you — he says what’s worth saying. No selling.
— A guide who doesn’t sell.
Pour with a friend.
Handshake a small pour to someone you trust — the app tracks it in both Logbooks. Or Gift a Tasting: a whole bottle wrapped in a guided first pour. Less alone. More signal.
— Pour with us.
Why this exists.
The bourbon shelf had become a leaderboard. Bourbon — the most hospitable spirit in the cabinet — quietly forgot how to host. The Perfect Pour was built to put the conversation back.
John Schuster and Shauna Hann built it together — co-founders of Drunken Unicorn Productions, same-class Executive Bourbon Stewards through Stave & Thief Society, educators by training and practice. The app spent years in their own Rickhouse before anyone else poured a drop.
Two retired combat-proven Army officers. One Bronze Star. One published historian. Fifty years in uniform between them. The service is part of the story. Not the headline.
The app is built by a partnership, not a person.
Beta opens June 1.
The first 250 pour first.
Take your seat.
The first 250 testers receive a gift of the Steward Year — a year of Bourbon Steward, on the house, when the app opens commercially.
Your Rickhouse lives on the device you install on. Tell us which one so we can set you up right.
Common questions.
What is The Perfect Pour?
A bourbon companion app that learns your palate from your own pours. Franklin coaches you toward bottles that fit you — not the bottles everyone else is chasing. Made by the operation behind Chasing the Unicorn and Drunken Unicorn.
What does it cost?
Free, always, for the basic level — track your Rickhouse, log your pours, see your Pour Print and Palate Print. Bourbon Enthusiast is $6.99 a month and adds sharing surfaces. Bourbon Steward is $14.99 a month and turns Franklin’s deeper research on. The first 250 beta testers get Bourbon Steward free for a year on commercial release.
Who’s it for?
Anyone who pours. The $25 bottle gets the same attention as the $250 bottle. If you’ve ever stared at a bourbon shelf and wondered what’s actually for you, the app is for you.
What’s the catch?
None. The beta is free. The free tier stays free. The paid tiers exist because Franklin’s deeper research costs real money to run — not because we hide the good stuff behind a paywall.
When does the year of Bourbon Steward start?
On commercial release, currently targeted for fall 2026. You’ll get an email when it activates. One year, no card on file. Reverts to the free tier after the year unless you subscribe.
Is my data private?
Your pours are yours. Your Palate Print is yours. The shared distillery database is opt-in — your research helps the next collector’s chase, never your account name. Full privacy policy.