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The American whiskey companion
Know your palate.
Find your perfect pour.
Built around you, not the bottle — it learns your taste, then matches every pour to it.
1776 · America’s 250th · 2026
America’s native spirit — 250 years on.
Two hundred and fifty years of America’s native spirit — and, at last, a companion worthy of her.
The simple version
So, what is it?
Every whiskey app is built around the bottle. The Perfect Pour is built around you — it learns your taste, then matches every bottle, pour, and trail stop to it. So you drink what you love, not what you’re told to.
Most whiskey apps just show you scores: this bottle’s a 94, it’s rare, everyone wants it. The Perfect Pour does the opposite. It figures out what you actually enjoy in a glass, then reads everything else against that.
First, it learns your palate.
A quick 90-second quiz — mostly not even about whiskey — draws your Palate Print, a map of the flavors you lean toward. Every pour you log makes it sharper.
Then your palate guides everything.
Snap a label to fill your Rickhouse (your collection), ask “what should I pour tonight?” and get the right glass, and know whether a bottle you’re chasing is worth it for you before you buy.
And the part that’s different — the Trail.
It plans a bourbon-country trip matched to your taste, orders your flight when you walk into a tasting room, and lets you collect a hand-engraved stamp at every stop in your Trail Passport.
It’s free to start, and a guide named Franklin is built in — calm, knows his stuff, and (his words) “nobody pays me to push bottles.” You don’t need to know a thing about whiskey to begin. That’s the point.
Know your palate. Find your perfect pour.
Free to start
What’s free. What’s paid.
The heart of the app — your palate and the Trail — is free. You pay only when you want the planning, the depth, and the daily brief.
Free
$0 always
- Your Rickhouse — catalog & log every pour
- Your Palate Print & Pour Print
- The Cut Daily — short daily read
- The Trail — find distilleries, see your palate match, check in, earn stamps & start your Passport
Bourbon Enthusiast
$5.99/mo or $59/yr
- Everything free, plus
- Franklin’s AI bottle research & full Chase List
- Share a Pour, Handshakes & sensory training
- The Trail’s planner — Trailmaker trips & the Flight (guided tasting)
Flagship
Bourbon Keeper
$99/yr Founder rate
- Everything in Enthusiast, plus
- Full palate matches across your whole world
- The AWIB industry brief · Allocation Calendar
- Tasting Nights, valuation & insurance-ready export
- 30-day free trial — no card
Bourbon Keeper is $14.99/mo or $149/yr standard; the $99 Founder rate holds for as long as you stay subscribed.
Founder rate — $99 / year, now through July 3, 2027. See full pricing →
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Everything above, in full — whenever you want it.
What is The Perfect Pour?
Every whiskey app is built around the bottle; this one is built around you. It learns your taste, then matches every bottle, pour, and trail stop to it — so you drink what you love, not what you’re told to. A 90-second quiz starts your Palate Print; every pour you log sharpens it. Free to start.
What does it cost?
Free, always, for the basics — your Rickhouse, your pours, your Palate Print, and the Trail (find distilleries, check in, earn stamps, build your Passport). Bourbon Enthusiast is $5.99 / mo (or $59 / yr). Bourbon Keeper is the flagship — the Founder rate is $99 / year, now through July 3, 2027 ($149 standard after), and it comes with a 30-day trial, no card.
Who’s it for?
Anyone who pours — from your first Glencairn to a two-hundred-bottle shelf. The $25 bottle gets the same attention as the $250 bottle.
Is my data private?
Yes. Your Rickhouse is yours. It lives on your device and syncs to your account — we don’t sell it, and nothing about your collection is public unless you choose to share it.
The Perfect Pour is designed and built by John Schuster II — Digital Product Architect, Executive Bourbon Steward, and host of the Chasing the Unicorn podcast.
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