Whiskykort help

Filters are grouped under Places, Filter places, Production and Map & regions. Click or tap a heading to open a group. Your selections are kept when you collapse a group or close the filter panel.

The screenshots show the map in the dark theme with a selection of places on Islay. Counts and selections are examples and may change. Images follow the page language; choose Mobile or Desktop to see the other view.

On mobile: Tap the search/filter icon above the map, then Filters. Tap the handle at the top of the panel, or drag it upwards, for more space. Scroll inside the panel and close it with the cross or by tapping outside. On desktop, close the panel to make the map wider and reopen it with Filters.

1. Choose places, country and properties

   Under Places, turn Distilleries, Bottlers and Whisky bars on or off. Under Filter places, choose Country, Whisky type, Other and Distillery status. Country applies to all three types of place; whisky type, Other and status apply to distilleries.

   Open a filter list and use Search this list to find an option. This search only narrows the list of options; it does not change filters you have already selected. You can select multiple countries or statuses. For Whisky type and Other, a distillery must match all selected properties.

   Example: Select Scotland under Country and Active under Distillery status to show active Scottish distilleries. Turn Bottlers and Whisky bars off under Places if you only want to see distilleries.

   

2. Show raw materials, casks and maturation sites

   Open Production and enable Water sources, Peat, Maltings, Cooperages or Warehouses and maturation sites. You can display several layers at once. Production layers are shown independently of country, whisky type and distillery status.

   Wait for the place count to appear beneath the layer. Click or tap Show production places to zoom to all places in the selected production layers. On mobile, the filter panel closes so you can see the map. If a layer cannot be loaded, click or tap Try again.

   Click or tap a production marker for details, sources and any distillery connections. Uncertain connections are labelled in the details. The layers contain selected, documented places; markers represent places rather than area boundaries.

   

3. Change the map type and show whisky regions

   Under Map & regions, choose Map type. OpenStreetMap is always available; road and satellite maps are shown when available on the site. The legend shows symbols for distilleries, bottlers and whisky bars.

   Enable Scottish whisky regions to see the regions on the map. Boundaries are approximate. The regions layer is an additional map layer and does not change your selected place filters.

   

4. View results and remove filters

   Active selections appear as labels below the map search field. Click or tap the cross on a label to remove that selection. Counts beside the groups and the Filters button show your active selections even when groups are collapsed.

   Click or tap Results to see distilleries, bottlers and whisky bars in the current map view. The list follows your place filters and changes as you move or zoom the map. Production places appear on the map but are not included in this list. Select a result to open the place. After using My location, you can also sort the list by Distance.

   Use Show all to zoom to the filtered distilleries, bottlers and whisky bars. If the map is empty, remove a filter or click or tap Reset filters at the bottom of the filter panel. Resetting clears the search and place filters, turns off production and region layers and restores the usual types of place.

   

Collect places you have visited or want to visit in your own map layer. Save multiple visits with dates, descriptions, private notes and photos, and link your whisky tastings to your experiences.

Log in and choose My whisky → My whisky experiences to open the overview. On mobile, use the menu button to open the main menu. You can also choose View all my places in the map’s experience layer.

The screenshots show examples from the demo account in dark mode. Form labels follow the page’s language; saved place names, experiences and tasting names remain in the language they were written in. Choose Mobile or Desktop to see the other view.

1. Turn on your personal map layer

   Open Filters on the map, expand My whisky experiences and turn the layer on. Choose All my places, Visited places or Places I want to visit. Green pins with a check mark show visited places; gold pins with a diamond show places you want to visit.

   On mobile, first open the search/filter tools above the map, then choose Filters. Tap the handle at the top of the filter panel for more space, and scroll within the panel. Close it to see the whole map. On desktop, the filters appear beside the map.

   Public whisky experiences are a separate layer with blue pins. Anyone can read public visits, even without logging in. You can turn the two experience layers on and off independently of each other and the map’s other layers.

   

2. Add an existing location or a custom pin

   Click a distillery on the map and choose Add to my whisky experiences in its popup. The name and location are filled in automatically. If the distillery is already saved, the button reads View my whisky experiences and opens your existing place without creating a duplicate.

   

   In the overview, choose Create experience and open Choose an existing location. Type at least two characters and select a suggestion from the field’s list. You can search for distilleries, whisky bars and bottlers; the selected place supplies the name and location.

   To save a fair, festival or another place, choose Add a pin in the map layer and click the map. Enter a name and private notes. Choose Want to visit to save a wish, or Visited – add a visit to record an experience. You can also create a place without a location from the overview and place it on the map later.

   

3. Save visits, photos and visibility

   Open your place, choose Add visit and enter the visit date, title, description and any personal notes. You can add multiple visits to the same place; the newest appear first. The first saved visit changes the place’s status to Visited, and all visits share the same pin.

   Choose Private or Public for each visit; new visits are private by default. A public visit shows your public username, date, description, photos and the place’s location. Personal notes are always private. A place can have both private and public visits, and visibility can be changed later.

   Select one or more JPEG, PNG or WebP photos, up to 10 MB per photo, and choose Save visit. Photos belong to the individual visit. Open a photo for a larger view and choose Full screen to expand it. Add more photos by editing the visit, and remove photos from the place’s visit panel.

   

   When you make a visit private, others can no longer open the visit or its photos. Unwanted public content may be removed.

4. Link a whisky tasting to the experience

   Have you attended a whisky fair and collected your ratings under a tasting? Select it under Linked tasting in the visit form and choose Save visit. Each visit can be linked to one of your existing tastings.

   If the tasting does not exist yet, create it under My tastings and collect your whisky ratings there. You can then link it to a new or existing visit. You can also choose Create experience from the tasting’s own page; the date and tasting are filled in for you.

   

   The saved visit includes an Open tasting link. It opens the tasting with your recorded whiskies, notes and scores. Linking does not change the visibility of the tasting or your ratings, and the tasting link is not shared with others through a public visit.

   

5. Find, edit and delete your experiences

   The overview shows your visits and places you want to visit. Search places, experiences and notes, and filter by status, visibility or linked tasting. Sort by date or place name and choose Apply filters. Reset clears the overview’s selections.

   Choose Edit visit to change the date, description, photos, visibility or tasting. View and edit place opens the place’s name, private notes and all its visits. Show on map locates the pin.

   Delete visit removes only the selected visit and its photos. Remove place in the place’s panel removes the place and all your visits and photos there. You are asked to confirm deletion. Removing an experience does not delete a linked tasting or its ratings.

   

6. Change the pin’s location

   Choose Change location from the overview or the place’s panel. The map opens in placement mode: click or tap the correct spot to save the new location. If the place has no coordinates yet, choose Place on map.

   Only your personal pin moves; the existing distillery, whisky bar or bottler’s location is unchanged. Visits, photos and tasting links are preserved. Choose Cancel placement, or press Escape on desktop, if you do not want to move the pin.

   

From the first label to a saved whisky. Choose whether to register a bottle in your collection or just create the whisky profile.

The screenshots show the actual form with example data in the dark theme. The details and possible duplicates are for demonstration only.

1. Choose collection or whisky profile

   Choose To my collection if you own the bottle. Choose Create whisky profile only to add just the whisky to the database. You can change your choice before saving.

   

2. Find the whisky or import details

   First search by name, distillery or bottling. Select an existing whisky if it matches. Otherwise, use images, a product page or Create manually. You only need to choose one method.

   From label images

   Choose From image and add up to 6 images of the same whisky. Include the front, back and a close-up if possible. On mobile you can also choose Take label photo. Press Read images and wait for the fields to be filled.

   

   Alternative: from a product page

   Choose From URL, paste a direct link to one particular whisky and press Fetch details. Avoid search results and category pages. Including a screenshot of the product page is optional and makes the import slower.

   

   Create manually opens an empty form. Only the name is required. If you enter a distillery or brand, select a result from the list or use Unknown distillery / Continue without brand.

3. Check the whisky details

   Check the name, distillery, alcohol percentage and size in particular. Size is in ml: 50 cl is 500 ml. A unique distillery match is selected automatically, including small spelling differences, without another confirmation click. You can edit or undo the choice.

   More whisky details includes bottler and cask information. Add details from an image or product page if anything is missing. Your edits are kept; when details conflict, choose the correct value.

   

4. Choose the bottle image

   Under Image, a single imported image is selected automatically. If there are several, choose the one to use. You can also upload another image or take a bottle photo. Use no new image deselects the image; the button does not save anything.

   

5. For your collection: enter bottle details

   This step only appears for To my collection. Select the bottle's status and open More bottle details to add purchase price, currency, shop, dates or notes. These details belong to your own bottle.

   

6. If the whisky may already exist

   Compare with the existing whisky. Use existing and save is for the same bottling. Save as a different bottling is for a different whisky variant. The name alone is not enough: also check strength, size, vintage and cask. The existing profile is not overwritten.

   On mobile, differences are shown first. Open Show matching details for the rest. In this example, the sizes differ: 500 ml and 700 ml.

   

7. Save or continue with the next whisky

   Press Save to collection or Save whisky profile, depending on your purpose. Save and create next prepares another whisky. Keep the distillery, brand, bottler and save destination if you want to reuse them. For a possible duplicate, use one of the two choice buttons above instead.

   

   You can resume a saved draft after reloading or choose Cancel creation to discard it. A directly uploaded bottle image must be selected again after reloading; fields and selected scan images are kept.

Use the button beside the basic details when creating or editing a whisky. Suggestions help supplement the label; you choose what to keep.

Rate a whisky as part of an existing tasting, create a new tasting along the way, or rate a whisky without a tasting. Choose how to start in step 1, then follow steps 2–6.

The screenshots were taken using the demo account in dark mode. Names, notes and scores are examples.

1. Choose how to start: with or without a tasting

   Sign in and open New rating. Start with Choose whisky and write your notes. To link your rating to a tasting, open Add to a tasting (optional) further down. Drafts and other shortcuts are in an expandable menu at the top.

   A. Rate a whisky in an existing tasting

   1. Open the Tasting (optional) list and choose your tasting by name and date.
   2. Check that the selected tasting appears in the field. You can also start from My tastings and choose New rating for the tasting you want.
   3. Continue to choosing a whisky in step 2. Your rating will be linked to the selected tasting when you save.

   

   B. Rate a whisky in a new tasting

   1. Press Create new tasting next to the list. On mobile, the button is below the list.
   2. Enter a name and date. Location, description and notes are optional.
   3. Press Create and select tasting. Wait for confirmation: the form closes and your new tasting is selected automatically.
   4. Continue with step 2. The tasting date is used for your rating, which defaults to private. Any notes you have already written are kept.

   

   C. Rate a whisky without a tasting

   1. Leave Tasting (optional) set to No tasting, or choose No tasting from the list.
   2. Continue with step 2. You do not need to create a tasting to rate a single whisky.

   

2. Choose the whisky you want to rate

   Press Existing, enter the whisky name or distillery, and select the correct bottling from the results. Check the name and ABV before continuing.

   

   If the whisky is missing, use From photos, From URL or Create manually. Check the whisky details during the final review before saving your rating. See also: Create a whisky step by step

3. Write or dictate your tasting notes

   Choose Nose, Taste, Finish or Note. Type in the text field, or press Start dictation and allow microphone access in your browser. Stop dictation when you are done speaking. Switch sections to describe the rest of the experience.

   Optionally give nose, taste and finish separate scores from 1 to 100 using the score picker. You can also edit the numbers during the review. Press Finish to continue; your final rating has not been saved yet.

   

   To take a break, press Save draft and check the message confirming it was saved to your account. Find it again under Drafts. New rating starts a separate rating.

4. Review notes and scores

   Read all four note fields, edit the text and check the three scores. Back to notes returns to the editor. Choose whether to enable Improve notes with AI during analysis/create.

   

5. Choose a date and visibility, then save your rating

   Check the date and Make the rating public. A public rating can be read without logging in. Uncheck the box for a private rating. You can also add photos and an image note.

   Press Save rating to finish and open the ratings overview. Choose Save and next whisky to rate another bottle straight away. Use Save draft to continue later.

   

   A private rating in a shared tasting can also be seen by people who have access to that tasting. Manage tasting sharing under My tastings.

6. Check the confirmation and continue if needed

   After Save and next whisky, look for the Rating saved message. Choose the next whisky. Your tasting, date and visibility are kept, while notes and scores start fresh.

   

   Your saved ratings appear in the ratings overview. To find ratings for a tasting, you can also open that tasting under My tastings.

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