Terms & Conditions

Dramscape ("Dramscape", "we", "us") is a community platform for logging, rating, and exploring whisky. By creating an account, joining the waitlist, or using the site, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you don't agree, please don't use Dramscape.

Dramscape is currently in a closed beta. Features may change, break, or disappear, and we may reset or migrate data as we calibrate. We'll do our best to warn you first.

Dramscape is a site about alcoholic beverages. You may only use it if you are at least 21 years old, or the legal drinking age in the place where you live, whichever is higher. By using Dramscape you confirm that you meet this requirement.

Dramscape does not sell alcohol, and nothing on the site is an encouragement to drink. Please observe responsibly.

You're responsible for your account and everything that happens under it. Keep your password (or passkey) to yourself, give us accurate information, and tell us promptly if you think your account has been compromised. You may close your account at any time from your settings; deleting your account removes your personal profile from the sky.

Your tasting notes, ratings, flavor spectrums, whisky submissions, club pages, and anything else you post are yours. By posting, you grant Dramscape a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, display, and share that content as part of operating the site — for example, showing your observation on a whisky's page or folding your ratings into a community average. This license ends for a piece of content when you delete it, except where it has already been blended into aggregate data (like a whisky's magnitude) that can't identify you.

Only post what you have the right to post, and keep it honest: real tastings, your own words, no plagiarized reviews, and no undisclosed paid promotion.

When using Dramscape, you agree not to:

• harass, threaten, or demean other observers;
• post content that is unlawful, defamatory, or infringes someone else's rights;
• manipulate ratings — brigading, review-bombing, sockpuppet accounts, or rating whiskies you haven't tasted;
• submit fake whiskies, distilleries, or clubs;
• scrape, harvest, or bulk-export the community's data without our written permission;
• probe, disrupt, or overload the service, or try to access accounts or data that aren't yours.

We review whisky submissions and community content using a mix of human moderators and automated tools before or after they appear on the chart. We may edit metadata for accuracy (like correcting a distillery or ABV), decline or remove content, or suspend or terminate accounts that break these terms. Where practical we'll tell you what happened and why, and you can reach us via the "Report an issue" button to appeal.

The Dramscape name, the star-chart designs, the sign taxonomy, and the site's code and visual design are ours or our licensors'. We grant you a personal, non-transferable right to use the site as intended. Whisky brand names and trademarks belong to their owners; their appearance on the chart doesn't imply any affiliation with or endorsement of Dramscape.

Clubs and their events are organized by members, not by Dramscape. We don't vet organizers, venues, or attendees, and we're not responsible for what happens at gatherings arranged through the site. Use your judgment, and drink (and travel) responsibly.

Dramscape is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied. Ratings, signs, and flavor data are community opinion, not fact, and whisky details (age, ABV, availability) may be wrong or out of date. We don't promise the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that your data will never be lost — especially during beta. Keep your own notes for anything you can't bear to lose.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Dramscape and the people who build it will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the site. Our total liability for any claim relating to the service is limited to the greater of US $50 or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim (currently: nothing — Dramscape is free).

We may update these terms as Dramscape evolves. If a change is material, we'll give notice on the site or by email before it takes effect. Continuing to use Dramscape after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms; if you don't, close your account and we'll part as friends.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and disputes belong in the state or federal courts located in Knox County, Tennessee. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.

Questions? Use the "Report an issue" button anywhere in the observatory and it will reach us.