Terms of Use
The agreement.
Using this app means you accept these terms — including the arbitration clause and class-action waiver below. If you do not accept them, do not use the app. The app is free; these terms are the deal.Who you are dealing with.
This app is run by a single independent operator based in Illinois, USA. Formal notices to us go through the contact channel at the bottom of this page; we may give you notice inside the app or by updating this page.What this is.
Editorial suggestions and education about drinks, food pairing, and venues. Everything here is opinion and general information — not professional, medical, legal, or nutritional advice.Allergies and restrictions stay your job.
This app does not track, verify, or warn about allergens, ingredients, or dietary rules — even where it lets you note them for convenience. Ingredient, recipe, menu, and venue information can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date. Check the label, the menu, or the person making your drink before you drink or eat anything. If you have an allergy, an intolerance, or a medical condition, that check is yours — every drink, every time.Alcohol.
The full catalog is for guests of legal drinking age, and by browsing it you confirm that you are of legal drinking age where you live. Drink responsibly; never drink and drive. Zero-proof and "0.0%" products can still carry trace amounts of alcohol, and the strict setting is an information filter, not a guarantee. If you must avoid alcohol completely, verify the actual product label every time.Venues.
Bar listings mix editorial opinion and third-party information. Hours, menus, prices, and quality change. A listing is not an endorsement or a promise. If you own or represent a listed venue and want a correction or a removal, use the contact channel below and name the listing — we review those requests promptly.Your content.
Notes, journal entries, and bars you add remain yours, and today they stay on your device — nothing you write is uploaded unless a specific feature says so when you turn it on. Where a feature you enable stores or displays your content, you give us permission to store and show it so that feature can work. You promise that anything you submit is accurate to the best of your knowledge, is lawful, does not reveal another person's private information, does not copy someone else's work, and does not misstate a real business. You are responsible for claims that arise from content you submit, and we can review or remove submitted content when someone objects to it.Copyright complaints.
If you believe content in this app copies your work, send a notice through the contact channel below that names the work, where it appears in the app, and how to reach you. We will review the report and remove material that infringes.Ads and partner links.
The app shows no paid placements today. If partner or affiliate links ever appear, they will be labeled as such — and they will never change what the app recommends, because ranking cannot be bought.As is — no warranties
The app is provided free of charge, "as is" and "as available", with no warranties of any kind, express or implied — including accuracy, availability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement — to the maximum extent the law permits.
Limit of liability
Read this paragraph — it limits what you can recover from us. To the maximum extent the law permits, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, nor for personal injury, illness, allergic reaction, intoxication, property damage, or data loss arising from your use of the app or from anything you drink, eat, buy, or visit because of it. Our total liability for all claims together is capped at the amount you paid us for the app — zero — or the smallest amount the law allows. Where a jurisdiction does not allow one of these limits, that limit applies to the fullest extent it does allow.
Disputes — arbitration and class waiver
We both agree to resolve any dispute arising from the app or these terms through binding individual arbitration under the American Arbitration Association's Consumer Arbitration Rules, instead of a trial in court. Either of us can still bring an individual claim in small-claims court. We both waive trial by jury, and we both waive class, collective, and representative actions — disputes are resolved one-on-one only. To the extent the law allows it, any claim must be started within one year after it arises or it is permanently barred. If this arbitration agreement is found unenforceable for a particular dispute, that dispute goes to the state or federal courts sitting in Illinois, and we both consent to those courts.
Your side.
You agree to cover costs and claims that arise from your breach of these terms or from your unlawful use of the app.Changes.
We can change the app at any time. A change to these terms binds you only after the app shows you a notice and you continue past it — never by silent posting alone. A change does not apply backward to a dispute that arose before it. The version stamp below records the current text.Law.
These terms follow the laws of the State of Illinois, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. If one clause turns out to be unenforceable, the rest stay in force.Contact.
Questions, notices, corrections, and copyright reports all reach us at @by_the_glass_stories.Terms version 2026-08-20 · Effective August 20, 2026. These terms cover this public web app.
Drink with intention. This product is for people of legal drinking age — and the zero-proof curious.