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Whether you’re here to explore spirits or collaborate with us, Barlist is built to connect culture, knowledge, and people.

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Scan bottles, build your bar, and explore a deeper, more cultural approach to spirits.

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01 – Scan your bottle

Scan your bottle. Get the full story.

A quick scan unlocks the essentials behind what’s in your glass — from distillery and origin to style, tasting notes, and related cocktails.

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Rich spirit profiles
Built for bars, shops, and tastings

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02 – Collect & share

Build your bar.
Make it yours.

Create your personal spirits collection, organize bottles into custom sets, and shape a bar that reflects your taste — from classics to rare finds.

Create collections and sub-collections
Curate your profile and bar identity
Share your discoveries

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03 – Discover & learn

Go beyond the bottle.

Barlist connects spirits to the wider culture around them — distilleries, cocktails, bars, regions, and stories — so every discovery leads to another.

Explore spirits, cocktails, and distilleries
Discover bars and places on the map
Learn through stories and guides

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Trusted by the industry.

Barlist is built for people who care deeply about spirits and respected by the professionals shaping the industry around them.

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What our users say about Barlist

★★★★★

Barlist changed the way I discover spirits. It feels considered, elegant, and actually useful every time I open it.

The bottle scan and related recommendations make it easy to move from curiosity to collecting without losing the sense of story behind each drink.

James Porter

Collector and whisky enthusiast

★★★★★

There’s finally an app that treats spirits with the same depth and polish that music and fashion apps give to their worlds.

I use it to keep track of bottles, compare profiles, and share new finds with friends. The whole thing feels premium without becoming heavy.

Clara Bennett

Cocktail lover and private collector

★★★★★

What stands out is how easy it is to go from scanning a bottle to learning the distillery story and finding cocktails that fit it.

Barlist makes discovery feel natural. It is polished enough for enthusiasts and simple enough to keep using every week.

Ethan Walsh

Bar manager and spirits buyer

FROM THE BARLIST JOURNAL

Stories, guides, and spirits culture

From beginner guides to bar selections and distillery stories, our editorial content helps you discover the world behind the bottle.

Lady Bee -Structure, Scale, and the Quiet Discipline

Partnership

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Lady Bee: Structure, Scale, and the Quiet Discipline of Contemporary Peruvian Bartending

There are bars that announce themselves through concept, and others that build recognition through repetition. Lady Bee belongs firmly to the latter. Located in Lima, the bar has developed its reputation not through spectacle, but through consistency, technical control, and a steady refinement of classic structures within a contemporary Peruvian context. Since opening in 2017, […]

September 26, 2026 By Serge Guillou

History

Oktoberfest: Where Beer, History, and Bavarian Tradition Meet

Every autumn, the city of Munich undergoes a remarkable transformation. The streets become filled with traditional music, the aroma of Bavarian cuisine spreads through the city, and millions of visitors gather at Theresienwiese for a celebration unlike any other. Known around the world as Oktoberfest, this festival represents much more than beer. It is a […]

September 25, 2026

Partnership

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Illegal Cocktail: The Mezcal Cocktail That Reframes the Daiquiri Structure

The Illegal cocktail follows a familiar outline, but the result is distinctly different. Built around mezcal, lime, falernum, maraschino, simple syrup, and a measure of Jamaican overproof rum, it takes the logic of a sour and shifts it into a drier, more aromatic profile. The drink is credited to Italian bartender Samuele Ambrosi, with its […]

September 24, 2026 By Serge Guillou

Partnership

In partnership with Spirits Selection

The Shipwreck That Turned Rum Into a Time Capsule

Rum was not designed to be preserved. It was designed to move. For most of its early history, rum existed as cargo rather than a collectable, shipped in bulk or sealed bottles across the Atlantic as part of a vast commercial system linking sugar plantations, ports, navies, and merchants. When sealed bottles of 19th century […]

September 23, 2026 By Ulric Nijs

People & Innovation

San Diego Spirits Festival: A Celebration of Craft, Creativity, and Connection

Along the coastline of Southern California, where creativity meets hospitality, the world of spirits comes together through one of America’s most recognised celebrations of cocktails and craftsmanship. The San Diego Spirits Festival has become a gathering place for spirits enthusiasts, bartenders, producers, and industry professionals who share a passion for discovering new flavours and celebrating […]

September 22, 2026

Barlist

Pauline Le Berre: When Precision Becomes the Quietest Form of Control

Some bartenders build drinks that unfold. Others build drinks that settle. Pauline Le Berre’s work belongs to the second kind. Nothing in her approach pushes forward unnecessarily. The balance is already there, established before the drink reaches the glass, and held in place without adjustment. That way of working doesn’t come from experimentation alone. It […]

September 21, 2026

California Rum Fest 2026-Celebrating the Spirit

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California Rum Fest 2026: Exploring the Craft, Culture, and Revival of Rum

California Rum Fest 2026: Across the Caribbean, Latin America, and beyond, rum has always carried the stories of landscapes, agriculture, and generations of craftsmanship. Born from sugarcane and shaped by the traditions of different regions, rum is one of the world’s most diverse spirits, offering expressions that range from light and elegant to rich, complex, […]

September 20, 2026

Partnership

Cuban Rum and the Cultural System of the Light Rum Masters

Cuban Rum grew out of cane, heat, ports, warehouses, and an island economy that learned to turn sugar into something more durable than the crop itself. The spirit did not become Cuban because of one brand, one city, or one famous label. It became Cuban through a way of working with molasses, ageing, filtration, blending, […]

September 20, 2026 By Alexandre Vingtier

Trending

Whisky Indy Love Festival: Where Curiosity Meets the Craft of Whisky

Whisky Indy Love Festival: Whisky has always been a spirit shaped by patience, place, and people. Behind every bottle lies a story of distilleries, landscapes, casks, and the decisions that transform new-make spirit into something with character and identity. While famous distilleries often represent the public face of whisky, a different world exists behind the […]

September 19, 2026

Partnership

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Superbueno in New York: Precision, Identity, and the Return of Clarity in Cocktail Design

Not every bar in New York needs to announce itself loudly to be noticed. Superbueno opened in 2023 with a smaller room, a focused menu, and a level of clarity that quickly separated it from the noise. Within a year, it had already entered The World’s 50 Best Bars list, a rare trajectory that says […]

September 19, 2026 By Serge Guillou