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5/5 in the App Store

Scan bottles, build your collection, and explore spirits culture — from distilleries and cocktails to bars and stories — all in one app.

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Two ways to enter Barlist

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

Discover & use Barlist

For curious drinkers, enthusiasts, and collectors.

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

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Collaborate with Barlist

For distilleries, federations, institutions, and industry partners. Co-create meaningful editorial experiences and reach a premium audience of spirits enthusiasts.

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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.

Fast bottle recognition
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

Explore guides & stories

Built for enthusiasts.
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.

Trends and Innovations

The Best New Bartenders of 2026: The People Shaping the Next Generation of Cocktails

The most interesting bartenders of 2026 are not necessarily the people making the most elaborate drinks. They are the bartenders changing what the profession expects from itself. Across Mexico City, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Sydney and other major drinking cities, a new generation is combining technical skill with hospitality, […]

August 26, 2026

Famous Drinks

The Most Iconic 6 Sours That Defined Cocktail Culture

Before the sour became a familiar cocktail category, there was punch. Large bowls of spirits, citrus, sugar, water and other ingredients had been part of drinking culture for centuries, particularly across maritime and colonial trade networks. The sour took some of that structure and reduced it to an individual serving. By the mid-19th century, the […]

August 25, 2026

Yolanda Gregg-British World Cocktail Champion

Partnership

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Yolanda Gregg: The Discipline Behind a British World Cocktail Champion 2024

Before Yolanda Gregg won the title, there’s a kind of work that rarely gets noticed.It happens in service, in repetition, in the small decisions that don’t look like decisions at all. Drinks are made without hesitation, measurements don’t shift, and nothing needs to be corrected mid-process. For Yolanda Gregg, that kind of control became the […]

August 24, 2026 By Serge Guillou

Partnership

Bourbon: The American Whiskey Defined by Federal Law and New Oak

Bourbon did not begin as a luxury category like other American Whiskey. It began with grain, settlement, transport, and the need to turn agricultural surplus into something stable enough to move and sell. In early American farming regions, corn was abundant, bulky, and perishable. Whiskey gave it value beyond the field. Over time, that practical […]

August 23, 2026 By Alexandre Vingtier

Moebius Milano A Contemporary Italian Bar

Bar Of The Week

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Moebius Milano: A Contemporary Italian Bar Built on Structure, Scale, and Creativity

Space is the first thing that defines Moebius Milano. Not just size, but how it is used. Set within an expansive industrial interior in Milan, the venue unfolds as a layered environment where bar, dining room, and social space operate simultaneously. It does not follow the familiar rhythm of a cocktail bar. Instead, it moves […]

August 22, 2026 By Serge Guillou

Spirits

The Best 10 Scotch Whiskies Every Collector Should Try

Scotch whiskies collection is no longer simply about finding the oldest bottle or the most expensive name. A serious collection should tell a story about the spirit itself: where it comes from, how it is made, how oak changes it, how peat shapes it and why particular distilleries have earned lasting reputations. That makes choosing […]

August 21, 2026

Fernandito -Italian Amaro to Argentina’s National Drink

Cocktail of The Week

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Fernandito: From Italian Amaro to Argentina’s National Mixed Drink

The story begins with Fernet-Branca, created in Milan by Bernardino Branca in 1845. Originally Fernandito developed as a medicinal preparation, Fernet was formulated from a blend of herbs, roots, and spices. Its intense bitterness and high alcohol content positioned it as a digestif rather than a casual mixed drink. Italian migration to Argentina in the […]

August 20, 2026 By Serge Guillou

Travel & Experience

The Best 5 Bars in Dubai: Cocktail Bars Defining the City in 2026

Bars in Dubai have evolved into one of the city’s most distinctive expressions of hospitality, combining ambitious cocktail programmes, international bartending talent, rooftop venues, hotel bars and increasingly sophisticated local concepts. From intimate speakeasies and neighbourhood drinking spots to destination bars overlooking the Dubai skyline, the city offers a drinking culture shaped by both global […]

August 19, 2026

Partnership

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Experience and the Atmosphere of the Bar

A bar is encountered as a sequence rather than a single moment. The arrival, the welcome, the first reading of the room, the menu, the drink and the departure all contribute to an impression that extends beyond what is in the glass. Experience is the form created by those elements together. It is broader than […]

August 18, 2026 By Serge Guillou

Boban Lazarević - IBA Champion Bartender

Partnership

In partnership with International Bartenders Association

Boban Lazarević: Built in a Training Room, Proven on a World Stage in 20224

Before Boban Lazarević won the title, before the stage lights, there was repetition. In Belgrade, bartending doesn’t always begin behind a busy counter. For many, it begins in a classroom. Inside Bar Central Belgrade, run by the Bartenders Association of Serbia, drinks are broken down long before they are served. Recipes are practised until they […]

August 17, 2026 By Serge Guillou