What is a Bourbon GPS?

Bourbon GPS stands for Global Palate Similarity: a number out of 100 showing how closely your read of a pour sits to the public record and the sippers who read it before you. High means you taste with the public record; low means your palate is its own. It is a position, not a grade.

How do I find my Bourbon GPS?

Name any bourbon, glass in hand or from memory, and read it with Socrates through color, aroma, proof, palate and finish. The Reveal scores your Bourbon GPS and your Journal tracks it pour over pour. Your first three sessions are free.

Is Socrates Bourbon an app I have to install?

No. It runs in your phone's browser at socratesbourbon.com — no app store, no download. You must be 21 or older.

Read the glass.
Palate earned. Journal built.

Enter any pour or add a photo

Glass in hand or test your memory

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Example below

One pour, start to reveal.

The start screen: the pour typed in, Guided Pour chosen — **Name any pour**Type it, or add a photo of the label. Glass in hand or from memory.

Opening the public recordSocrates builds the bottle’s profile from every published read before a word is said.

The color stage: the greeting, then the shades to tap — **Color first**Tap the shade closest to your glass. One question at a time — Socrates never leads.

The Aroma Bank: note tiles by family, the ones you catch tapped on — **The Aroma Bank**Set the aroma strength, then tap every note you catch. The vocabulary comes with the table.

The proof ring, set to where the pour is drinking — **Call the proof**Turn the ring to where it’s drinking, then lock it. The label answers at the reveal.

The Tasting ProfileEight axes — muted, some or big — with the notes behind each. Then build your reveal.

The Reveal: what matched, what ran different, your Bourbon GPS beside the public record — **The Reveal**What matched, what ran different, and your Bourbon GPS beside the public record.

Your alignments: Palate Alignment, Taste Preference Alignment and GPS — **Your alignments**Palate Alignment, Taste Preference Alignment and your GPS — this pour, last five, all-time.

Your read, challenging the public record, axis by axis — **Your read, challenging the public record**Every call you made, laid beside the public record’s, axis by axis.

The bottle hint to remember: the rule for the next glass — **The bottle hint to remember**The one rule that works on the next glass, not just tonight’s.

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Read the glass.Palate earned. Journal built.

One pour, start to reveal.

Read the glass.
Palate earned. Journal built.