Free to start, always — no credit card. Here’s what’s free, and what you can add when you’re ready.

The AWIB — daily Mon-Fri and the Weekly Roll-Up — is included with Bourbon Keeper only. Free and Enthusiast keep The Cut Daily — the five-minute morning read.

Monthly is $14.99 / mo anytime. The $99 / year Founder rate is offered only this year — subscribe before July 3, 2027 and your renewals stay $99 for as long as you stay subscribed. On July 4, 2027 the standard annual rate is $149 / year.

The Perfect Pour is built around you, not the bottle. It learns your taste and finds the whiskey you'll love — not the rarest one, the right one.

Why this is the moment.

George Washington died at Mount Vernon in 1799. By the end of his life, his estate was producing eleven thousand gallons of rye whiskey a year — the largest distillery in early America. The first president was also the first founding father of American whiskey. The family tree starts in that lineage.

Six years earlier, in 1794, Pennsylvania farmers had refused to be taxed on the whiskey they made. The federal government called it a rebellion. Washington personally led thirteen thousand troops to put it down — the only sitting president ever to lead the army in the field. The argument was never just about a tax. It was about who got to decide what whiskey was worth, and who got to drink it.

We're not staging another rebellion. We're staging a quieter one — against the leaderboard, against the allocation chase, against the friendly chatbot that's actually selling you something. The Perfect Pour is for the people who want to find their own pour and name their own palate.

America turns 250 in 2026. Bourbon is the only spirit Congress has named America's native — by federal record since 1964, by character since Washington. The Founder rate is the line that holds for the people who join the table this Founding Father Year.

The standard Bourbon Keeper rate is $149 / year. Founders lock at $99 — every annual renewal stays $99 for as long as the subscription stays active. You save $50 every year you stay subscribed — $50 below the $149 standard rate. The moment doesn't last: the Founder window closes July 3, 2027.

Or build it elsewhere.

No other app does all of this. Stitching the comparable experience together from separate subscriptions runs $220 to $280 a year:

One subscription. One app. One voice.

Common questions.

What happens after July 3, 2027?

Standard pricing begins. New Bourbon Keeper subscribers pay $14.99 / mo or $149 / yr. Founders who joined during the Founding Father Year keep the $99 / yr rate for as long as they stay subscribed.

Why a Founding Father Year?

Two reasons. America's 250th year starts mid-2026 and reaches its symbolic peak on July 4, 2026 — the most American day in the country's most American year. From there, the offer runs a full year, closing the day before the next Independence Day (July 3, 2027). The frame echoes what Washington and the early founders did with whiskey itself: founding-act first, lasting tradition after.

Can I cancel and rejoin at the Founder rate?

If you cancel before July 3, 2027, you can rejoin at the Founder rate any time before that date. After July 4, 2027, returning subscribers join at the then-current standard rate.

What about Bourbon Enthusiast pricing?

Bourbon Enthusiast stays at $5.99 / mo or $59 / yr through the Founding Father Year and after. No Founder discount on the Enthusiast tier — the Founder offer is the flagship gesture, tied to the Keeper path.

Why no monthly Founder Keeper rate?

The Founder rate is an annual commitment because the offer itself is. People not ready to commit to a year aren't the audience for a locked-in rate — and the math works because the year-long commitment is what makes the price guarantee honest.

What's "American whiskey only" mean?

Bourbon, rye, American single malt, wheat whiskey, Tennessee whiskey, and the rest of the American whiskey family. No Scotch, Irish, Japanese, or Canadian. The app is built for the American whiskey collector specifically, and we don't dilute the depth.

Is the AI giving me investment advice?

No. Franklin researches bottles, identifies what's in your glass, teaches sensory practice, and surfaces what's worth knowing about American whiskey. He does not give financial or investment advice on bottle valuation as an asset class.

Join the Founders now.

The app is live now, and the Founder rate is open — $99 / year, locked while you stay subscribed, for anyone who joins through July 3, 2027 ($149 standard after).

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* Founder rate price guarantee: your $99/year rate is guaranteed for at least five years from the date you join (through at least July 2031), for as long as your subscription stays active. After the guarantee period your rate may change; if it does, we’ll give at least 60 days’ notice by email and you can cancel anytime. The Founder rate is annual, non-transferable, and applies to the Bourbon Keeper tier only. Full terms: /keeper-year/.