Inventory fields
Bourbon cellar inventory fields: what to track before the shelf gets messy
The bottle, batch, barrel, proof, store pick, purchase, value-estimate, photo, and tasting fields that make a bourbon cellar searchable.
If you only track bottle name and price, the cellar will look fine for twenty bottles and fall apart at a hundred.
Adult-use boundary: Drambook is for adults of legal drinking age. It does not sell alcohol, facilitate alcohol purchases, appraise bottles, or provide investment, medical, or legal alcohol advice.
Identity fields separate similar bottles
Track brand, expression, age statement, proof, year, batch, barrel number, and release name separately. A Weller Full Proof store pick and a standard Weller Full Proof should not become one generic row.
Purchase facts are not value facts
Purchase price, date, retailer, and bottle size are facts. Estimated value is a separate snapshot. Keep them apart so you do not confuse what you paid with what you think it might be worth.
Store picks deserve their own structure
Store picks need retailer, barrel or selection label, pick group, date, and any sticker or label details. Those fields are why private barrel bottles become searchable later.
Open status matters
Track sealed, open, finished, gifted, traded, or archived status. Drambook is a collection journal, not a marketplace, but status helps you know what is actually on the shelf.
Photos close the gap
A label photo captures batch codes, stickers, and shelf details that text fields miss. Keep photos local if privacy matters, and export structured fields periodically.
Where Drambook fits
Use Drambook when the job is private whiskey and bourbon collection tracking on iPhone: bottle records, tasting notes, pours, label photos, CSV/PDF import and export, and no account. Do not use it for alcohol sales, bottle appraisal, resale planning, cloud sync, Android, or web access.
Frequently asked questions
Is this appraisal advice?
No. These are recordkeeping fields. Drambook does not appraise bottles, sell alcohol, or provide investment advice.
Can a spreadsheet do this?
Yes, if you keep disciplined columns. Drambook is useful when you want those fields structured in a private iPhone app.