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Stores Near Me now puts the map first in the Android app, while bottle and store search uses clearer, easier-to-read cards. Nearby notes no longer overlap on small website screens, and important mobile labels are larger and easier to tap.

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Bottle category colors now stay consistent throughout the mobile experience. Store Picks use Bourbon Beacon rust instead of the outdated purple, Allocated uses deep green, Rare Bottle Vault uses gold, and Highly Recommended map pins use warm sand.

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Allocated and Rare Bottle Vault map pins now have stars. Highly Recommended pins use warm sand with a dark green circle, making the categories easier to distinguish. Inventory emails now honor the Scotch pause, including daily alerts and catch-up updates.

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Close a store’s detail card and keep exploring the map without losing your place. You can reopen the card by tapping its pin, or use Back to Locations Near You to return to the results.

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Bottles reported at just one store now appear correctly. Inventory updates use a more dependable source connection, recover after interruptions, and preserve last-known information when a check cannot finish.

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Bottle search, maps and account choices now focus on bourbon, rye and American whiskey. Scotch is temporarily hidden, with saved preferences preserved.

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Inventory checks can recover when an individual bottle is temporarily unavailable, helping morning updates and daily inventory emails continue while preserving last-known bottle information.

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Your saved custom greeting now appears on your account page as well as the homepage, with matching support in the Android account view.

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Find bottles directly from the homepage, then see matching stores on the map. Distillery and producer names now accompany bottle choices and compact store listings, with distillery search available in your hide-bottle and email preferences.

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Search by bottle name or item code alongside search by store, then see matching stores and quantities on the map. Search across Oregon or narrow results by distance, and keep your search when returning from a store profile.

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Android beta build 3 brings your saved bottle and area settings into Radar, keeps hidden bottles and stores out of browsing, and clears your personal feed when you sign out.

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Return to Locations Near You from a store profile or map pin. Your recent search, radius, map view, and place in the results stay ready when you come back.

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Bug fixes and performance improvements

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When refreshed inventory arrives after the morning release, members can now receive one clearly labeled catch-up without receiving duplicates for the same update.

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Visitors opening Bourbon Beacon from Instagram and other in-app browsers now see the age confirmation immediately instead of a loading-only screen.

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Store map pins now show how many additional tracked bottles are available beyond the five-bottle preview. Counts continue to respect your personal bottle and category filters.

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Starter Watch and Rare Reserve choices now stay with you through account creation and guided setup, including the monthly or annual choice for Rare Reserve.

Existing community usernames no longer interrupt saved preferences, and membership guidance now matches how each account is managed.

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Every hunter can now see every tracked bottle and quantity, including Rare Bottle Vault releases.

Plans made simpler

• Starter Watch remains free with saved preferences and the 10:30 AM inventory email.
• Rare Reserve includes the 8:30 AM inventory email and deeper store-level hunting tools.
• Early Bird is no longer available as a plan.

The full bottle list is open

• Guest searches and Starter Watch accounts can see every tracked bottle, store, and quantity.
• Rare Bottle Vault releases remain highlighted without being locked.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update includes performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update makes it quicker to fine-tune your Bourbon Beacon preferences, even on a long Account page.

Save from anywhere

• Save preferences now stays within reach as you move through search areas, hidden stores, bottle choices, and email settings.
• The control remains compact on desktop and mobile, while the page keeps enough clear space so it does not cover your settings.
• Saved changes continue to apply to your dashboard and future daily signals.

Performance improvements and bug fixes

• Performance improvements and bug fixes.

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This Alpha update makes account setup clearer and gives hunters direct control over how a paid trial continues.

A clearer membership choice

• The onboarding comparison now clearly marks the selected membership and shows Starter Watch, Early Bird, and Rare Reserve in an easier progression.
• Hunters can compare monthly and annual billing, see the effective monthly price, and understand the annual savings before continuing.
• Feature lists, trial terms, renewal prices, and the selected choice now stay visible together.

Your trial follows your choice

• A paid trial now continues with the exact Early Bird or Rare Reserve membership and monthly or annual billing schedule selected during setup.
• Annual billing remains the recommended value, while monthly billing is always available.
• Starter Watch remains free and can still be selected without a payment method.

Clearer setup and feature previews

• Whiskey-style descriptions have cleaner spacing and are easier to scan.
• Every setup step reminds hunters that preferences can be changed later from the Account page.
• Starter Watch can see a restrained Estimated Shipping Day upgrade preview without revealing the member-only weekday.

Performance improvements and bug fixes

• Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Release overview

This small Alpha update makes store shipment patterns more useful at a glance.

Familiar weekly shipping patterns

• Estimated Shipping Days now show weekday names such as Tuesday instead of a one-time calendar date.
• Stores with two recurring inventory-movement patterns can show both days, such as Tuesday & Friday.
• Early estimates remain clearly marked as provisional while confirmed store schedules continue to take priority.

Performance improvements and bug fixes

• Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Release overview

This small Alpha update makes store shipment patterns more useful at a glance.

Familiar weekly shipping patterns

• Estimated Shipping Days now show weekday names such as Tuesday instead of a one-time calendar date.
• Stores with two recurring inventory-movement patterns can show both days, such as Tuesday & Friday.
• Early estimates remain clearly marked as provisional while confirmed store schedules continue to take priority.

Performance improvements and bug fixes

• Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Release overview

This release gives hunters more control over their Radar, makes community activity more useful, expands shipment estimates, and sets clearer expectations for using Bourbon Beacon during Alpha.

More control over your Radar

• Bourbon, rye, American whiskey, and Scotch can now be shown or hidden separately across the website, map, searches, and daily email.
• Individual stores can be hidden throughout Bourbon Beacon without removing the rest of a saved city or county.

Community reports connected to your account

• Feedback, hunter tips, I Got One! reports, and Store Pick recommendations now stay connected to the account that submitted them.
• Account pages now summarize each member’s contributions in one place.
• Community usernames are now permanent after they are saved, helping hunters build one consistent public identity.

A faster I Got One! report

• Opening I Got One! from a bottle card now fills the bottle, OLCC code, exact store, account username or anonymous setting, pickup quantity, and current Oregon date.
• Hunters can confirm the report immediately or add an optional comment.
• Signing in preserves the bottle and store so the report does not need to be rebuilt.
• Pickup counts follow the current inventory cycle and expire after seven days, so older reports do not carry into later deliveries.

Estimated Shipment Day for more stores

• Every store with a recorded positive inventory movement can now receive an Estimated Shipment Day.
• Repeated weekday patterns produce a stronger estimate, while early estimates are clearly marked as provisional and improve as more history is recorded.
• First-time inventory appearances are excluded so they are not mistaken for store deliveries.
• Confirmed store schedules continue to take priority over estimates.

Privacy controls in one place

• A complete Privacy Center explains what information is used, how long it is kept, and the choices available to members.
• One dedicated request page supports data access, portable copies, corrections, verified account deletion, eligible opt-outs, appeals, and other privacy questions.
• Account setup now requires an affirmative agreement to the current Terms of Service and acknowledgement of the Privacy Policy before onboarding continues.
• Optional inventory and product emails remain separate account choices.

Clearer Alpha expectations

• The Terms now state clearly that Alpha features may change, break, be delayed, be added, or be removed.
• The same Alpha limitations and expectations apply to free users, trial users, and paying members.

Performance improvements and bug fixes

• Performance improvements and bug fixes.

Release overview

This release gives hunters more control over their signal, makes community activity more useful, and sets clearer expectations for using Bourbon Beacon during Alpha.

Tune the bottles and stores in your signal

• Bourbon, rye, American whiskey, and Scotch are now organized as separate whiskey styles.
• Account Preferences and guided setup now let you choose which whiskey styles appear across your Radar, bottle search, map, On the Hunt, and daily email.
• You can hide individual stores inside your selected area without removing the rest of that city or county.
• Stores Near Me now includes an All stores view for exploring the Oregon map beyond the 50-mile range.

Community reports connected to your account

• Feedback, hunter tips, I Got One! reports, and Store Pick recommendations now stay connected to the account that submitted them.
• Account pages now summarize each member’s contributions in one place.
• Community usernames are now permanent after they are chosen, and Bourbon Beacon name variations are reserved to reduce impersonation and confusion.

A clearer I Got One! signal

• Bottle cards and store pages now show how many bottles hunters reported picking up.
• Pickup counts now follow the current inventory cycle and expire after seven days, so an older report does not carry into a later delivery.
• Community pickup counts are clearly marked as unverified and include a reminder to call the store before driving.

Privacy controls in one place

• A complete Privacy Center now explains what information is used, how long it is kept, and the choices available to members.
• One dedicated request page supports data access, a portable copy, corrections, verified account deletion, eligible opt-outs, appeals, and other privacy questions.
• Account deletion guidance now explains what happens to alerts, submissions, sign-in access, and paid memberships while a request is reviewed.

Clearer Alpha expectations

• The Terms now state clearly that Alpha features may change, break, be delayed, be added, or be removed.
• The same Alpha limitations and expectations apply to free users, trial users, and paying members.

Performance improvements and bug fixes

• Performance improvements and bug fixes.

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Bug fixes and performance improvements.

More Control Over Your Inbox

• Account preferences now let you control product-update and patch-note emails separately from daily bottle alerts.
• Current members remain subscribed to patch notes unless they choose to turn them off.
• Patch-note emails now include their own one-click unsubscribe without changing inventory-alert preferences.

A Clearer Community Inbox

• Feedback, tips, and Store Pick recommendations now reach the Bourbon Beacon team promptly and remain safely recorded if an email is temporarily interrupted.
• Repeated taps no longer create duplicate submissions.
• The official Bourbon Beacon logo suite now adapts cleanly across desktop, mobile, light, and dark placements.
• Confirmed store delivery schedules now improve Estimated Shipment Day for Murray Scholls, Sherwood, Newberg, Sunset, Beaverton, and Baseline liquor stores.

Faster Community Signals

• ‘I Got One!’ reports now appear immediately so hunters can share successful finds without waiting for review.
• Shipment estimates now recognize recurring store-level delivery patterns, including stores with two likely delivery days per week.
• Bottle lists and inventory emails are consistently alphabetical.
• Fixed occasional text overlap in the inventory schedule card.

Cleaner Navigation

• Terms and Patch Notes now live in the footer instead of the primary navigation.
• The main navigation stays focused on the tools hunters use most often.

Community Finds

• ‘I Got One!’ reports appear on the exact bottle and store where a hunter found it.
• Community reports are clearly separated from reported store inventory and include a call-ahead reminder.
• Store profiles make it easier to report a successful hunt directly from a bottle card.

Inventory Reliability

• Improved the reliability of evening inventory updates when Oregon’s source site is temporarily unavailable.
• The latest complete inventory remains visible until a newer complete update is ready.

Find What You Want Faster

• Bottle lists are alphabetical and can now be filtered as Bourbon, American Whiskey and Rye, or Scotch Whisky.
• Account preferences can hide an entire spirit style from results and daily emails.

Share the Hunt

• A new I Got One action makes successful bottle finds easy to report from an exact store.
• Members can choose a community username or publish approved tips, Store Picks, and successful hunts anonymously.
• Community submissions remain moderated before they appear publicly.

Store Pick Recommendations

• Recommendations now confirm as soon as the bottle and store details are received.
• Optional photos upload separately, so an interrupted image cannot block the recommendation.
• Submission errors now remain clear and actionable.

Store Pick Recommendations

• Photo selection now clearly shows the chosen image.
• Published Store Picks can feature community-submitted bottle photos.
• Recommendations remain safely submitted even if an optional photo is interrupted.

Stores Near Me

• Map view now opens first on phones, tablets, and desktop computers.

Inventory Reliability

• Morning and evening inventory information now refreshes more consistently.
• The latest complete bottle and store results remain protected if newer information is interrupted.

Clearer Language

• Public pages now describe the latest available inventory properly.
• Inventory timestamps are labeled consistently across bottle and store pages.

Inventory Reliability

• Inventory updates now complete more consistently when Oregon's source is temporarily unavailable.
• The latest complete inventory remains visible until newer information is ready.

Clearer Language

• Public pages continue to describe inventory updates in plain language.

Inventory Reliability

• Inventory updates now publish as a complete set, protecting On Your Radar from incomplete results if an update is interrupted.

Email Reliability

• Daily inventory emails are protected against duplicate delivery.

Clearer Language

• Public pages now describe inventory updates in plain language.

Store Picks

• A Store Pick suggestion now appears only beside a liquor store that actually carries that specific local pick.
• The suggestion links directly to the matching store profile instead of a statewide Store Picks section.

Store Profiles

• Published Store Picks now display the matching OLCC bottle price when one is available.
• Bottle prices across store profiles now use the same stronger amber treatment as On Your Radar, improving contrast and consistency.

Membership Experience

• Rare Reserve is now the recommended default 14-day trial, with Early Bird still available as an alternative.
• Before opening billing settings to downgrade or cancel, members now receive a personalized recap of bottle signals, inventory movement, early emails, and On the Hunt value surfaced during their membership.
• Membership cards now explain the practical value of each tier more clearly.

Rare Reserve

• Approved community notes on individual store profiles are now a Rare Reserve member benefit.
• Store profiles show a clear locked preview without exposing the community report itself to lower tiers or guests.

Interface Polish

• Restored the visible Create account label in the guest header.
• The high-contrast account button remains readable in both the desktop header and mobile navigation.

Interface Polish

• The bottle-category color legend now aligns with the On Your Radar heading and results grid instead of drifting to the outer edge on wide screens.
• The legend continues to wrap naturally on smaller screens.

Release overview

New members can now experience the full value of a paid Bourbon Beacon membership before the first charge.

14-Day Free Trial

• Start either Early Bird or Rare Reserve with 14 days free and immediate access to that membership's signals.
• Annual membership remains the default because it includes the strongest savings, while monthly billing is still available.
• Checkout clearly shows that there is no charge today and states the exact amount and cadence that begins after the trial.

Clear, Account-Level Eligibility

• Each Bourbon Beacon account receives one introductory trial across the paid memberships, preventing confusing repeat offers when switching tiers.
• Payment details are collected securely before the trial begins, and members can cancel from their account before the first renewal charge.

Trial Visibility and Reminders

• The Account page shows when an active trial ends.
• A renewal reminder is prepared seven days before the trial converts to a paid membership.

Ready for the Mobile Roadmap

• Membership access is ready to stay consistent across the website and future iOS and Android subscriptions.

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Bug fixes and performance improvements

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Starter Watch members now receive one clear confirmation before skipping the On the Hunt membership comparison.

A More Informed Choice

• The confirmation explains that rare bottles in a member's area may remain hidden on Starter Watch.
• Members can return to the full plan comparison or deliberately continue with Starter Watch.

No Forced Upgrade

• The free path remains available and onboarding can still be completed without payment.
• Paid members and every other optional setup screen remain unchanged.

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Bottle categories now use one consistent color language across On Your Radar and the nearby-store map.

Clear Category Colors

• Rare Reserve uses burnished gold and Allocated uses deep forest for the strongest visual emphasis.
• Store Picks use warm copper, while Highly Recommended bottles use a quieter sage.
• A new key above On Your Radar makes every category easy to identify.

Smarter Map Pins

• Store pins now inherit the strongest bottle category available at that location.
• Stores with multiple bottle categories still appear only once, preventing duplicate map results.
• The expanded map legend and bottle dots make mixed inventory easier to understand.

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The On the Hunt step now explains exactly what each Bourbon Beacon membership adds before a new member finishes setup.

Compare Every Membership

• Starter Watch, Early Bird, and Rare Reserve are shown together with their exact inventory, email, signal, and travel-search benefits.
• Early Bird and Rare Reserve pricing now clearly calls out the two-month annual savings.

On the Hunt, Explained

• Early Bird members can follow one special bottle around a travel city.
• Rare Reserve members can follow three, alongside Rare Bottle Vault and Estimated Shipment Day access.

Still Optional

• Starter Watch members can skip the upgrade and finish setup without interruption.
• Membership can still be changed later from the Account page.

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Optional onboarding screens now include a clear Skip for now button alongside Save and continue.

Optional Means Optional

• Exact stores, bottle recommendations, Store Picks, email bottle selection, and On the Hunt can each be skipped without interrupting account setup.
• Optional screens are labeled clearly so new members know which decisions can wait.

Preferences Stay Flexible

• Choices made before continuing are still saved to the member's account.
• Every skipped preference remains available from the Account page whenever the member is ready.

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Stores Near Me now gives bourbon hunters a clearer sense of where each signal is in relation to their current location.

A New Map View

• Switch between the familiar nearest-store list and a map of official Oregon liquor stores in your selected radius.
• Store markers distinguish locations with tracked bottles, and selecting one reveals its address, distance, latest visible bottle quantities, phone shortcut, and directions.
• Rare Reserve signals remain protected by the same membership rules used everywhere else on the site.

Privacy and Reliability

• Your location continues to stay on your device and is used only to calculate nearby Oregon stores.
• The existing store list remains fully available if the map is interrupted, and the map can be disabled without affecting nearby-store results.

Release overview

New hunters now get a clearer introduction and a calmer, guided way to tune The Bourbon Beacon.

See How the Signal Works

• A new How It Works page explains inventory refreshes, personalized search areas, grouped bottle results, and membership timing.
• Guests can understand the service before creating an account, including the reminder that stores should be contacted before making a trip.

One Preference at a Time

• New members move through a focused setup flow for search area, exact stores, bottle visibility, daily email choices, and plan-aware On the Hunt options.
• Each choice is saved before the next screen appears. If setup is interrupted, the member returns to the step where they stopped.
• The final screen summarizes the new signal and opens the personalized Radar.

Ready for Mobile

• Choices made during guided setup are ready to follow members into the upcoming iOS and Android apps.

Release overview

The Bourbon Beacon now clearly confirms its adult-only audience while keeping the process deliberately private.

A Simple 21+ Entrance

• Website visitors confirm they are at least 21 before viewing bottle and store information.
• The same adult-only entrance is ready for the upcoming iOS and Android apps.
• Guests can continue browsing normally after confirmation; an account is still optional.

Your Birth Date Stays Yours

• Your entered birth date is checked only on your device and is never saved or sent to The Bourbon Beacon.
• Signed-in accounts retain only the date and time that 21+ eligibility was confirmed.
• The service remains an information-only directory and does not sell, reserve, or deliver alcohol.

Release overview

Your Bourbon Beacon account is becoming easier to use across the website and the upcoming mobile apps.

One Set of Saved Preferences

• Your cities, counties, stores, watched bottles, hidden categories, email choices, and On the Hunt settings stay together.
• Changes saved on the website are ready to follow the same account into the upcoming iOS and Android apps.
• Membership benefits and On the Hunt limits remain consistent for every plan.

A Faster, Safer Account Experience

• The Account page loads faster and focuses on the information and choices you need.
• Billing controls show the correct options while private payment details remain protected.
• Clearer account errors make interrupted saves and sign-in problems easier to understand.

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The first Bourbon Beacon mobile foundation is here.

Liquor Stores Near Me

• Find official Oregon liquor stores using your phone or browser location.
• Choose a 5, 10, 25, or 50 mile search radius and see the closest stores first.
• See tracked bottles from the latest stored inventory, call a store, or open turn-by-turn directions.
• Location sorting happens on your device; Bourbon Beacon does not store or transmit your precise coordinates.

Mobile App Foundation

• Bourbon Beacon can now be installed to supported iOS and Android home screens as a standalone web app.
• Added touch-friendly mobile navigation and safe-area support for modern phones.
• Prepared accounts, inventory, and memberships to stay consistent in future native iOS and Android apps.

Membership Privacy

• Rare Reserve signals remain protected for Starter Watch and Early Bird members in nearby-store results.
• Guests can use Nearby Stores without creating an account.

Release overview

The Bourbon Beacon is becoming a clearer, more flexible way to hunt allocated whiskey throughout Oregon. Here is what changed today.

Better Inventory Results

• Inventory searches now return complete location lists, including bottles with several pages of Oregon store results.
• Rare Reserve bottles and newly tracked bottles now appear correctly throughout the site and in category filters.
• Duplicate bottle listings were cleaned up, and bottle names, distilleries, OLCC codes, and access tiers are presented more consistently.
• Corrected Koos Bay to Coos Bay across stores, inventory, and saved searches.

Clearer Inventory Changes

• Bottle cards now explain movement as plus or minus bottles since a specific date and show how many locations on your radar changed.
• Expand a bottle to see the last recorded quantity change at each exact store.
• Rare Reserve members can see store-specific reliability history and estimated shipment days based on meaningful inventory increases.

Rare Reserve

• Rare Reserve bottles now appear in the category selector for Rare Reserve members.
• Starter Watch and Early Bird members see a protected preview without revealing stores, quantities, or contact information.
• The Rare Reserve catalog now highlights especially difficult bottles when they appear in statewide inventory.

On the Hunt

• Early Bird members can expand their search radius for one priority bottle.
• Rare Reserve members can follow up to three priority bottles around a chosen Oregon city.
• On the Hunt results remain separate from your normal saved search area.

Store Picks & Recommendations

• Added Highly Recommended and Store Pick categories, including dedicated filters and account visibility preferences.
• Recommend a Store Pick by searching the official store directory by store name, city, or address.
• Submissions support a large phone photo, a clear confirmation screen, and optional bottle details.
• Approved Store Picks can appear for the exact store where they were submitted.

Community & Feedback

• Submit a bourbon-hunting tip for the dismissible community banner. The banner stays hidden when no tip is published.
• Use the Feedback page to report a bug, request a feature, leave a comment, or request a bottle for The Bourbon Beacon to begin tracking on the site.

Easier Browsing

• Improved city selection, mobile controls, autocomplete behavior, bottle sorting, and category filtering.
• Guests can browse and search stored inventory without creating an account.
• Public, dated patch notes now make it easy to follow every Alpha release.

Release overview

This small Alpha update makes inventory movement easier to understand at a glance and preserves the complete public development history.

Inventory Clarity

• Every bottle now summarizes how many currently listed stores changed during the latest inventory update.
• Bottle summaries show previous inventory, current inventory, and the net change across every currently listed store in the member's results.
• Expanded store rows clearly identify whether that exact store changed or stayed the same.
• Copy now explains that displayed stores are the locations currently reporting inventory.

Patch Notes

• Every release appears in a dated toggle on the Patch Notes page.
• Earlier Alpha milestones have been backfilled so previous updates remain available.

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