Terms & Conditions

Barrel Route is owned and operated by E-LINK Applications LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company trading as Barrel Route ("we", "us", "our"). When you use the app or buy anything through it, your agreement is with E-LINK Applications LLC.

Questions, support, and billing help: use the Send feedback button in the app, or email ELINKWEBAPPS@proton.me. We aim to reply within two business days.

By creating an account or continuing to use Barrel Route, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please stop using the app. Barrel Route is only for adults who are at least 21 years old (or the legal drinking age where you live, if higher). Minors may not create an account or post content, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 21. If you're signing up for a business, you confirm you're allowed to agree on its behalf.

Keep your login details private. Anything done through your account is treated as done by you, and the information you give us (including a venue claim) should be accurate and kept up to date.

Barrel Route is a digital passport for breweries, wineries and wine bars, dive bars, and bourbon bars and distilleries: location-confirmed check-ins, collectible badges, trip planning, reviews, photos, private notes, and social features. Businesses can claim their page free, or subscribe to the paid Partner tier for a logo badge, specials and events, rewards tools, private analytics, and sponsored placement as described in our Policies & Privacy.

You get a limited, personal, non-transferable right to use the app within the plan you hold. Listing information comes from public mapping data and from the businesses themselves, so it can be out of date — always check with the venue before travelling.

Barrel Route exists to celebrate craft beverages and local establishments responsibly. By creating an account, accessing, or using Barrel Route, you expressly agree and warrant that whenever you consume alcohol:

1. You will have a sober designated driver, or use a rideshare service, licensed taxi, public transit, or other safe and legal transportation;
2. You will never operate a motor vehicle, boat, watercraft, or other machinery while impaired or under the influence of alcohol; and
3. You remain solely responsible for your personal safety, your alcohol intake, and your compliance with all federal, state, and local laws.

In-app transportation resources ("Ride home"). To help you keep this commitment, the Ride home button on every spot card, venue page, search screen, and trip planner offers:

• Rideshare links (Uber & Lyft) — open Uber or Lyft with your pickup set at the venue's address.
• Local cab search — find local taxi companies and tap-to-call numbers, especially in small towns and rural areas where rideshare may be unavailable.
• SafeRide program information — guidance on the Tavern League of Wisconsin SafeRide program, which offers free rides home from participating bars.
• Alcohol support resources — confidential contacts for the SAMHSA National Helpline (1-800-662-HELP), the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and the NIAAA Alcohol Treatment Navigator.

Third-party transportation disclaimer. All transportation links, phone numbers, and program descriptions are provided strictly as an informational convenience. Barrel Route and E-LINK Applications LLC do not operate, employ, control, or endorse any rideshare platform, taxi company, or transport service. Any ride, fare, route, delay, conduct, or service is strictly an agreement between you and that provider. We accept no responsibility or liability for any events, accidents, injuries, or disputes arising during or after transportation, or for your conduct or transportation choices.

Assumption of risk & independent venues. Barrel Route is an independent directory and discovery platform. We do not own, operate, manage, supervise, or endorse any brewery, winery, distillery, bar, or other venue listed in the app. Consuming alcohol, traveling between establishments, navigating unfamiliar roads or waterways, using boat docks, and interacting with venue staff or patrons involve inherent risks of injury, illness, property damage, and legal penalties. By using the app, you voluntarily assume all known and unknown risks of visiting any establishment or taking part in any activity discovered through Barrel Route.

• Break the law, or use the app to help anyone else break it.
• Commit fraud, fake check-ins or reviews, spam members, or impersonate a venue.
• Post content you don't own the rights to, or anything hateful or abusive.
• Probe, scan, overload, or interfere with our systems, upload malware, or scrape our data.
• Reverse engineer the app, resell or redistribute it, or get around usage limits.

If a rights holder tells us content infringes their trademark or copyright, we'll review it and remove it where appropriate.

Content moderation. The administrator of Barrel Route may remove, hide, or refuse any post, review, comment, photo, or profile content — including names and images — for any reason or no reason, at the administrator's sole discretion, including content we consider offensive, abusive, misleading, unlawful, or otherwise inappropriate. This doesn't require a complaint or advance notice, although we may explain our decision if you ask. We may also suspend or terminate any account at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you or anyone else for removing or keeping any content, or for suspending or closing any account. We have no obligation to monitor content, and leaving content up does not mean we endorse it.

Your photos, reviews, and notes stay yours. You give us permission to host, store, and display them only as needed to run the app — for example showing a shared photo on a venue page. You can delete your content at any time, and a business owner can remove any photo from their own page.

Your promises about your content. When you post photos, reviews, or comments, you confirm that: (a) you own them or have permission to publish them; (b) they don't violate anyone's privacy, publicity, or intellectual property rights; (c) photos don't show minors; and (d) reviews and ratings reflect your own genuine, firsthand experience and are not fake, defamatory, or written on behalf of a competitor.

If you believe content on Barrel Route infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent at ELINKWEBAPPS@proton.me including: (a) identification of the copyrighted work; (b) the venue page or location of the material in the app; (c) your name and contact information; (d) a statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized; and (e) a statement, under penalty of perjury, that your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner, with your physical or electronic signature.

We'll remove or disable access to material that appears to infringe. If your content was removed and you believe it was a mistake, you can send us a counter-notice. We close the accounts of repeat infringers.

The app itself — software, badge artwork, logo scenes, branding, text, and design — is ours and stays ours. Nothing in these terms transfers that to you. Brewery and venue logos belong to those businesses and are used only with their permission.

All venue names, brewery, winery, and distillery trademarks, logos, and third-party service marks referenced in Barrel Route (including Google Maps, Uber, Lyft, and Facebook) belong to their respective owners. Unless a venue is marked as a Partner, its appearance in the directory does not imply any affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, or commercial relationship with Barrel Route or E-LINK Applications LLC.

Paid items are state unlocks for members ($0.99 for a 7-day pass, $1.99 for a permanent state unlock, $9.99 for every state) and the Partner subscription for businesses ($29 per month or $249 per year). Prices are always shown before you commit. Subscriptions renew automatically for the same term until cancelled, and you can cancel at any time to stop future renewals.

Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns.

Payment, billing, tax, cancellation, and refund mechanics are covered by Paddle's Buyer Terms. Our own refund terms are on the Refund Policy page.

Venue listings, opening hours, addresses, phone numbers, amenities (including boat dock access), menus, pricing, events, rewards, and map locations are provided for informational, discovery, and entertainment purposes only. Information comes from public mapping data, third-party sources, member submissions, and venue operators. While we work to keep listings current, information can change without notice and may contain errors, inaccuracies, or omissions.

We do not warrant or guarantee that any venue is open, operating, licensed, safe, accessible, or suitable for your visit, or that any distance, map pin, or planned route is accurate. You are solely responsible for confirming hours, addresses, and access directly with the establishment before traveling. E-LINK Applications LLC is not responsible or liable for wasted travel, fuel or transportation costs, missed plans, or inconvenience resulting from reliance on any information, map, or route in the app.

We work to keep Barrel Route running, but we can't promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free. Features may change, and maintenance or outages can happen. Mapping, hosting, and payment providers we rely on can also go down.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Barrel Route application, including all content, directory listings, maps, trip recommendations, badges, and services, is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. E-LINK Applications LLC expressly disclaims all warranties, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, non-infringement, and quiet enjoyment. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, secure, accurate, timely, or error-free, or that defects or errors will be corrected. Your use of the service and reliance on any content is entirely at your own risk.

We aren't liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses such as lost profits, lost data, or lost goodwill. Our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability for fraud, death, or personal injury where the law doesn't allow it.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless E-LINK Applications LLC and its officers, directors, members, and agents from and against any third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorney fees) arising from or related to: (a) your use or misuse of the app; (b) any alcohol consumption, travel, or conduct before, during, or after your use of the app; (c) your violation of these terms or applicable law; or (d) any content you post that infringes or harms a third party.

We want Barrel Route to be usable by everyone. If you run into a feature or page you can't use because of a disability, email ELINKWEBAPPS@proton.me and we'll work with you to provide the information or help you need and to fix the issue.

We may suspend or close an account for serious or repeated breaches of these terms, non-payment, fraud or security risk, or unlawful activity. You can close your account at any time. When an account ends, paid access ends with it and your data is deleted or anonymised as described in our Policies & Privacy. Ask us before you close it if you want a copy of your content.

We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the current version, and material changes are announced in the app. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA, and disputes go to the courts of Wisconsin. You may not transfer your rights under these terms without our consent; we may transfer ours as part of a sale or merger of the business. Neither side is responsible for delays caused by events outside its reasonable control.

Class action waiver: to the fullest extent permitted by law, you and E-LINK Applications LLC agree that any claims or disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the service must be resolved on an individual basis, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding.