Related releases
Batch 23
same product
Batch 24
Springbank 12 Cask Strength Batch 23 and Batch 24 are distinct releases of the same product. Shared facts can stay connected without treating the batches as one bottle.
The whisky catalog
How Peated records each whisky release, connects it to the people and companies behind it, and keeps uncertain facts honest.
A connected record
The catalog entry
Bottle
One marketed whisky release
Ratings, tastings, library entries, and corrections belong here
Sold as
Brand
The name the bottle is sold under.
Part of
Series
A named range, when the whisky belongs to one.
Made at
Distillery
The producer or producers that made the whisky.
Released by
Bottler
The independent business that selected and released it, when there is one.
Brands, distilleries, bottlers, and companies each have their own catalog record. One organization can fill more than one role; the bottle's links explain the part it played.
What a bottle record can tell you
Most bottles will not have every fact. Peated records what reliable evidence supports and leaves the rest open for a future correction.
Identity
Name · edition · Peated IDThe stable product name and the exact release people mean.
Connections
Brand · distillery · bottler · seriesLinks to the other catalog records that put the whisky in context.
Label facts
Category · age · ABV · natural color · filtrationFacts printed on the bottle or supported by another reliable source.
Dates
Distilled · bottled · releasedSeparate dates keep the whisky's production and sale history clear.
Release details
Maturation · cask number · outturnDetails that distinguish a particular cask, batch, or limited release.
Public record
Image · description · ratings · tastingsThe useful context added by sources and the people who drank it.
When is it a different bottle?
A new record represents a release the producer marketed separately. A different package or shop listing does not create a new whisky by itself.
A separate bottle record
- A named edition or marketed batch
- An annual or vintage release
- A separately marketed single cask
The same bottle record
- Another bottle size
- A gift box or export carton
- Retailer wording or a newer photo
Peated only separates releases when a label or another reliable source supports the difference.
Two ways bottles relate
Related releases and a series answer different questions.
One series
Octomore 13.1
same series
Octomore 13.3
Octomore 13.1 and 13.3 are different products in one wider range. A series provides context; it does not make its bottles the same whisky.
A blank is not a no
Some facts have 3 honest states: known, confirmed absent, and not yet known. Peated keeps those states separate instead of filling a gap with a guess.
- Known12 years
A reliable source states a 12-year age.
- ConfirmedNo age statement
The label was checked and has no age statement.
- UnknownNot recorded
Peated does not have reliable age evidence yet.
Corrections keep the record intact
Every bottle and organization in the catalog, plus every series, has a permanent Peated ID. When a record is corrected or a duplicate is removed, Peated preserves its links, tastings, reviews, and history rather than starting over.
Missing something? Record a bottle, or open an existing bottle and suggest a correction.