Rate Every Sip in WhiskeyMate

Evaluate nose, taste, finish, and body—then compare your impressions with the community

Overview

WhiskeyMate supports structured bottle ratings so you can remember what you loved (or didn’t) and compare your impressions with the community. Ratings are broken into four parts—Nose, Taste, Finish, and Body.

How ratings work

Star UI on mobile: On iOS and Android, you rate each category with a 1–5 star control. There’s also an overall “quick set” control that can set all four categories at once.
Stored as points: Under the hood, the app saves ratings in Firestore in userRatings using a 100-point style mapping: each category is stored as (stars × 5) and totalScore is the sum of the four category point values (0–100).
Community averages (when available): When a bottle has stats, WhiskeyMate can show community averages for the same categories (from whiskeyStats) and the total number of ratings.

Where to rate bottles

iOS: Rate from a bottle’s detail view (Ratings section). You can also rate from the feed via the rating overlay.
Android: Rate from the bottle detail screen (it shows your rating controls plus the community averages when available).
Web: When adding a bottle from /dashboard.html, the Ratings (optional) accordion includes sliders for Nose/Taste/Finish/Body plus an overall “Quick set”. The dashboard’s bottle details UI can also display your saved rating summary and any community averages that exist.

Updating your rating

iOS / Android: You can update your rating later. The Update Rating button stays disabled until all categories are set and you’ve changed something.
Web: Ratings are currently set during the Add Bottle flow; the web dashboard displays ratings but does not currently provide a dedicated rating editor UI.

Tips

Re-rate over time: Bottles can evolve after opening, and your palate changes too.
Pair ratings with notes: A quick note (e.g., “bright citrus, short finish”) makes your score far more useful later.