---
license: cc-by-nc-4.0
pretty_name: WhiskyDB — Fine Spirits & Whisky Dataset (Free Sample)
tags:
- spirits
- whisky
- food-and-drink
- e-commerce
- auctions
- provenance
size_categories:
- n<1K
configs:
- config_name: casks_taxonomy
  data_files: casks_taxonomy.csv
- config_name: distilleries
  data_files: distilleries.csv
- config_name: flavors_taxonomy
  data_files: flavors_taxonomy.csv
- config_name: spirits
  data_files: spirits.csv
---

# 🥃 WhiskyDB — Fine Spirits & Whisky Dataset (Free Sample)

A **free sample** of WhiskyDB: a structured, relational dataset of whiskies and fine spirits built **entirely from open, legally accessible public sources** — government label registries (US TTB COLA), corporate registries (UK Companies House), the EU eAmbrosia GI register, Open Food Facts, Wikipedia/Wikidata, and open auction statistics — with a **provenance ledger entry behind every record**.

**This sample contains 15 spirits + 15 distilleries**, plus the **fully open cask & flavor taxonomies** (14 cask styles, 15 flavor descriptors).

The **full dataset covers 1,290+ spirits, 3,200+ distilleries & producers across 110+ countries, 270+ protected GI appellations, and 20,000+ monthly auction-price benchmarks (Nov 2005 → today)** — the auction index is the differentiated part: 225 consecutive months of distillery-level mean winning bids, ideal for valuation models and price-vs-age studies.

## Get the Full Dataset

* 🔗 **Official Portal:** [whisky-database.pages.dev](https://whisky-database.pages.dev/) — Standard Catalog $49/mo · API & Valuation $99/mo
* 📧 **Contact:** [whiskeydn.kite979@simplelogin.com](mailto:whiskeydn.kite979@simplelogin.com)
* 🐙 **GitHub:** [WhiskyyDB/whisky-database](https://github.com/WhiskyyDB/whisky-database)
* 🥃 **Interactive Explorer:** [Dataset Sample Explorers Space — WhiskyDB tab](https://huggingface.co/spaces/Ichlibitiche/dataset-sample-explorers)

## Files

| File | License | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `spirits.csv` | CC BY-NC 4.0 | Sample bottlings: name, type, age, ABV, volume, source provenance |
| `distilleries.csv` | CC BY-NC 4.0 | Sample producers: name, country, region, source provenance |
| `casks_taxonomy.csv` | **CC BY 4.0** | Hierarchical cask styles (category → sub-type → style + wood species) — free for any use incl. commercial |
| `flavors_taxonomy.csv` | **CC BY 4.0** | Controlled flavor vocabulary (macro category → descriptor) — free for any use incl. commercial |

## Quick Start

```python
import pandas as pd

base = "hf://datasets/Ichlibitiche/whiskydb-fine-spirits-sample/"
spirits = pd.read_csv(base + "spirits.csv")
distilleries = pd.read_csv(base + "distilleries.csv")
casks = pd.read_csv(base + "casks_taxonomy.csv")
print(len(spirits), "spirits, e.g.", spirits.iloc[0]["name"])
```

## Use Cases

- Bar-menu & hospitality software (clean names, types, ABV, volumes)
- Collection-tracking and spirits-discovery apps
- Whisky investment analytics on a 19-year monthly auction index (full dataset)
- Flavor/cask-based recommendation engines on the open taxonomies
- ML / RAG corpora over a provenance-tracked spirits knowledge base

## License

Sample data: **CC BY-NC 4.0** — attribution, non-commercial. Taxonomies: **CC BY 4.0** — free for any use with attribution, including commercial. Full dataset: commercial license; records derived from ODbL/CC-BY-SA sources retain upstream attribution obligations. Corrections: `whiskeydn.kite979@simplelogin.com`.