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Drinkist is a free drink tracker and taste journal for iOS and Android, and this is where we write about the drinks that go in it. The guides below cover how to taste wine, whisky, beer and coffee properly, which tracking apps are worth your time, and how to find your own palate — and every one of them is a few taps from logging your first tasting.

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• Drinkist vs Vivino, Untappd and the restFeature-by-feature comparisons, and which app fits how you drink.
• Find your Palate DNASix questions, no account. Your drink personality across four flavour axes.
• How to taste wine, from the startThe look-swirl-sniff-sip routine, and what to write down.
• The best whiskeys to drink straightSeven bottles worth pouring neat, with tasting notes and prices.
• Is there an Untappd for wine?The apps that give wine the scan-rate-log habit — and the one that covers everything.
• The eight Palate DNA typesSignature drinks, flavour axes and what to try next for each.