Terms

Terms of service

Plain rules for a small site. Using How’s the Pour means agreeing to them.

Last updated 28 October 2026

Who you are agreeing with

How’s the Pour is operated by an individual in Massachusetts, USA (“we”). Reach us at hello@howsthepour.com.

You must be of drinking age

This site is about alcoholic drinks. You may only create an account and publish reviews if you are 21 or older in the United States, or over the legal drinking age where you live, whichever is higher. Anyone can read the site without an account.

Your account

Keep control of the inbox or Google account you sign in with. Anyone with access to it can get into your How’s the Pour account. Do not impersonate someone else or pick a username designed to be mistaken for another person or a business.

What you post

You keep ownership of your reviews and photos. By posting them, you give How’s the Pour a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license to use, copy, edit, adapt, publish, display and distribute them, in any form and for any purpose, including on social media, in advertising and in other products, and to let others do so on our behalf. You won’t be paid for this use, and we don’t have to credit you.

You can delete your reviews and photos at any time, and they come off How’s the Pour. Deleting them doesn’t end the license: we may keep using anything we have already used elsewhere, and copies may remain in backups.

Only post photos you actually took, or have the right to use and to license to us.

Write honest reviews

This is the whole value of the site, so it is the rule that matters most.

Review drinks you actually had.
Do not review a business you own, work for, or are being paid by, without saying so clearly in the note.
Do not post fake reviews, whether to boost a place or to damage one.
No harassment, hate speech, threats, or content that is illegal or infringes someone else’s rights.
Do not scrape the site, or use bots to create accounts or reviews.

Moderation

Reviews can be reported, and we may remove content or suspend an account that breaks these rules. We will try to be fair and proportionate about it, but this is a small site run by one person, not a formal appeals process.

Copyright

We respect copyright and expect members to do the same. If you believe a photo or review on How’s the Pour uses your work without permission, send a notice to our designated agent:

Your notice must include:

Your physical or electronic signature, as the owner or someone authorized to act for them.
The work you believe was copied.
The link to the photo or review on How’s the Pour.
Your name, address, phone number and email.
A statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized by the owner, their agent or the law.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for them.

When we receive a complete notice, we take the content down and tell the member who posted it. A member who believes it was removed by mistake can send a counter-notice to the same address, and the content may be restored 10 to 14 business days later unless the person who complained tells us they have gone to court. We close the accounts of members who repeatedly post work that is not theirs.

Venue information

Venue names and locations come partly from a maps and places search provider and partly from what reviewers type. They may be wrong, out of date, or refer to a place that has closed. Check before you travel.

Please drink responsibly

Nothing here is an encouragement to drink more, or to drink at all. Do not drink and drive. If alcohol is causing you difficulty, talk to a doctor or a support service in your area.

No warranty

The site is provided as-is. It may be unavailable, lose data, or contain mistakes. Scores are opinions of the people who wrote them, not statements of fact about any business.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses arising from your use of How’s the Pour. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited.

Ending things

You can stop using the site whenever you like and ask for your account to be deleted. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these rules or creates a legal risk.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, and disputes belong to the courts located there.

Changes

These terms may change. The date at the top will change with them, and continuing to use the site means accepting the new version.