A Guinness journal
Every pint, remembered.
Score the pint, keep the photo, note who you were with. Black Book is a private record of the Guinness you've had and the pubs you had it in — and a passport that fills in one county at a time.
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A journal, not a review site
Give every pint a score out of ten — half points allowed — a note, and a photo, and say when you had it, so last night's still counts. Your journal sorts itself by month: filter it, search it by pub, note or place, and see which pint was actually the best one.
There are no public reviews and no leaderboards. Your scores are for you.
A passport for the whole island
Your first pint at a new pub earns a stamp in that county. Every one of the 32 counties has a target to complete — a reason to try the pub down the road, and the one three counties over.
Keep going back and a pub's stamp levels up, from Visitor to Regular to Local — and, eventually, Part of the Furniture. Levels count nights, not pints.
Over 4,500 pubs, already on the map
Every pub on the island is there from day one, so logging a pint is a couple of taps. Find what's near you, search by name, or add the one that's missing.
Your nights, mapped
The journey map joins your pubs in the order you went to them. Pick a night and see the route, stop by stop.
Every night, in a card
Each night out gets its own recap: the pubs in order, when you got to each one, and the best pint of the night. A record of the evening, not a tally of how much was drunk.
Friends, if you want them
Add a friend by their email and you can read each other's journals — or invite them if they're not on Black Book yet, and your request will be waiting when they join. Choose, pint by pint, whether to let them know which pub you're in.
Your own stats
Your average score, your favourite pub, how your scores spread, and a round-up of your year. Every pub keeps your story too: when you first went, how many nights, your best pint there.
Any pub, anywhere
Pub not on the map? Add it in seconds and log your pint straight away. Abroad? Add that one too — it just won't earn a county stamp.
Private by default
Nobody can read your journal unless you add them as a friend — and that's enforced by the database itself, not just the app. Your photos are stored privately too, and there are no ads, no trackers and no public reviews.