Dan Abrams’ Bottle Raiders App Uses AI To Empower Spirits Enthusiasts

Bottle Raiders, the world’s largest and most-trusted spirits review website founded by entrepreneur and media personality Dan Abrams, recently announced the launch of the first-ever AI-powered app that puts ratings and reviews of premium spirits and zero proof offerings at your fingertips. As a result of the app’s initial launch success with downloads growing by nearly 33% each month, the platform is now set to expand its offerings throughout 2025, with new feature additions in the pipeline and thousands of reviews added to the database monthly.

“We are striving to create what Vivino has tried to do for wine or Yuka has done for food, but by aggregating various passionate critic reviews thereby providing consumers with key information to help them make better decisions,” said Abrams. 

The scanning feature on the Bottle Raiders app leverages artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to perform advanced image processing techniques to analyze the visual data from either the labels and/or barcodes of any bottle and instantly link to its extensive database of spirits reviews. This includes optical character recognition (OCR) to extract textual information and pattern recognition to identify logos, design elements, and other distinguishing features. Given that liquor bottles are not uniform in design or shape, optimizing the scanning technology took months of development and testing. Aside from the scanning feature, the app also enables users to save their own tasting notes, see fellow user ratings, and stay updated on spirits news and trends.

It was not easy to find this information,” said Abrams. “I would search various websites looking for the best of the best in spirits and zero proof offerings. When I became frustrated with the amount of work it took to find the information in one place, I created Bottle Raiders.” 

Bottle Raiders boasts the largest database of aggregated critics reviews, offering users unparalleled insights and expert opinions on thousands of spirits. Its proprietary Raided Score™ averages all reviews into a single, easy-to-understand score that allows users to receive a well-rounded assessment of each spirit instead of just one outlet’s subjective opinion. 

The Bottle Raiders app is available to download for free on Apple and Google Play stores. Through the end of February 2025, if you download the Bottle Raiders App, you will be entered for a chance to win a trip for 2 to Oaxaca, Mexico including a Mezcal distillery tour at Gracias a Dios Mezcal. 

ABOUT BOTTLE RAIDERS

Founded in 2024 by television host and entrepreneur Dan Abrams, Bottle Raiders is the leading fine-spirits media platform. It provides the ultimate guide to finding the highest rated spirits and nonalcoholic drinks through its AI-powered app, video content, and major spirit festivals around the country. Its Raided Score™ is the most comprehensive source of liquor and nonalcoholic beverage ratings as it averages credible critics reviews from across the internet. To date, Bottle Raiders has scored over ten thousand spirits and has become the most trusted spirit review platform in America.