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Pour the allocated bottle instead of selling it: Evergreen's tasting bar play

A Kentucky retail chain turned its scarcest bourbon into a high-margin destination draw by pouring it instead of raffling it, and the same mechanism works for library wine, rare beer, and single barrels.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt below.
  2. Swap each [bracket] for your own details. The more specific you are, the better the answer.
  3. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini and send it.

The prompt

You are a beverage retail and hospitality operator who has launched by-the-glass tasting programs inside retail stores and tasting rooms. Help me design a "pour it, don't raffle it" program for scarce inventory.

My business: [winery / brewery / distillery / retail wine and spirits shop / distributor sample room]
Location and traffic type: [e.g., Louisville, KY, heavy bourbon tourist traffic in summer, local regulars year round]
The scarce inventory I fight over: [e.g., 3 bottles of allocated single barrel a quarter, 40 cases of library Cabernet, 2 kegs of barrel-aged stout]
Current way I allocate it: [e.g., email lottery, first come first served, club members only]
Retail price per bottle: [$]
My license situation: [e.g., we can pour samples only / we hold a by-the-drink license / unsure]
Staff on the floor at peak: [number]

Produce:
1. A pour pricing model. For each scarce item, give me a per-pour price (1 oz and 2 oz), the number of pours per bottle after spillage, total revenue versus selling the bottle whole, and the margin difference. Show the math.
2. The backbar lineup: how many rare items to keep open at once, how fast each must sell before it oxidizes, and what everyday pours pay the overhead between tourists.
3. The fairness script: exactly what my staff says to a guest who wants the bottle and cannot have it, in plain language, no apology.
4. The social hook: what gets photographed and posted, and a weekly post format that travels to people planning a visit.
5. A 30-day launch plan with the three things most likely to go wrong, and the fix for each.
6. The licensing and compliance questions I need to ask my state agency before I open the bar. List them as questions, do not guess the answers.

Push back if my pour price is too low to beat the margin on a bottle sale, or if my scarce inventory is too thin to keep a bar interesting.

What you fill in

  • winery / brewery / distillery / retail wine and spirits shop / distributor sample room
  • e.g., Louisville, KY, heavy bourbon tourist traffic in summer, local regulars year round
  • e.g., 3 bottles of allocated single barrel a quarter, 40 cases of library Cabernet, 2 kegs of barrel-aged stout
  • e.g., email lottery, first come first served, club members only
  • e.g., we can pour samples only / we hold a by-the-drink license / unsure
  • number

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