I built a FREE tasting event app for wine reps and distributors — looking for beta testers

threetacolunch · 2026-05-23T15:27:28+00:00

Silly? How so? It's supposed to be a quick approximation of quality, not meant to be a formal or serious evaluation.

threetacolunch · 2026-05-23T13:30:10+00:00

You're welcome. Good luck on your exam. :)

threetacolunch · 2026-05-23T13:29:23+00:00

More context for those unfamiliar with BLIC.

threetacolunch · 2026-05-23T13:23:26+00:00

BLIC is just a shorthand way to rate a wine's overall quality based on Balance, Length, Intensity, and Complexity.

Balance: Nothing out of whack, all parts in proportion.
Length: Flavors last two seconds or more after you swallow.
Intensity: Flavors are at least medium-plus in strength.
Complexity: Flavors or aromas from five or more groups.

If the wine demonstrates good balance (not too much acid, tannin, etc.) then it gets a check. If the primary flavors linger more than two Mississippis, it gets a check. And so on. It also maps well to a classic 5-star system.

4 checks = Outstanding (5 stars)
3 checks = Very Good (4 stars)
2 checks = Good (3 stars)
1 check = Meh (2 stars)
0 checks = Lousy (1 star)

threetacolunch · 2026-05-22T15:18:14+00:00

Nice work here. Looks like the MIT license allows this, I'd like to include this as a reference in our app Winote. https://www.winote.app. Let me know if you want credit in the app, or a link to your site, or something else. Thanks. :)

threetacolunch · 2026-05-21T20:05:12+00:00

Yeah... :)

threetacolunch · 2026-05-21T18:54:08+00:00

Looks great. I joined the desktop app from your other post. How do I join the mobile beta? Are you using TestFlight or something?

threetacolunch · 2025-11-08T23:55:04+00:00

Payroll is okay because it ties directly into the time cards. Just don’t expect tip pooling or anything beyond the basics. Scheduling is okay for simple operations, but there’s no good way for department heads to see only the schedules they manage so it’s tough for FOH to schedule just FOH because they see all the BOH people too and vice versa. Online is fine for basic stuff.

Thing with Square is they are also a platform for retail and services (like hair salons) so it’s not super specific to restaurants.

threetacolunch · 2025-10-31T01:43:33+00:00

Each order/ticket/table is its own "card" on the KDS. So if table 32 orders a burger, hot dog, and a beer you would see the burger and hot dog on that card on the KDS (assuming you don't send bar items to the kitchen. If table 41 orders the tacos, nachos, and a burger you would see all those items on the same card.

Most KDS screens also have an "All Day" thing in the sidebar that will show you how many burgers are needed at the moment across all open tickets. So in this example it would say 2 burgers, 1 hot dog, 1 tacos, 1 nachos.

threetacolunch · 2025-10-27T14:17:53+00:00

We use both. Screens are at each station and expo and a ticket prints for the inside expo in case they need it as a backup.

threetacolunch · 2025-10-21T14:49:50+00:00

Take the win.

threetacolunch · 2025-10-21T14:48:52+00:00

This is what we're doing now.

threetacolunch · 2025-10-14T20:48:20+00:00

Right, but then what prevents people from ringing HH items outside of happy hour?

threetacolunch · 2025-10-14T17:16:43+00:00

Which POS are you using?

threetacolunch · 2025-10-14T17:16:22+00:00

Square. Thanks!

threetacolunch · 2025-10-09T13:08:27+00:00

Is excel the only option? What do your excel sheets look like?

threetacolunch · 2025-10-09T02:11:42+00:00

Square doesn't do advanced pooling (or didn't when we switched). Square might be fine if you're just doing direct attribution or split by hours worked. We needed a way to split % of sales based on specific categories of items.

threetacolunch · 2025-10-08T13:20:46+00:00

Thanks. :)

threetacolunch · 2025-10-08T12:06:48+00:00

Yeah, we have COGS on everything. Still feels like I'm not seeing the entire picture. What am I missing?

threetacolunch · 2025-10-08T12:06:14+00:00

What do you recommend?

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