Quick answers before you use Pint Path.
The short version: search the map, submit what you actually saw, and community submissions only publish after admin review.
Simple answers for using Pint Path well.
Can I trust the beer prices?
Prices are treated as pending until reviewed or sufficiently verified. Approved records may still change, so check with the venue before ordering.
How do submits work?
Choose a venue, add the beer price, images, or PDF menu you saw, then submit it. Google-selected new venues can appear on the map quickly, while community drink data stays pending until admin review. Matching community confirmations help reviewers but never auto-publish. If reception drops after you finish, Pint Path saves the upload locally and retries when you are back online.
How do I add a missing venue?
Open Submit, tick that the venue is not on Pint Path yet, search Google Maps, choose the matching bar, pub, restaurant, brewery, or night club, then add the beer data you saw. The verified Google venue can appear on the map right away; community price data waits for admin review.
Why do I need an account to submit data?
Accounts help us review uploads, stop spam, award contributor points, and contact the right person if something needs clarification.
Why does Submit ask for location services?
Location proof helps reviewers confirm that data was uploaded from the venue area. It is optional during field testing, but submissions without it may not earn location-based points. Pint Path stores that proof privately with the submission for review; it is not shown on the public map or sold to venues.
What happens if I lose reception while submitting?
The Submit page saves the finished submission in your browser’s local database and retries when the browser comes back online. Keep the same browser/account open so queued beer data and source photos can be sent for review.
Are my photos, receipts, and location proof public?
No. Source photos, receipts, upload-location proof, OCR evidence, and reviewer notes are private review material.
What if a price is wrong?
Submit the correct price from the venue. Fresh, useful corrections are reviewed and can replace stale or disputed records once approved.
How does full map access work?
New paid enrolment is not open in this release. Contributors can earn temporary full map access through approved useful submissions. Pint Path will publish final pricing and billing terms before any paid checkout is deliberately opened.
How do missions and contribution points work?
Missions identify missing or stale venue data. Accepting a mission links it to your submission. Points scale up for missing or old data and down for recently checked data. Points are awarded only after admin approval and eligible location proof; approved missions then close until the venue needs a meaningful new check.
What happens when OCR finds a new beer name?
Pint Path reads images or one PDF menu, extracts beer rows, and matches names against the catalogue. An unknown name is quarantined for admin approval or merging. Food, headings, spirits, wine, and OCR noise cannot publish as beer data. Original evidence stays private for the reviewer.
Are QR, member-code, and venue reward redemptions available?
No. Reward, redemption, counter/POS, and alcohol-linked code flows are outside this release and remain disabled.
Are Pint Points, Free Pint Rewards, and Pub Golf available at launch?
No. Alcohol-linked points, free-drink rewards, fixed-round alcohol game mechanics, member codes, and discount passes are paused for the public launch. Pint Path will not enable them unless written Victorian responsible-promotion advice, participating venue-licensee approval, and any required App Store approval are recorded.
Does a venue pay to rank first?
No paid venue enrolment or paid placement is open in this release. Any future sponsored treatment must be clearly labelled and cannot turn missing, stale, disputed, or expensive data into the best result by itself.
Can I start a subscription or trial?
No. Pricing, checkout, subscriptions, and introductory trials are deferred. Pint Path will publish the approved price, renewal, cancellation, invoice, and refund terms before opening them.
How long does account deletion take?
Scheduling deletion starts a seven-day cancellation window. After that date, an authorised operator runs the provider-deletion and account-anonymisation workflow. Pint Path aims to complete a verified request within 30 calendar days and must explain any lawful delay. A completion notice is queued automatically after deletion commits and its encrypted destination is removed on verified delivery, an audited terminal resolution, or no later than 30 days after completion; a destination still held before completion is removed after at most 60 days. Backup and migration copies exclude and securely compact away that recipient secret before retention or upload. Apple sign-in remains disabled until authorization-token revocation is implemented and tested.
Can bars edit the map directly?
Verified venue managers directly maintain profile, beer, stock, and price data for their assigned venue. Guarded bulk deletions are held for admin review. Pro enrolment and public specials are not open in this release.
Are paid venue reports available?
No. Paid venue enrolment, analytics, and reports are deferred. If introduced later, reports will use aggregate privacy-safe trends rather than individual user clickstreams.
How do I report a security or privacy concern?
Use the security page for privacy-sensitive issues, suspected abuse, or anything that should not go through normal contact.
Is Pint Path encouraging more drinking?
No. Pint Path is an information tool for adults 18+. Prices may change, venues may refuse service, and everyone should drink responsibly.