Find allocated bourbon before it's gone.
NC Bourbon Insider watches every NC ABC board so you don't have to. We send instant drop and lottery alerts, show you which boards are likely to have your bottles in stock, and let you know the moment another member spots one.
Pro sends instant email and text drop and lottery alerts for 36 NC ABC boards, plus Bottle Hunter for planning runs, scoring shelf availability, and tracking sightings across any board in the state. Standard is free and includes the full distribution dashboard and board timelines.
Built by whiskey drinkers, for whiskey drinkers.
Bourbon reaches you three different ways. We cover all three.
Allocated bourbon doesn't land on shelves the same way twice. Whether it's already sitting there quietly, posted as a first-come event drop, or opened for lottery entries, NC Bourbon Insider has a tool built for that scenario.
Already there. You just don't know it yet.
Allocated bottles sometimes land quietly on ABC shelves with no announcement at all. They sell out before most hunters even know to look.
Favorites Finder cross-references your saved boards and bottles against live delivery data and tells you whether each one is likely in stock, pre-shelf, or probably gone. Sighting Alerts let you know the moment a member spots your bottle at a board you're watching.
Works across every NC ABC board
First in line wins, if you know in time
Boards post a single-day sale at a specific time and it's over in minutes. Miss the announcement and you miss the bottle.
Drop alerts reach your phone and inbox within seconds of a board's announcement, across all 36 NC ABC boards. No manual checking, no group chats, just the notification that gets you out the door before anyone else sees the post.
36 NC ABC boards covered
Enter before the window closes
Boards open a submission window days or weeks in advance. Miss the opening post and you're out before the drawing even happens.
Email and text lottery alerts go out the moment a board opens submissions, so you never miss an entry window. We track lottery announcements across all 36 covered boards the same way we track drops: automatically, around the clock. See how specific boards run theirs.
36 NC ABC boards covered
Ask Glen. Get answers.
Glen is your bourbon assistant. Ask whether Eagle Rare is on a shelf nearby, have Glen build a hunt from scratch, or get a plain-English read on what's moving across your boards. Glen knows bourbon nicknames and every NC ABC board, and answers in plain conversation.
Pick the access level for your bourbon hunt.
Pro
Everything in Standard, plus instant drop and lottery alerts for 36 boards, Bottle Hunter, and the community sighting network.
- Full distribution dashboard
- Save favorite boards & products
- Board timelines for your watched bottles
- Instant email and text drop and lottery alerts for 36 NC ABC boards
- Bottle Hunter: location-based hunts across any NC ABC board
- Favorites Finder: predictive shelf scores for any board & bottle
- Sighting Alerts: get notified when members spot your bottles
Standard
The live distribution dashboard plus saved boards, so you can see when your favorite stores get your favorite bottles.
- Full distribution dashboard
- Save favorite boards & products
- Board timelines for your watched bottles
- Instant email and text drop and lottery alerts for 36 NC ABC boards
- Bottle Hunter: location-based hunts across any NC ABC board
- Favorites Finder: predictive shelf scores for any board & bottle
- Sighting Alerts: get notified when members spot your bottles
More than alerts: a full toolkit for hunting allocated bourbon.
Pro members get real-time drop and lottery alerts for 36 NC ABC boards, plus three tools for shelf intelligence, run planning, and community sightings across every board in the state.
Bottle Hunter: Hunts
Build a named hunt with a location, radius, and a list of bottles you're chasing. The dashboard tracks progress, shows likelihood scores for boards within your radius, and marks items found when a sighting is logged.
Favorites Finder
Cross-references your saved boards and saved bottles against live delivery data. Every combination gets a status: in stock, pre-shelf, or probably depleted, so you know which boards are worth the drive before you leave.
Sighting Alerts
Log a sighting with a photo and board details, and it feeds the whole community. When any member spots a bottle you're chasing at a board you're watching, you get notified: no post, no group chat required.
Instant email and text drop and lottery alerts for 36 NC ABC boards.
Pro members get instant email and text notifications the moment one of these 36 boards announces a drop or opens a lottery. Bottle Hunter, Favorites Finder, and Sighting Alerts work across every NC ABC board, not just the 36.
How we watch every board so you don't have to.
Two things run behind every alert and every shelf score: we watch for the announcement, and we track what's actually landing on shelves. Between them, they cover every way allocated bourbon reaches you in North Carolina: drops, lotteries, and quiet shelf stock nobody bothered to post about.
We watch every board, all day
Facebook posts, emails, and board websites get checked every eight minutes across all 36 NC ABC boards. The moment a drop or lottery goes up, Pro members get an email and text before word spreads.
Favorites Finder reads the shelves
Delivery data, board history, and community sightings feed a plain read on your saved boards and bottles: likely in stock, pre-shelf, or probably depleted, so you know before you drive.
Sighting Alerts keep it current
When a member logs a sighting, it updates scores in real time and lets everyone watching that bottle know. No group chat required.
Whether a bottle drops at a specific time, opens for a lottery, or just shows up on a shelf with no announcement at all, one of these three catches it.