Terms of Service

Brannewyn (the “Service”) is operated by Lyemac (Pty) Ltd (“Lyemac”, “we”, “our”, or “us”), a company registered in the Republic of South Africa.

Brannewyn is a crowdsourced index that tracks the price of the double brandy & coke special — the standard South African pour of two double brandies served with one coke — at venues across South Africa. Members of the public submit price reports and we aggregate those reports into an index and related insights.

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and Lyemac and govern your access to and use of the Service. If you do not agree with any part of these Terms, you must not use the Service.

Brannewyn deals with the pricing of alcoholic beverages. By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and legally permitted to view and submit content relating to alcoholic beverages in your jurisdiction.

The Service is not intended for, and must not be used by, anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly direct any content to minors, and we reserve the right to suspend any account where we have reason to believe the user is under 18.

The Service is primarily aimed at consumers in South Africa but is accessible from elsewhere. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of the Service complies with the laws that apply to you.

To submit price reports or use certain features you will need to create an account. Authentication is handled on our behalf by Clerk. You agree to:

• provide accurate and current information (including a valid email address);
• keep your login credentials confidential;
• use one account per person and not share access;
• take responsibility for all activity that takes place under your account.

We may suspend or close an account at any time if we believe these Terms have been breached, if we need to protect the Service or other users, or if required by law.

Brannewyn is currently provided free of charge. You are not required to pay anything to access or use the Service as it stands today.

We may introduce paid features, tiers, or subscriptions in the future. If we do, we will give you reasonable notice before any paid feature applies to you, and any paid access will be subject to additional terms that we publish at that time. We are under no obligation to maintain a free tier indefinitely.

Brannewyn is built from content submitted by its users. This includes price reports, place details, venue information, notes, and any other material you submit (together, “User Content”).

Licence you grant to us. By submitting User Content you grant Lyemac a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable and transferable licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt, aggregate, publish, distribute, and display that User Content as part of the Service and for the promotion of the Service. This licence includes the right to combine your submissions with other data to produce the Brannewyn index and related insights.

Your warranties. You warrant that each submission:

• is accurate to the best of your knowledge at the time you submit it;
• reflects a real, observed price at the venue you identify;
• does not infringe anyone else’s rights (including intellectual property, privacy, or reputation);
• is not defamatory, misleading, unlawful, or offensive;
• is yours to submit (you either own it or have permission to share it).

Our rights. We may review, edit, decline, remove, or anonymise any User Content at our discretion, including where we believe it is inaccurate, fraudulent, duplicated, spammy, or in breach of these Terms. We are not obliged to moderate content in advance and we are not responsible for User Content submitted by others.

You agree not to:

• submit fake, inflated, or deliberately misleading price reports;
• use bots, scrapers, or other automated means to access, copy, or query the Service in bulk;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to derive our source code or datasets;
• resell, relicense, or commercialise the Brannewyn index or any material portion of it without our written permission;
• use the Service to harm, defame, or harass a venue, competitor, or other user;
• promote the sale or consumption of alcohol to minors, or otherwise market alcohol in breach of South African law;
• interfere with the Service’s infrastructure, security, or availability;
• use the Service for anything unlawful.

Brannewyn displays crowdsourced data and is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not verify every submission and we do not guarantee that any price, venue, or insight shown on the Service is accurate, current, or complete.

The Service is intended for general information and entertainment only. It is not financial, commercial, hospitality, or consumer advice, and you should not rely on it alone when making purchase or business decisions. Always confirm prices directly with the venue before relying on them.

Brannewyn tracks pricing; it does not promote excessive drinking. We ask you to drink responsibly, respect local licensing laws, and never drink and drive. If you or someone you know needs help with alcohol use, please contact a qualified support service in your country.

The Brannewyn name, branding, site design, software, and the aggregated datasets we produce are owned by Lyemac (Pty) Ltd and are protected by South African and international intellectual property law. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of those rights to you.

You keep ownership of your individual submissions, but you grant us the licence described in section 5 so that we can operate and grow the Service.

Brannewyn relies on trusted third parties to deliver the Service, including:

• Clerk — account creation and authentication;
• Convex — database and backend hosting;
• Resend — transactional email delivery.

Your use of those providers, to the extent you interact with them directly, is governed by their own terms. More detail on how we handle personal information will appear in a separate Privacy Policy.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms, if we need to protect the Service or other users, or if we are required to do so by law.

You may close your account at any time by using the account settings, or by emailing us at jason@lyemac.co.za. When your account is closed, we will remove or anonymise your personal information, but aggregated or anonymised data derived from your submissions may remain part of the Brannewyn index.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or that any data it produces will be accurate or fit for any particular purpose.

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any right you may have under the South African Consumer Protection Act or any other law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Lyemac, its directors, employees, and contractors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive loss or damage, including loss of profits, revenue, business, goodwill, data, or opportunity, arising out of or relating to your use of the Service.

Our total aggregate liability to you under or in connection with these Terms and the Service is limited to the greater of (a) the amounts you have actually paid to us for the Service in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) ZAR 500. Because the Service is currently free, amounts paid will normally be zero.

Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, or gross negligence.

You agree to indemnify and hold Lyemac and its directors, employees, and contractors harmless against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and reasonable legal costs arising out of or relating to:

• your User Content;
• your breach of these Terms;
• your unlawful or negligent use of the Service.

We may update these Terms from time to time as the Service evolves. If the changes are material, we will let you know by email or by a prominent notice on the site before the changes take effect. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.

These Terms and your use of the Service are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. You and Lyemac agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the South African courts in relation to any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms.

For any legal notice, support request, or request to remove content, please contact us at jason@lyemac.co.za.

Lyemac (Pty) Ltd · Republic of South Africa