iMalts HD is Now Available for the iPad

Copenhagen, Denmark – August, 2010

iStolz today announced a new edition of its popular single malt app for the iPhone and iPod Touch available on the Apple App Store. This version of iMalts, called iMalts HD, is developed specifically for the iPad.

iMalts has since its launch in June last year been a favorite among single malt lovers because of its detailed information about Scotch single malt distilleries and more than 400 of their whiskies. Also the possibility of adding new single malts and keeping track of their tasting notes, collections and wish lists has played a big role.

“This new release brings iMalts to the iPad. Over the past year I have had a great dialog with the iMalts users who both are whisky novices and connoisseurs. What they want is great flexibility and a high level of detail. I have managed to fit this into iMalts on the iPhone but with the larger screen size of the iPad you get a much better overview of each whisky.” said Lasse Stolz, iMalts Developer. “It also gives the possibility to show larger sized photos of the whiskies so you can see the details of the labels”.

The core iMalts application enables the user to keep a detailed log of the bottles of single malts that he or she owns. Details like place and date of purchase, cost, current market value, the date the bottle was opened and how much is remaining are all possible to track. iMalts also has a unique and easy-to-use framework which makes it fun for both newcommers and connoisseurs to detail those tasting experiences.

Lasse Stolz said: “Because of the way you interact with the iPhone or the iPad or any mobile device for that matter I had to come up with a different way of tracking tasting notes. You really want to keep typing to a minimum so where others would use text fields only I also use sliders and pickers. If you for example want to specify the nose of a whisky you will just have to score eight basic smells from 0-5 using sliders. This approach also makes it a lot easier for whisky novices to start tracking their tasting notes because they have something to choose from.”

In iMalts you will find a detailed guide on how to determine the color, the nose, the body, the taste and the finish of a whisky. Furthermore iMalts comes with a whisky glossary of almost 300 terms and phrases so when other whisky enthusiasts talk about angel’s share you will know that it refers to the evaporation and loss of alcoholic vapor through the porous wooden casks.

Both iMalts HD for the iPad and iMalts for the iPhone and iPod Touch includes the following key features:

– Database with more than 400 single malt whiskies and almost 100 distilleries
– Add single malts and distilleries
– Keep track of single malt and distillery details
– Easy-to-use framework for tracking tasting notes
– Order single malts by distillery, region, classification, rating, tasting event, those you own, those you have emptied and those you want
– Glossary with almost 300 whisky terms and phrases