Terms and Conditions

Last updated 4 September 2026

Article 1. Who is who

• We: Dickies Brewing, Hoofdstraat 14, 4564 AP Sint Jansteen, the Netherlands, Chamber of Commerce 94655251, VAT NL866849816B01, reachable at cheers@back.beer.
• You: whoever uses the app or holds an account.
• BackBeer: the app, the server behind it and the website back.beer.
• Your collection: the beers, batches, quantities, places and details you put into the app yourself.
• The catalog: the shared list of beers and breweries that all users build together and that everyone can see.

Article 2. What these terms cover

These terms apply to every use of BackBeer. By using the app you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the app and delete your account.

You may be using the app through the App Store or Google Play. Whatever you agree with that store stands apart from this; we are not a party to that agreement and they are not a party to this one.

Article 3. Your account

To store and sync your collection you need an account. You give an email address you can actually use and a password you do not share. What happens with your password is your responsibility. If you suspect somebody else can reach it, change it at once and let us know.

One account is for one person. You may not resell or lend out your account.

Article 4. Age

BackBeer is about beer. Use the app only if you are old enough to buy alcohol in the country where you live. In the Netherlands that is eighteen; in other countries the line is somewhere else, and the line that applies there is the one that counts for you.

The app does not encourage anybody to drink. It is a cupboard in which you keep track of what you have.

Article 5. What you may expect from us

We do our best to keep BackBeer working and available. That is an obligation to make an effort, not a guarantee: we do not promise uninterrupted availability or faultless operation.

BackBeer is still in alpha. That means features may change or disappear, there may be bugs, and there may be maintenance during which the app does not work. We try to announce maintenance in the app, and the app says so when the server is temporarily out of reach.

Your collection also lives on your own phone, so if the server is away for a moment your collection is not. We back up every night, but the copy that counts is yours: use the export button now and then.

Article 6. What we expect from you

You do not use BackBeer to:

• do anything unlawful;
• harass, threaten or defraud other people;
• put data into the catalog you know to be wrong, or fill the catalog with rubbish;
• overload, circumvent or automatically scrape the app or the server;
• impersonate somebody else, or create accounts in bulk.

If you do it anyway, we may undo your contributions and, if it is serious or keeps happening, suspend or end your account. We do not do that without reason, and where we can we tell you first.

Article 7. Your collection and your data

Your collection is yours. We do not use it for anything other than running the app, we do not sell it and we do not build a profile with it.

Exactly what we process, why and for how long is set out in the privacy policy. How we secure it is on Security. Both form part of these terms.

Article 8. The catalog and what you contribute

The catalog is built by its users. When you add a beer or a brewery, or correct a detail, you grant us the right to include that data in the catalog, show it to other users, correct it and merge it with other entries. That right is non-exclusive and unpaid, and it is what makes the catalog usable for everyone.

You remain the owner of what you contribute, to the extent ownership applies at all: data about a beer are facts, and facts belong to nobody.

We record who contributed what. That is needed to undo corrections and to see who is carrying the catalog. If you delete your account your contributions stay, but the link to you is removed.

Part of the catalog comes from public sources with terms of their own. Where that is the case we credit the source and abide by those terms.

Do not put anything in the catalog that is not yours to share, and no photos, texts or logos whose rights belong to somebody else.

Article 9. What is ours

The app itself, the website, the BackBeer name, the logo and the design belong to Dickies Brewing. You may use them as the app intends, and no further: not copying, not reproducing, not reselling and not renting out.

Article 10. Cost

At the moment BackBeer costs nothing. We are not adding that it will always be that way, because we do not know that yet.

If something paid is ever introduced: what you already have keeps working as it worked, we tell you well in advance, and you will never be charged for anything without expressly agreeing to it. If you do not agree, you can stop and take your collection with you using the export button.

Article 11. Liability

BackBeer is a tool for keeping track of what you have in the house. We are not liable for damage arising from using it, except where that damage results from intent or deliberate recklessness on our part. Liability for indirect damage (lost savings, consequential loss, wasted time) is excluded.

To the extent we are liable, that liability is limited to €250 per event, with a maximum of €500 per year.

Mandatory law always takes precedence here. If you are a consumer, these limitations take nothing away from the rights the law gives you regardless.

On data loss: we take backups and we do our best, but the app offers an export function and it remains sensible to use it.

Article 12. Stopping

You can stop at any time. You delete your account yourself in the app, under Settings, in two steps: your beers first, then your account. After that it is gone. See the privacy policy for exactly what that means. If you no longer have the app, use this page.

We may end an account if Article 6 is breached, or if we stop running BackBeer. If we stop the service, we say so at least thirty days beforehand and make sure you can export your collection before then.

Article 13. Changes to these terms

We may amend these terms. Small textual changes we simply make, with a new date at the top. If it is something substantial, we say so beforehand in the app or by email. If you disagree you can delete your account; if you keep using the app, the new terms apply.

Article 14. Complaints

If something is wrong, write to cheers@back.beer. We answer within fourteen days, and if a complaint needs longer we say so within that period with an indication of how long.

Article 15. The rest

If any provision of these terms is void or voidable, the others remain in force and we replace that one with something as close to it as possible.

Dutch law applies to these terms. Disputes go to the competent court in the Netherlands. If you are a consumer, you may also go to the court in the country where you live, where the law gives you that right.

These terms were written in Dutch. This English version is a translation provided for information. If the two differ, the Dutch text is the binding one.