If you have any interest in building applications with either data set and want a sneak peek at our work before we release it please send an email out to api@whiskeymedia.com. We haven't worked out the specifics of the licensing structure yet, but it will likely be provided in a free to use, attribution, non-commercial format.
In your email please include your name, country of origin, programming language of choice as well as a brief description of what you'd like to use the data for.