REQUEST FOR CRAFT DISTILLERY SURVEY RESPONSE

[Ralph at Tuthilltown]

Dear Craft Distiller,

Hello, my name is Cheryl Stanley, and I am graduate student at Texas Tech University. You are receiving this email because you are a professional contact of Dr. Tim Dodd, Dr. Janice Boyce, or myself, and/or you work in the foodservice industry. We are conducting research on current beverage alcohol costing in the hospitality industry Your input is critical to the success of this research project, and the questionnaire will take approximately five minutes to complete. Your participation is voluntary, and your responses will remainconfidential and anonymous. Please skip a question if you choose not to answer it, or if you wish to stop at any time, please exit the questionnaire. There are no right or wrong answers to the questions. We are simply seeking your opinions and business practices. Once you have completed the questionnaire, please click the finish button.

Should you be interested in the results of the study, please contact Cheryl Stanley at (949) 246-7666 or via email at Cheryl.stanley@ttu.edu, Dr. Tim Dodd attim.dodd@ttu.edu, or Dr. Janice Boyce at janice.boyce@ttu.edu.

Thank you for your contribution and support to this research project. The survey can be found at: www.tinyurl.com/beveragecostingsurvey.

Sincerely,

Cheryl S. Stanley Dr. Tim Dodd Dr. Janice Boyce

Graduate Student Professor, NHR Instructor, RHIM

cheryl.stanley@ttu.edu tim.dodd@ttu.edu janice.boyce@ttu.edu

[Mash]

We are distillers, not much into food and wine, not sure my survey will help, but i did it anyway.

[Ralph at Tuthilltown]

I think at this point in the development (revitalization) of our industry any data compiled objectively that relates to the impacts of production, distribution or uptake of small spirits is a good thing.