The information we receive from this completed questionnaire will allow us to properly evaluate your production needs and requirements. It will serve as the basis for our detailed written quotation for brewery equipment and consulting services. Please be as detailed as you can. If some questions cannot be answered at this time (such as site questions if your brewery location has yet to be determined) please indicate when you anticipate the information will be available.

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Concept Questions

1) If you are planning for a brewpub, does your state or province permit them? (i.e. Is a brewery permitted to sell beer on a retail basis for on-premise consumption?)

2) Are the principals of the proposed microbrewery or brewpub eligible to obtain both a state/provincial and federal brewery license?

3) Do you have a site selected for your microbrewery/brewpub? Is it an existing building or do you plan to build to suit?

4) What is the current zoning for the proposed brewery site?

4) What is the current zoning for the proposed brewery site?

5) Have you discussed the microbrewery and/or brewpub concept with your local zoning board? What was the reaction?

6) Do you or any of your associates have any commercial brewing or brewery operation experience? If so where?

7) Do you want NABS to provide your brewery with a trained brewer or do you want your brewer-to-be to train in an existing NABS brewery as part of the NABS apprenticeship program?

8) If you are planning a brewpub do you or any of your associates have any restaurant management experience? If so, where?

9) The production capacity of a brewery is measured in annual production, not brews-per-day. What volume of production, on an annual basis, in barrels or hectoliters are you projecting for each of your first three years. A U.S. Barrel is 31 gallons and equals two 15.5 gallon kegs. A hectoliter is 100 liters and equals 26 U.S. Gallons or two 50 liter kegs.

Production Questions

1) Do you plan to brew ale, lager beer or both? Lager beer requires more storage time, which cuts down on the production capacity of the brewery unless more tanks are added.

2) How many beers do you plan to produce at the same time? Please list, but keep in mind that the more beers served, the more tanks you'll need and have to buy up front.

Finding an appropriate location for your brewery or brewpub can be as great a challenge as raising money or deciding whether or not your spouse's best friend should design your label. Remember that a brewery, even a pub brewery, is still a food processing plant; while a brewpub is still, ultimately, a tavern. Location requirements for the two are not necessarily the same.

1) How many square feet/square meters of space are you proposing to allocate for the brewery? How much room would there be for expansion?

2) Does the floor of the proposed brewery site slope to floor drains that are two (2) inches/five (5) centimeters in diameter or larger?

3) Can the floor of the proposed brewery site be made waterproof by epoxy coating, tiling or other means?

4) What is the brewery site floor constructed from and how thick is it?

5) Depending on the answer to question number four , would any special placement of brewery vessels be required to meet the load tolerances of the floor?

6) Will the local building code permit a non- pressurized open vessel for water boiling with a 500,000 B.T.U. / 5 tonne Gas fired internal heating element? With a 20 kilowatt electric heating element?

7) Is double or triple wall gas vapor venting required and/or feasible at the brewery site?

8) Is space available for a six inch/15 centimeter brewkettle vapor stack to vent into the outside air?

9) Is three phase electrical wiring available on site or nearby in the building? If so, what is the amperage?

10) Is single phase 220 voltage electrical wiring available on site or nearby in the building? If so, what is the amperage?

11) Is there a cold water outlet on the brewery site? What is the water pressure? Gallons/liters per minute rate?

12) Do you have a copy of the local water department analysis of the tap water that is being supplied to the site? If so please forward to NABS

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13) Do you have a current floor plan of the proposed brewery site? Does it indicate all current utility outlets (water, gas, electricity)? If so please forward to NABS

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14) Do you have a proposed floor plan for the new establishment? Are architectural renderings available? If so please forward to NABS

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15) Are color photographs of the current site (interior and exterior shots) available? If so please email to NABS

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16) Is there a basement beneath the brewery site? If so, how high are the ceilings?

Business Questions

1) What is your proposed budget for a) equipment; b) installation and plant commissioning? Have you raised the necessary capital to finance your brewery or brewpub? If not, how do you plan to do so?

2) Please provide us with two business references and a bank reference.

3) Have you written your business plan yet? If so please send us a copy for review (free of charge to you). If not, when will it be ready? If you do not have a business plan do you want us to write one for you?

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4) When do you want your brewery to be in operation?

Thank you for completing this questionnaire and supplying the requested information. Your answers will be held in the strictest confidence and will not be disclosed to any third party without your prior approval. By completing and returning this questionnaire you are authorizing NABS to conduct a credit reference investigation of you as an individual and your company. If you have any questions please contact our Kelowna BC Canada office.