Terms of Service

Terms of Service for Distillery University

Effective Date: 8/10/2024

If you require any more information or have any questions about our Terms of Service, please feel free to contact us by emailing info@distilleryuniversity.com.

Introduction

These Terms of Service (ToS) govern your use of this website and any services provided by Distillery University LLC. By using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full and without reservation. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use this website.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use this website. By using this website and by agreeing to these terms and conditions, you warrant and represent that you are at least 18 years of age.

The information provided on this website is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. We recommend consulting experienced professionals if you wish to open a craft distillery or engage in any business activities related to distillation.

Please refrain from directly contacting any of the interviewees or instructors with questions or solicitations unless express permission has been granted by Distillery University LLC.

Distillery University LLC does not necessarily agree with or endorse any of the opinions or statements made by instructors or interviewees found on this website.

License to Use Website

Unless otherwise stated, www.distilleryuniversity.com and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights published on this website and materials used on www.distilleryuniversity.com. Subject to the license below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages, files, or other content from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Republish material from this website in print or digital media or documents (including republication on another website) without prior written consent from Distillery University LLC.
  • Sell, rent, or sub-license material from the website.
  • Show any material from the website in public without proper attribution and prior permission.
  • Reproduce, duplicate, copy, or otherwise exploit material on this website for commercial purposes.
  • Edit or otherwise modify any material on the website, except where content is specifically and expressly made available for editing (e.g., templates).
  • Redistribute material from this website, except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution within your organization.
  • Republish or reproduce any part of this website through the use of iframes or screenscrapers.
  • Use content from this website for the purpose of reverse engineering or competitive analysis.

Where content is specifically made available for redistribution, it may only be redistributed within your organization and must include proper attribution to Distillery University LLC.

Acceptable Use

You must not use this website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of www.distilleryuniversity.com, or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, or harmful purpose or activity.

You must not use this website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish, or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit, or other malicious computer software.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction, and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without www.distilleryuniversity.com’s express written consent.

You must not use this website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications.

You must not use this website for any purposes related to marketing without the express written consent of www.distilleryuniversity.com.

Restricted Access

Access to certain areas of this website is restricted. www.distilleryuniversity.com reserves the right to restrict access to certain areas of this website, or at our discretion, the entire website. www.distilleryuniversity.com may change or modify this policy without notice.

If www.distilleryuniversity.com provides you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of this website or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept confidential. You alone are responsible for your password and user ID security.

www.distilleryuniversity.com may disable your user ID and password at www.distilleryuniversity.com’s sole discretion without notice or explanation.

User Content

In these terms and conditions, “your user content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material, and audio-visual material) that you submit to this website, for whatever purpose.

You grant to www.distilleryuniversity.com a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute your user content in any existing or future media. You also grant to www.distilleryuniversity.com the right to sub-license these rights and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

Your user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party’s legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or www.distilleryuniversity.com or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).

You must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaints.

www.distilleryuniversity.com reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to this website, or stored on the servers of www.distilleryuniversity.com, or hosted or published upon this website.

Notwithstanding www.distilleryuniversity.com’s rights under these terms and conditions in relation to user content, www.distilleryuniversity.com does not undertake to monitor the submission of such content to, or the publication of such content on, this website.

No Warranties

This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. www.distilleryuniversity.com makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, www.distilleryuniversity.com does not warrant that:

  • This website will be constantly available, or available at all; or
  • The information on this website is complete, true, accurate, or non-misleading; or
  • New content will be made available.

Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind. If you require advice in relation to any legal, financial, or medical matter, you should consult an appropriate professional.

Limitations of Liability

www.distilleryuniversity.com will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contract, the law of torts, or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website:

  • For any direct, indirect, special, or consequential loss;
  • For any business losses, loss of revenue, income, profits, or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data;
  • For any loss arising from inaccuracies or omissions in the content of this website.

These limitations of liability apply even if www.distilleryuniversity.com has been expressly advised of the potential loss.

Definitions of Service

Monthly Access: A paid subscription for Monthly Access entitles the User to view any and all educational videos available on the Site, as well as view any supplemental educational materials. This access will continue for a duration of 30 days, at which time the User’s account will be billed for an additional 30 days of access at the then-current rate. The User can cancel their subscription at any time. No refunds will be given after 15 days from the creation of the user account. The initial $100 registration fee is non-refundable, if applicable.

Six-Monthly Access: A paid subscription for Six-Monthly Access entitles the User to view any and all educational videos available on the Site, as well as view any supplemental educational materials. This access will continue for a duration of 6 months, at which time the User’s account will be billed for an additional 6 months of access at the then-current rate. The User can cancel their subscription at any time. No refunds will be given after 15 days from the creation of the user account. The initial $100 registration fee is non-refundable, if applicable.

Lifetime Access: A paid subscription for Lifetime Access entitles the User to view any and all educational videos available on the Site, as well as view any supplemental educational materials. This access will continue for as long as Distillery University remains in operation under the current ownership of Distillery University LLC. Distillery University LLC does not guarantee the availability of content indefinitely and reserves the right to modify or discontinue any content or services without prior notice.

Certification Exams: Certification exams are designed to assess your knowledge and skills in various areas related to distillation. Upon successful completion of an exam, you will be awarded a certificate. Certification exams may be retaken for a fee if you do not pass on the first attempt. All exam materials are proprietary to Distillery University LLC and may not be shared or reproduced without permission.

Hands-on Workshops: Distillery University LLC organizes and facilitates in-person, hands-on Workshops for the purpose of teaching attendees more about starting and running a distillery. We retain the right to cancel the Workshops at any time, regardless of how many registrations have been processed. All those who have registered will be entitled to a full refund in the event of a full Workshop cancellation at our sole discretion. We will not be responsible for associated travel fees, including but not limited to hotel bookings, rental car bookings, flights, etc. When there is no full Workshop cancellation, refunds will be processed in accordance with the refund policy found on the Workshop information page. Any students who have been granted access to their Lifetime Access membership before the Workshop takes place will receive their refund, less the amount of the Lifetime Access membership.

Online Workshops: Distillery University LLC organizes and facilitates Online Workshops for the purpose of teaching attendees more about starting and running a distillery. We retain the right to cancel the Workshops at any time, regardless of how many registrations have been processed. All those who have registered will be entitled to a full refund in the event of a full Workshop cancellation at our sole discretion. Any students who have been granted access to their Lifetime Access membership before the Workshop takes place will receive their refund, less the amount of the Lifetime Access membership.

If a Payment Plan is utilized, the User will pay 1/3 of the registration fee immediately, then an additional 1/3 in 30 days, followed by the final 1/3 thirty days after that (or before the Workshop takes place, whichever comes first). All funds paid as part of a Payment Plan are non-refundable.

No Refund Policy for Exams, Study Guides, and Retake Purchases
By purchasing any exam, study guide, or exam retake from Distillery University, you acknowledge and agree that all sales are final. Due to the digital nature of these products and the immediate access provided upon purchase, no refunds will be issued under any circumstances.

This policy applies to:

Certification Exams: Once an exam purchase is completed, the sale is final, and no refund will be provided, regardless of whether the exam has been started or completed.
Study Guides: All study guide purchases are final. Access to the digital content is granted immediately upon purchase, and no refunds will be issued.
Exam Retakes: Fees paid for exam retakes are non-refundable, even if the retake is not attempted or completed.
We encourage all customers to review their purchases carefully before completing a transaction. If you have any questions or concerns prior to purchasing, please contact our customer support team at [insert contact details] for assistance.

By proceeding with a purchase, you agree to this no refund policy in its entirety.

Affiliate Information

Distillery University LLC reserves the right to cancel and/or remove affiliates without notice at any time. Affiliates are required to adhere to ethical marketing practices and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Failure to do so may result in the termination of the affiliate relationship and forfeiture of any unpaid commissions.

Indemnity

You hereby indemnify www.distilleryuniversity.com and undertake to keep www.distilleryuniversity.com indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by www.distilleryuniversity.com to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of www.distilleryuniversity.com’s legal advisers) incurred or suffered by www.distilleryuniversity.com arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions, or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms and conditions.

Dispute Resolution

Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitration shall take place in Spokane, Washington, and the language of the arbitration shall be English. The arbitrator’s decision shall be final and binding on both parties, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

Class Action Waiver: You agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. By using this website, you waive any right to participate in a class-action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration.

Exceptions

Nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit any warranty implied by law that it would be unlawful to exclude or limit; and nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit the liability of Distillery University LLC in respect of any:

Reasonableness

By using this website, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this website disclaimer are reasonable.

If you do not think they are reasonable, you must not use this website.

Other Parties

You accept that, as a limited liability entity, www.distilleryuniversity.com has an interest in limiting the personal liability of its officers and employees. You agree that you will not bring any claim personally against www.distilleryuniversity.com’s officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website.

Without prejudice to the foregoing paragraph, you agree that the limitations of warranties and liability set out in this website disclaimer will protect www.distilleryuniversity.com’s officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns, and sub-contractors as well as www.distilleryuniversity.com.

Severability

If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

Entire Agreement

These terms and conditions, together with www.distilleryuniversity.com’s Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and www.distilleryuniversity.com in relation to your use of this website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

Assignment

www.distilleryuniversity.com may transfer, sub-contract, or otherwise deal with www.distilleryuniversity.com’s rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.

You may not transfer, sub-contract, or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

Law and Jurisdiction

These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of WASHINGTON, USA, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of WASHINGTON, USA.

Contact Information

The full name of www.distilleryuniversity.com is Distillery University LLC.

Distillery University LLC’s registered address is:

2302 W. Gardner Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201

For any questions regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us at info@distilleryuniversity.com.