by evansfox | Feb 7, 2015
The state and federal laws do not address cider clearly. In some cases, it is treated more like a beer and in others it is treated more like a wine. Here is some information that should help clarify some important issues for cider producers. What products may be...
by evansfox | Feb 1, 2015
The TTB tested wines for compliance issues. The most commonly found problems, listed in order, were: Non-mandatory information differs from the COLA Mandatory information differs from the Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) Alcohol content: under Tax class Alcohol...
by evansfox | Feb 1, 2015
The TTB tested beers and malt beverages for compliance issues. The most commonly found problems, listed in order, were: Alcohol content: under Alcohol content: over Non-mandatory information differs from the COLA Mandatory information is missing Government warning has...
by evansfox | Feb 1, 2015
The TTB tested distilled spirits for compliance issues. The most commonly found problems, listed in order, were: Alcohol content: over Alcohol content: under Government warning has errors Non-mandatory information differs from the COLA Mandatory information differs...
by evansfox | Feb 1, 2015
The federal TTB recently tested (“sampled”) a variety of alcoholic beverage products. The results indicate that proofing and gauging for distilled spirits is a problem area for some distilleries. Because the excise tax for distilled spirits is based on alcohol...