27 C.F.R. Subpart C—Location and Use of Brewery
Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms
A brewery may not be established or operated in any dwelling house or on board any vessel or boat, or in any building or on any premises where the revenue will be jeopardized or the effective administration of this part will be hindered. (Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85–859, 72 Stat. 1389, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5402)) Brewery premises will be unbroken except that they may be separated by public passageways, streets, highways, waterways, carrier rights-of-way, or partitions. If the brewery premises are separated, the parts will abut on the dividing medium and be adjacent to each other. if the brewer has facilities for loading, or for case packing or storage which are located within reasonable proximity to the brewery, the appropriate TTB officer may approve these facilities as part of the brewery if the revenue will not be jeopardized. (Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85–859, 72 Stat. 1389, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5402)) (a) Use of brewery in production of beer or cereal beverage. A brewery may be used only for the following purposes involving the production of beer or cereal beverages: (1) For producing, packaging and storing beer, cereal beverages, vitamins, ice, malt, malt syrup, and other by-products of the brewing process, or soft drinks and other nonalcoholic beverages; (2) For processing spent grain, carbon dioxide, and yeast; and (3) For storing packages and supplies necessary or connected to brewery operations. (b) Other authorized uses. A brewer may use a brewery for other purposes, not involving the production of beer or cereal beverage, upon approval from the appropriate TTB officer, if the purposes: (1) Require the use of by-products or waste from the production of beer; (2) Utilize buildings, rooms, areas, or equipment not fully employed in the production or packaging of beer; (3) Are reasonably necessary to realize the maximum benefit from the premises and equipment and reduce the overhead of the brewery; (4) Are in the public interest because of emergency conditions; (5) Involve experiments or research projects related to equipment, materials, processes, products, by-products, or waste of the brewery; or (6) Involve operation of a tavern on brewery premises in accordance with §25.25. (c) Application. Except as provided in §25.25 for operation of a tavern on brewery premises, a brewer desiring to use a brewery for other purposes shall submit to the appropriate TTB officer , an application listing the purposes. The appropriate TTB officer will approve the application if the use for other purposes will not jeopardize the revenue or impede the effective administration of this part and is not contrary to specific provisions of law. (Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85–859, 72 Stat. 1389, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5411)) [T.D. ATF–224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF–268, 53 FR 8628, Mar 16, 1988] (a) Taxpaid beer. Beer of a brewer's own production on which the tax has been paid or determined may not be stored in the brewery, except as provided in §25.25 or §25.213. Beer produced by other brewers may be stored at the brewery under the following conditions: (1) Taxpaid beer will be segregated in such a manner as to preclude mixing with nontaxpaid beer; (2) If required by Part 1 of this chapter, the brewer shall have a wholesalers or importers basic permit under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, and keep records of the taxpaid beer as a wholesaler or importer under part 31 of this chapter. (3) Taxpaid beer may be stored in packages; (4) Taxpaid beer may not be relabeled; (5) Taxpaid beer may not be shown on required brewery records; (6) The brewer shall purchase a special tax stamp as a wholesaler, if required by part 31 of this chapter; and (7) The appropriate TTB officer may require physical segregation of taxpaid beer, or marking to show the status of taxpaid beer, if necessary to protect the revenue. (b) Untaxpaid beer. Packaged beer on which tax has not been paid or determined may be stored in any suitable location in the brewery. (Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85–859, 72 Stat. 1389, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5411)) [T.D. ATF–224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF–268, 53 FR 8628, Mar 16, 1988; T.D. TTB–25, 70 FR 19883, Apr. 15, 2005] (a) General. A brewer desiring to operate a tavern as an alternate use of brewery premises, shall submit a Brewer's Notice, Form 5130.10 containing the information required by paragraph (b) of this section. If the appropriate TTB officer finds that the operation of the tavern on brewery premises will not jeopardize the revenue or impede the effective administration of this part and is not contrary to specific provisions of law, the approval of the Brewer's Notice, Form 5130.10 shall constitute approval of the alternate use of brewery premises, in lieu of the application required by §25.23. As used in this section, “tavern” means a portion of brewery premises where beer is sold to consumers. Food, and/or taxpaid wine, and/or taxpaid distilled spirits may also be sold at a tavern operated on brewery premises. Taxpaid beer produced by other brewers may be received, stored and sold on brewery premises in accordance with §25.24. (b) Brewer's Notice. In preparing the Brewer's Notice, Form 5130.10, the applicant shall show the following information, in addition to the information required by the form: (1) The applicant shall identify the portion of the brewery which will be operated as a tavern by providing a diagram or narrative description of the boundaries of the tavern. The diagram or description shall identify areas of the brewery which are accessible to the public and areas which are not. The applicant shall describe security measures to be used to segregate public areas from non-public areas. (2) The applicant shall describe in detail the method to be used for measuring beer for the purposes of tax determination. (3) The applicant shall identify the tanks which will periodically contain tax-determined beer, and any other areas where tax-determined beer will be stored. (c) Procedures. The following procedures shall apply to operation of a tavern on brewery premises: (1) The brewery shall have a suitable method for measurement of the beer, such as a meter or gauge glass. Tax determination shall consist of the measurement of the beer and the preparation of the brewer's record of tax determination, required by §25.292(a)(8). The taxes shall be determined prior to the time that the beer is dispensed into a container for consumption. (2) If the brewer uses one or more tanks for tax determination, the following procedures shall apply: (i) Each such tank shall be durably marked with the words “tax-determination tank”; (ii) The taxes shall be determined each time beer is added to a tax-determination tank; and (iii) The brewer may never simultaneously pump into and out of a tax-determination tank. (3) A brewer qualified under this section may store, on brewery premises, tax-determined beer which is intended for sale at a tavern operated on brewery premises, in accordance with this section. The prohibition of §25.24 shall not apply to such tax-determined beer. (4) Beer consumed by employees and visitors in the brewery's tavern shall be beer on which the tax has been paid or determined. [T.D. ATF–268, 53 FR 8628, Mar 16, 1988]
Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
PART 25—BEER
Subpart C—Location and Use of Brewery
§ 25.21 Restrictions on location.
§ 25.22 Continuity of brewery.
§ 25.23 Restrictions on use.
§ 25.24 Storage of beer.
§ 25.25 Operation of a tavern on brewery premises.
