[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR5.37]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 5--LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart D--Labeling Requirements for Distilled Spirits
 
Sec. 5.37  Alcohol content.

    (a) Statements--(1) Mandatory statement. The alcohol content for 
distilled spirits shall be stated in percent-alcohol-by-volume. Products 
such as ``Rock and Rye. or similar products containing a significant 
amount of solid material shall state the alcohol content at the time of 
bottling as follows: ``Bottled at ------ percent-alcohol-by-volume.''
    (2) Optional statement. In addition, the label may also state the 
alcohol content in degrees of proof if this information appears in 
direct conjunction (i.e. with no intervening material) with the 
statement expressed in percent-alcohol-by-volume. If both forms of 
alcohol content are shown, the optional statement in degrees of proof 
shall be placed in parentheses, in brackets, or otherwise distinguished 
from the mandatory statement in percent-alcohol-by-by-volume to 
emphasize the fact that both expressions of alcohol content mean the 
same thing.
    (b) Tolerances. The following tolerances shall be allowed (without 
affecting the labeled statement of alcohol content) for losses of 
alcohol content occurring during bottling:
    (1) Not to exceed 0.25 percent alcohol by volume for spirits 
containing solids in excess of 600 mg per 100 ml; or
    (2) Not to exceed 0.25 percent alcohol by volume for any spirits 
product bottled in 50 or 100 ml size bottles; or

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    (3) Not to exceed 0.15 percent alcohol by volume for all other 
spirits.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control Number 
1512-0482)

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1394, as amended (26 U.S.C. 
5301(a)); 49 Stat. 917, as amended (27 U.S.C. 205(e))

[T.D. ATF-237, 51 FR 36394, Oct. 10, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF-288, 
54 FR 47769, Nov. 17, 1989]