[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR30.71]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 30--GAUGING MANUAL--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart F--Optional Gauging Procedures
 
Sec. 30.71  Optional method for determination of proof for spirits containing solids of 400 milligrams or less per 100 milliliters.


    The proof of spirits shall be determined to the nearest tenth degree 
which shall be the proof used in determining the proof gallons and all 
fractional parts thereof to the nearest tenth proof gallon. The proof of 
spirits containing solids of 400 milligrams or less per 100 milliliters 
shall be determined by the use of a hydrometer and a thermometer in 
accordance with the provisions of Sec. 30.23. However, notwithstanding 
the provisions of Sec. 30.31, the proprietor may, at his option, add to

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the proof so determined the obscuration determined as prescribed in 
Sec. 30.32.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1358, as amended, 1362, as amended 
(26 U.S.C. 5211))