[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR7.11]

[Page 89]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 7_LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF MALT BEVERAGES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Definitions
 
Sec. 7.11  Use of ingredients containing alcohol in malt beverages; 
processing of malt beverages.

    (a) Use of flavors and other nonbeverage ingredients containing 
alcohol--
    (1) General. Flavors and other nonbeverage ingredients containing 
alcohol may be used in producing a malt beverage. Except as provided in 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section, no more than 49% of the overall 
alcohol content of the finished product may be derived from the addition 
of flavors and other nonbeverage ingredients containing alcohol. For 
example, a finished malt beverage that contains 5.0% alcohol by volume 
must derive a minimum of 2.55% alcohol by volume from the fermentation 
of barley malt and other materials and may derive not more than 2.45% 
alcohol by volume from the addition of flavors and other nonbeverage 
ingredients containing alcohol.
    (2) In the case of malt beverages with an alcohol content of more 
than 6% by volume, no more than 1.5% of the volume of the malt beverage 
may consist of alcohol derived from added flavors and other nonbeverage 
ingredients containing alcohol.
    (b) Processing. Malt beverages may be filtered or otherwise 
processed in order to remove color, taste, aroma, bitterness, or other 
characteristics derived from fermentation.

[TTB T.D.-21, 70 FR 234, Jan. 3, 2005]

    Effective Date Note: By TTB T.D.-21, 70 FR 234, Jan. 3, 2005, Sec. 
7.11 was added, effective Jan. 3, 2006.