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Cider Digest #1732
Subject: Cider Digest #1732, 8 September 2012
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Cider Digest #1732 8 September 2012
Cider and Perry Discussion Forum
Contents:
RE: Lifeless Cider (Tim Runnette)
Commercial cider tax rates (Christopher McGarvey)
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Subject: RE: Lifeless Cider
From: Tim Runnette <homebrewtim@me.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 11:46:44 -0500
Andrew - thanks. I will carbonate a small amount and report back.
How do I test for acid level?
Regards,
Tim
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Subject: Commercial cider tax rates
From: Christopher McGarvey <thornsbreak@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:34:22 -0400
We are a small brewpub in North Carolina considering producing a cider to
sell. We're working through the legal considerations, licensing, and tax
hurdles to see if this is a viable possibility. We understand we need to
acquire a winery license in order to produce and sell cider. Our
brewmaster dug around on the TTB site and said he saw that we would have to
pay a winemaking tax rate of $2 per gallon, which would essentially
dissuade us from making the attempt to bother with cider.
However, I remember talking with Chuck from Albemarle in Virginia, and he
was telling me that cider is considered wine if it contains more than 7%
ABV, and in that case he has to pay a higher tax rate. Can someone confirm
for me whether there is an exception to the wine tax rate for ciders below
7%, or where I might discover the tax rates that would apply if we were to
produce a cider at around 6% ABV?
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