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Subject: Lambic Digest #986 (November 20, 1996)
Lambic Digest #986 Wed 20 November 1996
Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles)
Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator
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Re: Specific Gravity ranges (Scott Bickham)
RE: Specific Gravity ranges (guy de wit)
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 09:19:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Scott Bickham <bickham at dave.nrl.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: Specific Gravity ranges
guy de wit wrote:
> 1. all gravities are allowed in belgian beers. the higher, the more you
> tax you pay.
With all respect, there are four legal classifications:
Category (or Class) S: OG 1.062+ (15.5 Plato)
Category I: 1.044 to 1.054 (11 to 13.5)
Category II: 1.016 to 1.038 (4 to 9.5)
Category III: up to 1.016
This applies to original extract only, hence the fruit additions in lambics
or brown ales are not taxed. Note that since there is no tax base for
beers with OGs between the ranges 1.054-1.062 and 1.038 to 1.044, brews
with these parameters are illegal. My references are De Clerck's Textbook
of Brewing and Rajottes Belgian Ale (Brewers Publications, 1992).
Now the AHA guidelines give the following OG as style parameters:
Oud Bruin 1.044-56
Dubbel 1.050-70
Tripel 1.060-96
Pale 1.044-54
Strong 1.064-96
Wit 1.044-50
These are all generally pretty close to the legal definitions with the
exception of Dubbel, which has a ridiculously low starting gravity.
Scott
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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 01:28:29 +0100
From: guy de wit <guydewit at glo.be>
Subject: RE: Specific Gravity ranges
Scott Bickham[SMTP:bickham at dave.nrl.navy.mil] wrote
>guy de wit wrote:
>> 1. all gravities are allowed in belgian beers. the higher, the more you
>>tax you pay.
>With all respect, there are four legal classifications:
>Category (or Class) S: OG 1.062+ (15.5 Plato)
>Category I: 1.044 to 1.054 (11 to 13.5)
>Category II: 1.016 to 1.038 (4 to 9.5)
>Category III: up to 1.016
>This applies to original extract only, hence the fruit additions in
lambics
>or brown ales are not taxed. Note that since there is no tax base for
>beers with OGs between the ranges 1.054-1.062 and 1.038 to 1.044, brews
>with these parameters are illegal. My references are De Clerck's Textbook
>of Brewing and Rajottes Belgian Ale (Brewers Publications, 1992).
>Now the AHA guidelines give the following OG as style parameters:
>Oud Bruin 1.044-56
>Dubbel 1.050-70
>Tripel 1.060-96
>Pale 1.044-54
>Strong 1.064-96
>Wit 1.044-50
>These are all generally pretty close to the legal definitions with the
>exception of Dubbel, which has a ridiculously low starting gravity.
taxes were never based on the legal classifications you mention. they were
based on the ingredients of the wort. 10 years ago, i learned during my
courses at the brewery school in gent that the classifications (I, II, III,
S) were in fact meaningless and only theoretical. the officials of the
department of "excices and customs" of the ministry of finance never had
problems in charging the taxes even for an "unclassified" beer.
recently (i mean 93 or 94 - don't know the right date), taxes(excises) are
due based on the beer (finished product).
guy de wit
guydewit at glo.be
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