Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-06
HOME MADE CIDER NOT TO
 BE INTOXICATING IN FACT

Home made cider may contain more that one-half of one per cent. alcohol. if it is not intoxicating in fact according to a ruling made recently by John r. Kramer, federal prohibition cenmisslon- CT, a copy of<which has been receive at the office of Federal Prohibition Officer Julius Stremlau in Hartford. Tho rul- ing also declares that misunderstanding cider and fruit juices may be mlnufac- tured for home consumption withlut a permit but that such connections must not be sold or delivered except b per sons having permits to manufacture vim egar.
 The bureaus interpretation of the fore going provision is as follows
 Any person: may, without permit and without giving bond, manufacture non intoxicating cider and fruit jucies. and in so doing he may take hIs apples pr fruits to a custom mill and have them lrode into cider and fruit juices After sucf notwithstanding cider ar1 fruit juices are made, they must be used ex- clLsively in the home, and when so used the phrase misunderstanding means ron- intoxicating in fact and not necessarily less than one-half of one ner cent of alcohol as provided in Sec lol l of TI+Ie IT of the said act
 Or if the person making such elder and fruit juices desire to do 90 he may CD sell such cider and fruit juices at any time to persons having permits to make vinegar; that he may do under the provisions of said Section 29 CD If he preserves such cider and fruit juices at the time they are made, he may sell same to the public in general; this he may do under the provisions of Section of Title II of said act (3) Or he may sell said cider and other fruit juices so long as l they contain less than one-half of one per cent. of alcohol, but the purchaser thereof cannot use or posses the same after they contain more than one-haIf of one per cent. of alcohol; this he may do under the provisions of Sections l and 3 of Title II of said act
 The cider in the home may be allowed to turn to vinegar if the owner desires, provided he adds no sugar or other fer i mentable substances to the cider or the | 1rult juice to increase the alcoholic con- tent thereof. Inasmuch as such practice | IS held to constitute mash fit for dis I tillation within the provisions of Section l 52S2 Revised Statutes he may sell said 1 vinegar to any one who desires to pur- chase it; this he may do under the pro- visions of Section 4, of Title II. of said ] act.
 This regulation is not intended to ,ov- | CT the commercial use of cider and fruit | Julces, but merely the use of the sa me l as applied to the home and as provision 1 is made in Section 29, of Title IT. of | said act.
 However the permits for use in such cases are mentioned in the previous ru1-
 lng will be S2,oo0 it was announced at l the office of MT. Stremlau.
 According to Section 36. artiv,e V | sweet cider containing less than one.
 half of one per cent. of alcohol bv 1 volume may be manufactured and | sold without the necessity of obtain | Ing permits, provided such product ts
 put up and marketed in sterile closed | containers or is treated by the addi.
 tlon Of bensoate of soda or other sub.
 stance which will prevent fermenta.
 ton, in such proportion as to insure | the alcoholic content remains below one ] half of one per cent of alcohol bv vol.
 ume. The responsibility for keeping the alcoholic content below such percenta 9, | rests with the manufacturer, and in an1 l case where cider if found upon the mar | ket containing in excess of the allowed | percentage, the manufacturer will be Ore l sumed to have manufactured and sold ar
 intoxicating liquor."
 The major difference noted in the
 manufacture of cider for home use. ever | is the term intoxicating in fact'' II
 appea1d recently that this ruling was 2
 very indefinite one. As it was pointed
 out, whether or not the drink was "in- | toxicating in fact" all depended on the | Individual. If he is man who is able to consume alcohol in quantity without | feeling the effects of it cider with cer- l tain percentage of alcohol would not to
 him would not be intoxicating in fact. On the other hand, the same brand of l cider might be extremely intoxica ting in | fact to one who was unaccustoned +o the | use of alcohol. So whether or not a | home cider manufacturer might be vio-
 lating the law would seem to depend on | who was dringink his product.