The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-08-06
BAN LIFTED ON CIDER
AND FRUIT JUICES
LIBERAL INTERPRETATION VOLSTEAD ACT
BY. REVENUE BUREAU = AFFECTS
HOME BREW DRINKS.
Home Brew.

Drinks brewed at home, for home
consumption, may contain more than
one-half of one per cent alcohol, by
ruling of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, just made public.
The decision of the bureau follows:
Section 29 of Title II of the nation
al prohibition act provides that the
penalties imposed in the act against
the manufacture of liquor without a
permit shall not apply to person for
manufacturing Notwithstanding cider
and fruit juices exclusively for use in
his home, but such cider and fruit
juices shall not be sold or delivered
except to persons having permit to
manufacture vinegar.
The bureaus. Interpretation of the
foregoing provision is. as follows: Any
person may, without permit, and With
out giving bond, manufacture non-in-
toxicating cider and fruit juices and
in SO doing he may take his apples or
fruits to custom mill and have them
made into cider and fruit juices After
such nOn-intoxicating cider and fruit
juices are made, they must be used ex-
clusiyely in the home, and when SO
useds The phrase nom intoxicating
means non-intoxicating in fact, and
not necessarily less than one-haIf Of /
per cent of alcohol, as provided in
section l Of Title II, of the said act.
May Sell Such Cider.
Cor, if the persons making such
cider and fruit juices desires to do so,
he may ID sell such cider and fruit
juices at any time to persons having
permits to make vinegar; this he may
do under the provisions of said sec
ton 29. (2J 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 sec
tion 4, Of Title II, of said act. CD Or
he may sell said cider and other fruit
Sjuices so long as they contain less
than One-half Of I per cent Of alcohol.
but the purchasers thereof cannot use
or possess the same after they con-,
tain more than one-hslf Of per cent
of alcohol; this he may do under the
provisions of sections / and 8. of Title
III, of said act.
THE cider in the home may be Nl-
lowed to turn to vinegar il the owner
desires, provided he adds no sugar
or other fermentabIe substance to the
cider or fruit juices to increase the all
c1foIic content thereof, if1asmuch as
such practice is held to constitute a
mash fit for distillation within the
provisions of section 1882, Revised
Statutes; he may sell said vinegar to
any one who may desire to purchase
it; this he may do under the provis-
ions of section of title II of said act.
"This regulation is not intended to
cover the commercial use of cider
and fruit juices, but merely the use
of the same as applied to the home
and as provision is made In section
30 of title of said act.
Ruling Brings Problems.
The ruling above, it is expected, will
result in a number of problems, the
solution of which may prove very in
teresting to the students. For in
stance, ,ait is held that one may buy
fruit. have it made into cider and
fruit Juices, which he may consume at
home. The cider, for instance, may
be allowed to turn into vinegar, pro-
yided the owner does not add sugar
or other fermentable Substances.
q NOW IL is Known IHdL cIueF, d.
lowed to stand will turn to vinegar
without the aid of sugar or any other
fermentabIe substance. 1t also is
known that there is a certain stage Of
natural fermentation between cider
and vinegar, when the brew is sufi-
GENTLY 'hard'' to produce interesting
results If taken in large quantities.
Now that the. ban against cider con-
tanning less than one-half of one per
cent of alcohol is lifted, who is going
to prove whether this brew Is mon
Intoxicating in fact?1 The sentiment,
it is believed. will be to prove that it
is intoxicating a fact.