27 CFR § 25.191 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s25.191"
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title: "27 CFR § 25.191 - General."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "25.191"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "25"
part_name: "BEER"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 81c; 26 U.S.C. 5002, 5051-5054, 5056, 5061, 5121, 5122-5124, 5222, 5401-5403, 5411-5417, 5551, 5552, 5555, 5556, 5671, 5673, 5684, 6011, 6061, 6065, 6091, 6109, 6151, 6301, 6302, 6311, 6313, 6402, 6651, 6656, 6676, 6806, 7342, 7606, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303-9308."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 25.191 General.

A brewer may remove sour or damaged beer, or beer which the brewer has deliberately rendered unfit for beverage use, from the brewery without payment of tax for use in manufacturing. Unfit beer may be removed under this section for use as distilling material at alcohol fuel plants qualified under subpart X of part 19 of this chapter.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1334, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5053))

[T.D. ATF-224, 51 FR 7673, Mar. 5, 1986, as amended by T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87943, Nov. 6, 2024]