---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 18.54"
title: "27"
number: "18.54"
heading: "Transfer of concentrate."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/18.54"
---

# §18.54. Transfer of concentrate.

- (a) **Concentrate unfit for beverage use.** Concentrate (including high-proof concentrate and concentrate treated as provided in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section) unfit for beverage use may be transferred for any purpose authorized by law.
- (b) **Concentrate fit for beverage use.** Concentrate fit for beverage use may be transferred only to a bonded wine cellar. If such concentrate is rendered unfit for beverage use, it may be transferred as provided in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.
- (c) **Rendering concentrate unfit for beverage use.** Concentrate may be rendered unfit for beverage use by reducing the alcohol content to not more than 15 percent alcohol by volume (if the reduction does not result in a concentrate of less than 100-fold), and adding to each gallon thereof, in a quantity sufficient to render the concentrate unfit for beverage use, the following:
  - (1) Sucrose; or
  - (2) Concentrated fruit juice, of at least 70 Brix, made from the same kind of fruit as the concentrate; or
  - (3) **Malic, citric, or tartaric acid.**
- (d) **Record of transfer.** The proprietor shall record transfers of concentrate (including high-proof concentrate) on a record of transfer as required in §§ [18.62](/cfr/27/18.62.md) or [18.63](/cfr/27/18.63.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-104, 47 FR 23921, June 2, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-381, 61 FR 37003, July 16, 1996; T.D. TTB-196 , 89 FR 87937, Nov. 6, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5171-5173, 5178, 5179, 5203, 5351, 5354, 5356, 5511, 5552, 6065, 6109, 7805.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-104, 47 FR 23921, June 2, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. ATF-104, 47 FR 23921, June 2, 1982, as amended by T.D. ATF-381, 61 FR 37003, July 16, 1996; T.D. TTB-196 , 89 FR 87937, Nov. 6, 2024]