---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 24.203"
title: "27"
number: "24.203"
heading: "Honey wine."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/24.203"
---

# §24.203. Honey wine.

- (a) Subject to [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, a winemaker, in the production of wine from honey, may add the following:
  - (1) Water to facilitate fermentation, provided the density of the honey and water mixture is not reduced below 13 degrees Brix;
  - (2) Hops in quantities not to exceed one pound for each 1,000 pounds of honey; and
  - (3) **Pure, dry sugar or honey for sweetening.** Sugar may be added only after fermentation is completed.
- (b) After complete fermentation or complete fermentation and sweetening, the wine may not have an alcohol content of more than 14 percent by volume or a total solids content that exceeds 35 degrees Brix.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-23, 70 FR 2801, Jan. 18, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5008, 5041, 5042, 5044, 5061, 5062, 5121, 5122-5124, 5173, 5206, 5214, 5215, 5351, 5353, 5354, 5356, 5357, 5361, 5362, 5364-5373, 5381-5388, 5391, 5392, 5511, 5551, 5552, 5661, 5662, 5684, 6065, 6091, 6109, 6301, 6302, 6311, 6651, 6676, 7302, 7342, 7502, 7503, 7606, 7805, 7851; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306.

### Source

Source: T.D. ATF-299, 55 FR 24989, June 19, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-23, 70 FR 2801, Jan. 18, 2005]