Spirits Act, 1880

Declaration as to wort.

28. (1.) All wort must be collected into the fermenting back within eight hours after it has begun to run into the back.

(2.) Immediately after the wort is so collected the distiller must deliver to the officer in charge of the distillery a written declaration specifying—

(a.) The number of the back in which the wort is contained; and

(b.) The gravity or (if yeast has been added) the original gravity of the wort; and

(c.) The quantity thereof as measured by the number of dry inches, that is to say, by the number of inches between the dipping place of the back and the surface of the wort contained therein.

(3.) If a distiller makes default in complying with the provisions of this section, or if the declaration delivered by him contains any untrue statement, he shall for each offence incur a fine of two hundred pounds.