Spirits Act, 1880

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As to making bub or other fermenting composition.

33. (1.) A distiller must, at least four hours before beginning to make bub or any other composition for promoting the fermentation of wort or wash, give the officer in charge of the distillery written notice, specifying the time when and the vessel in which the composition is to be made, the fermenting back into which it is to be put, and the quantity to be put into such back.

(2.) The quantity of the composition must not exceed five per centum of the wort or wash to which it is added.

(3.) The gravity of the composition must not exceed sixty degrees, and must not be increased after the officer has taken an account thereof.

(4.) The whole of the composition must be conveyed into the back specified in the notice within twenty-four hours after the time therein specified for making the composition.

(5.) If a distiller contravenes any provision of this section he shall, for each offence, incur a fine of two hundred pounds.