Taxation Act 1691

VIII. Brewer not to carry away Part of his Guile without Notice, and before the whole be finished;

Penalty.; Brewer, &c.; refusing to make Declaration to Officer.; Officer to charge the whole as strong, or if any Increase of strong Drink after Gauge, &c.; Penalty.; Mixing; Penalty 20s.

And to the end Their Majesties may be duly answered the Rates and Duties hereby granted and intended in the p[ro]portions designed Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Brewer or Victualler who doth or shall sell and deliver Beer or Ale to any of their Customers in Cask do or shall without giving notice to the Sup[er]visor or Gauger appointed for the place and Division where such Brewer or Victualler doth or shall inhabit cleanse carry off or convey away any part of his or their Guile of Beer or Ale before the whole of such Guile shall be brewed of and be in the Tuns Backs or Coolers and untill such Officers shall or might have taken an account of the same and of the distinct Qualities thereof in their respective Vessels At which time the Brewer or Victualler or his or their Servants working the same in case he or they intend to make a party Guile thereof shall declare to such Gauger or Officer how much thereof hee intends to make into strong Beer or strong Ale and how much into small upon penalty of forfeiting Twenty shillings for every Barrel of Beer Ale or Worts hee shall soe cleanse carry of or convey away over and above the Penalties already imposed for conveying away or concealing Beer or Ale And in case such Brewer or Victualler or their respective Servants brewing such Beer or Ale shall refuse to declare to such Officers how much of their Guile or Brewing they intend to make into strong Beer or Ale and how much into small It shall be lawfull for such Officer to returne and charge the whole of such Guile to be strong and such Brewer or Victualler shall pay the Duties thereof accordingly And in case after such Gauge taken or Declarac[i]on made such Brewer or Victualler shall make any increase of the strong Drink so gauged or declared by any ways or means whatsoever such Increase shall be deemed and taken to be and p[ro]ceed from mixing small Beer with such strong Beer or Ale and such Brewer or Victualler shall forfeit Twenty shillings for every barrel so increased over and above the Penalties already imposed for mixing small Beer with strong and so p[ro]portionably And further that if any Brewer Victualler or Retailer shall out of the Brewhouse or Place of Brewing start or mix any small Beer or small Worts with or amongst strong Beer strong Ale or strong Worts in Cask such Brewer Victualler or Retailer so doing shall forfeit and lose for every such offence Twenty shillings