Taxation, etc. Act 1695

XVIII. Brewer, &c. mixing, &c. Beer upon carrying out, or afterwards., &c.;

Penalty £ 5.; Gauger may taste Drink upon Drays and in Cellars; Brewer, &c.; refusing Entrance or tasting; Penalty £ 5.

And for the preventing and discovering of all Frauds made by mixtures or otherwise Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Co[m]mon Brewer or Innkeeper after the said Five and twentieth day of March shall upon carrying out his Drink or after the same is carried out start or mix any Small Beer or Small Worts with or amongst any Strong Beer or Strong Ale upon his Dray or in any Victuallers Cellar or other Place such Brewer or Innkeeper so doing shall forfeit and lose for every such Offence the Su[m]m of Five Pounds And further That it shall and may be lawfull to and for the Gauger or Gaugers of the Excise to taste the Drink upon any such Brewers Dray or Drays where and whensoever hee or they shall find and meet the same And alsoe upon Request to enter into the Cellar or Cellars or other Rooms in the Possession of any Innkeeper or Victualler that doe or shall take or receive any Drink of or from any Co[m]mon Brewer and to taste the Drink in the same And if any such Innkeeper or Victualler after the said Five and twentieth day of March shall refuse such Gauger or Gaugers to enter and come into their Cellar or Cellars or other Rooms or being entred shall refuse such Gauger or Gaugers to taste the Drink in the same such Innkeeper or Victualler for every such Offence shall forfeit and lose the Su[m]m of Five Pounds.