California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Business and Professions Code - BPC |
Division 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES |
Chapter 1. General Provisions and Definitions |
Section 23006.
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"Beer" means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof in water, and includes ale, porter, brown, stout, lager beer, small beer, and strong beer, but does not include sake, known as Japanese rice wine. Beer aged in an empty wooden barrel previously used to contain wine or distilled spirits shall be defined exclusively as "beer" and shall not be considered a dilution or mixture of any other alcoholic beverage.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 96, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2013.)