WEIGHT OF CONTENTS
Size of container, wine gallons | Pounds | Ozs. | Weight in pounds and hundredths of a pound | Contents in wine gallons | Proof gallons |
190 proof spirits: | |||||
1 | 6 | 13 | 6.81 | 1 | 1.9 |
2 | 13 | 10 | 13.63 | 2 | 3.8 |
5 | 34 | 00 | 34.00 | 5 | 9.5 |
10 | 68 | 00 | 68.00 | 10 | 19.0 |
192 proof spirits: | |||||
1 | 6 | 13 | 6.81 | 1 | 1.9 |
2 | 13 | 9 | 13.56 | 2 | 3.8 |
5 | 33 | 13 | 33.81 | 5 | 9.6 |
10 | 67 | 10 | 67.63 | 10 | 19.2 |
200 proof spirits: | |||||
1 | 6 | 10 | 6.63 | 1 | 2.0 |
2 | 13 | 4 | 13.25 | 2 | 4.0 |
5 | 33 | 1 | 33.06 | 5 | 10.0 |
10 | 66 | 2 | 66.12 | 10 | 20.0 |
Example. It is desired to fill a 1-gallon can with precisely 1 wine gallon of 194 proof spirits:
1.00 divided by 0.14866=6.73 pounds.
0.73 multiplied by 16=11.68 ounces, rounded to 12 ounces.
Weight of spirits-6 pounds, 12 ounces.
Weight, if required, to be marked on can-6.75 pounds.
27 C.F.R. § 30.44
Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1358, as amended, 1362, as amended ( 26 U.S.C. 5204 , 5211 )