- In these rules, unless a different intention appears from the subject or context :"Beer" means any liquor prepared from malt or grain, with or without the addition of sugar and hops and includes ale, porter and stout."Brewery" means a building where beer is manufactured, and includes every place therein where beer is stored or hence it is issued."Bushel", when used for measuring liquids, means a multiple of 36.40 litres and when used for weighing fruits, shall be construed as a reference to equivalent kilograms according to practice in vogue in Breweries and when used with reference to weighing light or heavy barely, it shall be construed to mean its metric equivalent viz. 21.7 to 33.6 kilograms or 24.5 to 26.3 kilograms according to the practice in vogue in the Breweries.["Collector" means the Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner or the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner incharge of the distilleries or the Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner incharge of the Division.] [Substituted by Punjab Government Notification No. GSR 9/P.A.1/14/Sections 21 and 59/Amd. (11)/93.]"Cooler" means any vessel into which worts are passed to be cooled and includes a refrigerator."Cooper" means any vessel in which lither worts or water is boiled or heated in the course of brewing."Fermenting vessel" means any vessel in which worts are fermented by the action of yeast"Gravity" means the proportion which the wright of a liquid bears to that of an equal bulk of distilled water the gravity of distilled water at 15.5C(63 F) being taken to be 100."Hopback" means any vessel into which worts are run after boiling in order to remove the spent hops."Inspector" means the excise inspector or sub-inspector appointed to hold charge of a brewery."Licence" means a licence granted for a brewery under Section 21 of the Punjab Excise Act (1 to 1914)."Licensee" means a holder of such licence."Mastum" means any vessel in which malt or grain is exhausted in the course of brewing."Racking" or settling back means any vessel into which worts are passed from a fermenting vessel and racked either at once or after a time into store vats or casks."Sugar" means any sacharine substance, extract, or syrup and includes any materials capable of being used in brewing, except malt or corn."Underback" means any vessel into which worts run either from the mashturn or hopback."Worts" means the liquor obtained by the exhaustion of malt or grain or by the solution of saccharine matter in the process of brewing.
