Applications to operate the following types of TTB-regulated businesses may not currently be filed electronically through Permits Online. Persons interested in operating these types of businesses must submit paper application forms for the required permits, registrations, or notices.
| Saké Brewery | Volatile Fruit-Flavor Concentrate Plant |
| Pilot Brewing Plant | Experimental Winery |
| Wine Vinegar Producer | Experimental Distilled Spirits Plant |
| Saké Brewery Anyone wishing to engage in the business of producing saké must qualify as a brewer and also must obtain a basic permit as a bonded wine premises (producing and blending). | |
| Forms required to be filed by all applicants: | |
| TTB F 5130.10 | Brewer's Notice |
| TTB F 5100.24 | Application for Basic Permit Under FAA Act |
| TTB F 5000.9 | Personnel Questionnaire |
| Forms required if applicable to your situation: | |
| TTB F 5000.8 | Power of Attorney |
| TTB F 5100.1 | Signing Authority for Corporate and LLC Officials |
| TTB F 5130.22 | Brewer's Bond (not required if brewer is exempt from bond requirements under 27 CFR 25.91(e)) |
| TTB F 5130.25 | Brewer's Collateral Bond (not required if brewer is exempt from bond requirements under 27 CFR 25.91(e)) |
| Pilot Brewing Plant A pilot brewing plant may be established off the brewery premises for research, analytical, experimental, or developmental purposes relating to beer or brewery operations. (See 27 CFR part 25 subpart S for additional rules and requirements). | |
| Forms required to be filed by all applicants: | |
| TTB F 5130.10 | Brewer's Notice |
| Forms required if applicable to your situation: | |
| TTB F 5000.8 | Power of Attorney |
| TTB F 5100.1 | Signing Authority for Corporate and LLC Officials |
| TTB F 5130.22 | Brewer's Bond (not required if brewer is exempt from bond requirements under 27 CFR 25.91(e)) |
| TTB F 5130.25 | Brewer's Collateral Bond (not required if brewer is exempt from bond requirements under 27 CFR 25.91(e)) |
Wine Vinegar Producer Note: If you wish to make vinegar from fresh fruit or juice (classified as nonbeverage wine), or by the vaporizing process (classified as a distilled spirit), you may apply through Permits Online. Anyone who wishes to make vinegar from purchased beverage wine on which no tax has been paid must file the following: | |
| Forms required to be filed by all applicants: | |
| TTB F 5510.2 | Bond Covering Removal to and Use of Wine at Vinegar Plant |
| Volatile Fruit-Flavor Concentrate Plant Anyone, other than the proprietor of a bonded winery, who wishes to produce volatile fruit-flavor concentrate (essence) by any process which includes evaporations from any fruit mash or juice must obtain a registration. | |
| Form required to be filed by all applicants: | |
| TTB F 5520.3 | Registration of Volatile Fruit-Flavor Concentrate Plant |
| TTB F 5000.9 | Personnel Questionnaire |
| Forms required if applicable to your situation: | |
| TTB F 5000.8 | Power of Attorney |
| TTB F 5100.1 | Signing Authority for Corporate and LLC Officials |
| Experimental Winery Any scientific university, college of learning, or institution of scientific researchthat wants to produce, receive, blend, treat, or store wine for experimental or research use, but not for consumption or sale, must apply in letter form to the Director of the National Revenue Center. |
| Required to be filed by all applicants: |
| Letter application. See 27 CFR 24.77 for a list of the information the application letter must contain. |
Experimental Distilled Spirits Plant Anyone who wishes to establish an experimental distilled spirits plant must apply in letter form to the Director of the Regulations and Rulings Division. | |
| Required to be filed by all applicants: | |
| Letter application. See 27 CFR 19.33 for a list of the information the application letter must contain. | |
| Forms required if the Regulations and Rulings Division notifies you that your application is eligible for further consideration: | |
| TTB F 5110.56 | Distilled Spirits Bond |
| TTB F 5000.9 | Personnel Questionnaire |
| TTB F 5000.8 | Power of Attorney |
| TTB F 5100.1 | Signing Authority for Corporate and LLC Officials |
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