Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Regulations

Purchase

Class

Specific requirements

Beer

Beer shall—

(a)	be produced by the alcoholic fermentation by means of a yeast of wort prepared from starch and sugar containing raw materials with or without the addition of potable water;

(b)	contain hops or hop products;

(c)	be produced in such a manner that at least 35 per cent of the fermentable extract of the wort is derived from malted barley, malted wheat or other malted grain; and

(d)	have a value of at least 4 on the International Bitterness Units scale.

Flavoured beer

Flavoured beer shall be beer as set out under item 1, flavoured by the addition of flavourings allowed under Table 6.

[Table 3B inserted by regulation 49 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]