How much alcohol can I bring back with me when I return home from vacation?
Up to one gallon (4 quarts) per trip is legal. One quart per trip is tax exempt. The remaining three quarts is taxed in Maryland.
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Up to one gallon (4 quarts) per trip is legal. One quart per trip is tax exempt. The remaining three quarts is taxed in Maryland.
Yes. The alcohol is considered a household good. You must obtain a Change of Domicile Permit. There is no limit on the amount of alcohol
From within the United States: one quart, tax-free. From Guam, American Samoa, and U.S. Virgin Islands: one gallon, tax-free. From outside the United States: one
Distilled Spirits: $1.50 per gallon. (Raised in 1955 from $1.25 per gallon.) Wine: $ .40 per gallon. (Raised in 1972 from $.20 per gallon.) Beer,
Yes, Wine, only from a Direct Wine Shipper that holds a Maryland Permit to do so.
Distilled spirits may only be manufactured on licensed premises. Beer and wine may be manufactured on private premises for personal use, not for sale. The
An alcoholic beverage is defined as having ½ of 1 percent of alcohol by volume or greater. This equals 1 proof.
It is a beer-based product with distilled spirits added. It is taxed as a beer.
It is a fermented beverage with grain neutral spirits added. It is taxed as a wine.
It is a fermented beverage which is derived primarily from apples, apple concentrate and water, pears, or pear concentrate and water; and contains no other
A spirit beverage distilled from malted barley and other grains, and then matured in oak.
An American whiskey distilled from a mash of at least 50 percent corn, with rye, barley and other grains, then matured in a new, charred-oak
A term applied to whiskey that is distilled and matured in Scotland.
Malt whiskey produced in a single distillery in Scotland.
A mix of malt whiskies and neutral grain whiskies produced from many distilleries.
It is malted-barley-based whiskeys from many distilleries, combined with a blander whiskey made from neutral grains.
It is whiskeys with distinct characteristics, produced and matured by one distillery.
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