Federal brewer's bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The bond the TTB can require from a brewery under 27 CFR 25.91, filed on TTB F 5130.22. It secures the federal excise tax on the beer you produce and remove. The penal sum runs from a $1,000 minimum to a $500,000 maximum — priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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No underwriting queue for a standard brewer's bond — enter your penal sum, pay, and file with the TTB. Here is the whole thing:
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Your brewery details, the penal sum TTB requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
Standard amounts issue as soon as you pay. Larger penal sums may get a quick soft-pull review, which never affects your credit score.
File with the TTB
Submit the executed bond (TTB F 5130.22) with your Brewer's Notice — you may not begin or continue as a brewer until TTB approves it. Wet-ink originals mailed when needed.
What it is and who needs it.
What the brewer's bond actually covers
A brewery operates as bonded premises — it holds beer before the federal excise tax is paid. Under 27 CFR 25.91, the TTB conditions the operation on a bond on TTB F 5130.22, guaranteeing that the brewer faithfully follows the law and pays all excise tax, interest, penalties, and fines under 26 U.S.C. Chapter 51.
The penal sum has a floor and a ceiling: a $1,000 minimum (or $500 for a pilot brewing plant) and a $500,000 maximum. It is generally sized to roughly 10% of the beer tax you expect to owe in a year. One Form 5130.22 can now cover multiple breweries under common ownership.
An important caveat: since January 1, 2017, 26 U.S.C. 5551(d) exempts brewers who reasonably expect to owe no more than $50,000 in beer excise tax for the year (and owed no more than that the prior year) from furnishing a bond. Many small breweries no longer need one. If TTB has asked you for a bond, or you fall outside that exemption, we issue it from $100.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Enter the penal sum TTB requires on Form 5130.22 — the executed bond is generated on payment, ready to file with your Brewer’s Notice.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the penal sum TTB requires and file the same day.