Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-435b: Tax on certain untaxed alcoholic beverages.

A tax is hereby imposed at the rates provided in section 12-435 upon the storage or use within this state of any untaxed alcoholic beverages in the possession of any person other than a licensed distributor or carrier for transit from without this state to a licensed distributor within this state. For the purposes of this section, any untaxed alcoholic beverages unaccounted for in transit, storage, or otherwise, are presumed to be used and consumed in this state by any person, including any distributor, carrier, warehouseman or consumer, last having possession of such untaxed alcoholic beverages.